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Fighting to Keep Bad Patents in Check: 2025 in Review

A functioning patent system depends on one basic principle: bad patents must be challengeable. In 2025, that principle was repeatedly tested—by Congress, by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and by a small number of large patent owners determined to weaken public challenges. Two damaging bills, PERA and PREVAIL,...

Bullhorn with "2025 Year in Review" coming out of it in bold letters

2025 in Review

Each year, EFF takes a moment to look back at the things we’ve accomplished in fighting for your rights and privacy in our Year in Review blog series. We’re strong, we’re ready, and we know how to stick with things for the long run.
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Speaking Freely: Sami Ben Gharbia

Sami Ben Gharbia is a Tunisian human rights campaigner, blogger, writer and freedom of expression advocate. He founded Global Voices Advocacy, and is the co-founder and current publisher of the collective media organization Nawaat, which won the EFF Award in 2011.
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Stand Together to Protect Democracy

Support EFF before the end of 2025 to fuel the legal battles that defend encryption, the tools that protect privacy, and the advocacy that stops dangerous laws. EFF has been in the fight every step of the way, thanks to support from people like you.

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