Software Freedom Law Center

Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) is a free software law firm based in New York, USA.

Amicus brief: Microsoft v. AT&T

In the 2006 case of Microsoft v. AT&T, SFLC filed a brief arguing that software is not patentable subject matter:

• http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2006/msvatt.pdf
  • SFLC's press release
  • Groklaw coverage

Bilski

In 2009, SFLC submitted an amicus brief for the Bilski v. Kappos case, at the Supreme Court, and have since published various resources:

• SFLC's amicus brief
• SFLC's Bilski resources page
• A speech by Eben Moglen, Nov 2 (and video)
• Podcast about the Bilski briefs, with Bradley Kuhn and Aaron Williamson

Related pages on ESP Wiki

• Eben Moglen - Chairman of the board of Directors
• Dan Ravicher
• Bradley Kuhn

External links

• SFLC homepage

Articles / guides:

• Windows vs. Linux: The Patent Tax
• Community Distribution Patent Policy FAQ, in collaboration with Debian

From FaiF/SFLC series of audio shows, the following discuss software patents:

• All podcasts tagged with "patents"
• Episode 0x0C: Patently False
• Episode 0x11: Patented Languages about Mono
• Windows vs. Linux: The Patent Tax