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* dashboarding: [Grafana](https://grafana.com)

* Timeseries database: [InfluxDB](https://www.influxdata.com)



## EU Software Patents through the Unified Patent Court (Zoobab)



* **Format:** Presentation - discussion

* **Prior knowledge:** Basic understanding of software, and EU law

* **Time slot:** 17:00 - 17:50



The battle against software patenting in Europe is happening now. In July 2005, the proponents of software patentability agreed to drop the directive and push for the Unitary Patent and the Unified Patent Court (UPC) instead. 



**More information:**

* FFII: [FFII](https://www.ffii.org)

* The 3rd attempt to impose software patents in Europe via the UPC: [FFII UPC](https://ffii.org/ffii-oppose-the-third-attempt-to-impose-software-patents-in-europe-via-the-upc/)

* Unified Patent Court: [UPC Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Patent_Court)





## Linux install party



* **Time slot:** 10:00 - 17:00 (bring along your computer)