General Purpose
As stated in the Group description on the EUPAT.ffii.org site, main purposes are
- Research and document current developments regarding the rights of (software) innovators in Europe
Collaboratively improve existing multilingual patent policy documentation of FFII
- Specify who needs to do what, call the public to action
Current Issues: Significant Improvements to EPLA/UPLS text
The European patent establishment is proposing a new treaty, the European Union Patent Litigation System (UPLS or EU-EPLA), which allows for "one-stop patent litigation" in Europe. However, as a side effect, the EPLA increases litigation costs for most businesses and concentrates legislative, judicial and executive power in the hands of a closed community of patentists.
The European Parliament has called for "significant improvements to the EPLA text, which adress concerns about democratic control, judicial independence and litigation costs".
We have worked out proposals and a prepare a campaign for such improvements but not had enough energy to promote them.
