Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure

The FFII played a key organisational role and was very active in the campaign which resulted in the rejection of the EU software patent directive in July 2005.

[1] After the July 2005 victory, FFII has continued to defend a free and competitive software market by working towards adequate patent systems and open standards.

It was founded as a German registered association under the name Förderverein für eine Freie Informationelle Infrastruktur (FFII) e.V.

In 2003, it strongly but indirectly lobbied the European Parliament against the proposed Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions.

These include supporting author's rights and Interoperability enforcements, such as working to improve copyright regulation by providing technical analysis, amendments and voting recommendations that may influence the European Parliament.