I didnt understand.Why is it wrong to have software patents.Or are you saying that the concept of "Patent" itself is wrong ??
--vikas On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan <ven...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Krithika, > > This is a welcome initiative by CIS. The kind of sneaky language that > is being used to file software patents is against the will of the > Indian parliament and needs to be defeated. > > Venky > > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 8:24 PM, Krithika <krithika...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Yes, software is not patentable in India. That is precisely why the trend of >> software claims being applied for and granted patents in India is a >> disturbing trend. Although the applicant may not explicitly claim that it is >> software, many patent claims which are essentially software are couched in >> confusing language, or merely attached to hardware (which, by itself is not >> innovative). Alternately, software is patented by embedding it in hardware >> (which has no utility other than executing the software) and by claiming >> patent for the combination of the two. We are therefore, working to bust >> this trend by filing oppositions - pre-grant or post-grant - to these >> patents. >> >> Krithika >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar >> <sudhanwa....@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Software patents are not allowed in India. No point in wasting energy >>> related to software patents. >>> >>> There could be some interesting case about the patents in the products >>> Micosoft is selling in India. What will be the validity of such >>> patents within the products. >>> >>> Legal experts, please comment. >>> >>> -Sudhanwa >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Krithika <krithika...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Dear All, >>> > >>> > The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is filing a pre-grant >>> opposition >>> > to a software patent application by Microsoft. We need people to help us >>> > analyse the technical claims of the application and possibly those of >>> > previously granted patents/previously filed applications where the >>> invention >>> > is similar to the one in the application we wish to oppose. >>> > >>> > Interested persons may write to me at the earliest at >>> krithika...@gmail.com. >>> > >>> > Regards >>> > Krithika >>> > >>> > The Centre for Internet and Society >>> > Bangalore >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Ilugd mailing list >>> > Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org >>> > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~! >>> www.projects4students.com >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ilugd mailing list >> Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org >> http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd >> > > _______________________________________________ > Ilugd mailing list > Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
