▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁he ▁also ▁worked ▁part - time ▁as ▁a ▁programmer ▁at ▁Sk ri pt or , ▁a ▁small ▁company ▁which ▁special ized ▁in ▁ph on etic ▁similarity ▁searches ▁for ▁tra dem ark ▁names . ▁After ▁finishing ▁his ▁studies ▁he ▁started ▁working ▁full - time ▁at ▁the ▁company . ▁He ▁became ▁a ▁partner ▁in ▁the ▁firm ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁he ▁became ▁vice ▁president . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁the ▁company ▁was ▁sold ▁to ▁the ▁leading ▁European ▁tra dem ark ▁search ▁house ▁Com pu Mark . ▁Eng ström ▁stayed ▁on ▁in ▁a ▁similar ▁capacity ▁as ▁before ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 1 , ▁when ▁he ▁left ▁the ▁company ▁to ▁set ▁up ▁his ▁own ▁consult ancy ▁firm ▁Gl ind ra ▁AB . ▁ ▁Activ ism ▁and ▁politics ▁ ▁For ▁five ▁years ▁Eng ström ▁worked ▁as ▁an ▁un pa id ▁activ ist ▁within ▁the ▁Foundation ▁for ▁a ▁Free ▁Information ▁In frastr ucture ▁( FF II ), ▁lo bb ying ▁against ▁software ▁pat ents . ▁He ▁was ▁active ▁in ▁the ▁campaign ▁against ▁the ▁EU ▁software ▁pat ent ▁directive , ▁which ▁was ▁rejected ▁by ▁the ▁European ▁Parliament ▁in ▁July ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁He ▁also ▁co - f ounded ▁the ▁Swedish ▁section ▁of ▁FF II ▁and ▁served ▁as ▁its ▁deput y ▁chairman ▁during ▁the ▁first ▁year . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁Eng ström ▁became ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Swedish ▁Liberal ▁People ' s ▁Party