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	<title>End Software Patents: News &#187; Australia</title>
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		<title>Australian petition needs signatures against swpats</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ciaran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australian residents and nationals, please sign this letter:

Open letter to abolish software patents in Australia

For non-Australians: please contact people in Australia to raise awareness of this.


Background info on en.swpat.org/wiki :


Australia
Venturous Australia
Australian consultation responses 2009
Also: Public mailing list

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		<title>Australia: legislation still coming</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 03:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ciaran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
  A reminder: The Australian government will propose new legislation about the patentability of software this year.  The progress in New Zealand, and the Australian government Department for Innovation&#8217;s doubts about software patents indicate that organised people can make a difference.  Below is the info I&#8217;ve gathered so far.



  The good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transcript: Andrew Tridgell on Patent Defence</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:01:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ciaran</dc:creator>
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  The following is a transcript of a talk given in New Zealand, 2010.  Andrew Tridgell discusses why reading patents is usually a good idea, how to read a patent, and how to work through it with a lawyer to build a solid defence.  For the free software community, Tridgell also suggests [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia: time for action</title>
		<link>http://news.swpat.org/2010/01/australia-action-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ciaran</dc:creator>
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  Australia seems to be headed for software patent legislation in 2010.  The bad news is that there was a consultation, and we missed it.  The good news is that the consultation was just a preliminary step, so if we start organising now, we can still participate fully in the legislative phase. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consultation responses in Australia</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ciaran</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were 38 responses to the consultation in Australia about patentable subject matter.  I&#8217;ve quickly analysed them all and below are my initial comments.  There 400+ pages of writing, so I only skimmed them and I&#8217;ve surely made mistakes.  There&#8217;s a copy of this analysis on the wiki at: http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Australian_consultation_responses_2009 &#8211; please [...]]]></description>
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