If you wish to help with our campaigns, infrastructure, our work on (EU) proposals or other tasks, please refer to the linked pages and contact information below.
If you wish to start a new (formal) project, please see the rules, then notify the Secretary who will take care of your request.
Projects by category
Note: only some projects are listed here for the moment being. For a more complete list please also refer to the national chapters, as well as an overview of the mailing lists. (More...)
Educational Activities
Stop Software Patents
Responsible: Ivan Villanueva, Benjamin Henrion, André Rebentisch
- Contact: eboard ät ffii.org
ecomaj - Economic majority (details)
(Responsible: Stephan Uhlmann, Hartmut Pilch; e-mail: sarji-help)
ethipat - Campaign for Ethical Patents (details)
(Responsible: Pieter Hintjens, Benjamin Henrion and Alexandra Combes; e-mail: ethipat)
nsp - NoSoftwarePatents (details)
(Responsible: Hartmut Pilch; e-mail: nsp-help)
Forums
(Developing proposals in collaboration with many stakeholders.)
esoma - European Software Market Association (details)
(Responsible: Pieter Hintjens, Alexandra Combes, Stephan Uhlmann; e-mail: esoma)
eupaco - EU Patent Conference (details)
(Responsible: Pieter Hintjens and Benjamin Henrion; e-mail: eupaco)
Internal administration
financ - Responsible: Ivan Villanueva (treasurer); contact: financ-help ät ffii.org
ict - IT systems (details)
(Responsible: Antonis Christofides et al; e-mail: polis-parl, polis-help)
Localized groups
at - FFII in Austria (the comeback)
(Responsible: Georg Jakob, René Pfeiffer e-mail: at-help)
de - FFII in Germany and German language area (details)
(Responsible: Hartmut Pilch, Georg Jakob, Stephan Uhlmann; e-mail: de-help)
de-apr - Freedom of Expression vs Personality Rights & Liability Law (details)
es - FFII Spain (acting also for Iberia & Latin America) (details)
(Responsible: Alberto Barrionuevo, Pablo Álvarez de Sotomayor; e-mail: es-help)
fr - FFII in France
(Responsible: René Mages, Erwan Hamon, Christophe Tronche; e-mail: fr-help)
(Responsible: Alex Macfie, Aidan McGuire, Wookey; e-mail: uk-help)
Media
digimaj - Digital majority (details)
(Responsible: Pieter Hintjens, Benjamin Henrion and Hartmut Pilch; e-mail: (pending))
(Responsible: David Vuorio; e-mail: media-help)
Research and Public Affairs
copyright - Copyright and related rights analysis, research and action group
(Responsible: Georg Jakob, André Rebentisch; e-mail: copyright)
epla - EPLA analysis and lobbying (details)
(Responsible: Benjamin Henrion, Pieter Hintjens; e-mail: epla)
eupat - Better EU patent system (details)
(Responsible: Hartmut Pilch, Ante Wessels, Georg Jakob; e-mail: eupat)
(Responsible: Jonas Bosson; e-mail: gauss-parl)
gierek - Innovation Report by Adam Gierek in ITRE (closed temporary group)
(Responsible: Benjamin Henrion; e-mail: bhenrion@ffii.org and the eupat project)
(Responsible: Ante Wessels, Jonas Maebe; e-mail: ipred2)
openstandards - Open standards (details)
(Responsible: Alberto Barrionuevo, Benjamin Henrion; e-mail: openstandards)
ooxml - Lobbying against Microsoft Office OpenXML to become an ISO standard. (details)
(Responsible: Alberto Barrionuevo, Benjamin Henrion; e-mail: pending)
tio - Total Information Outsourcing (details)
(Responsible: Jean-Paul Smets; e-mail: tio)
transparency - Transparency consultation and public document access (details)
(Responsible: Rebentisch; e-mail: transparency)
wipo - World Intellectual Property Organization (details)
(Responsible: Marko Loparic; e-mail: wipo-help at ffii.org)