On Tuesday 10 Aug 2010, Ankit Chaturvedi wrote: > I'm not a lawyer, though i have been on the wrong side of software > patents many times. > > It's not completely true that software patents are not allowed in > india. The simple answer is, it depends on the technology. Mobile, > multimedia codecs, et al are frought with patent issues that can be > lawfully upheld in india.
Not a lawyer either, but AFAIR "patents on software per se" are not permitted in India. This is generally interpreted as disallowing software patents but permitting patents of embedded software which is tightly bound to the hardware it runs on. Of course, everyone interprets the "per se" to their own advantage. To the best of my knowledge a number of patents have been granted on software in India too, but using an under-handed technique. However, standard patents like on MP3 and MPEG technology are technically not valid in India unless implemented embedded. Regards, -- Raju -- Raj Mathur r...@kandalaya.org http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
