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ESOMA and iMatix has filed an appeal against the Unitary Patent ratification by Belgium at the Constitutional Court. Equality of languages, seperation of powers, and the irresponsability of the EPO in front of courts are vilolating the Belgian Constitution. A central patent court will become the single point of failure to validate software patents Europe-wide. Small Software companies cannot afford to go to court or pay damages.

Comments on the Commission proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and the Council establishing the European Electronic Communications Market Authority. Com(2007) 699 PDF(EN) – 2007/0249/COD, responsible ITRE (Del Castillo Vera Pilar)

Brussels, 6 March 2008 - The European Parliament still imposes that same specific software choice on both the European Union's citizens and its own MEPs. OFE, Esoma, and FSFE today launched a petition to call on the EP to use open standards so that all citizens can participate in the democratic process.

Following European Commission communication on Creative Content Online in the Single Market, Esoma publishes its position on the issue.

During the campaign against Office Open XML, Esoma helped African and Latin American teams in their work to build a proper standard policy.

The Digital Standard Organization is born. See www.digistan.org.

On 25 January, FFII president Hintjens together with Henrion, Barrionuevo García, Vuorio, and Combes sign the Esoma statutes of association and create Esoma asbl.

FFII starts the ESOMA workgroup to organise and implement the vision of a new industry association aimed specifically at the independent IT market.