Re: [ilugd] Software Patent Busting at CIS

2010-08-10 Thread Krithika
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 co

Re: [ilugd] Software Patent Busting at CIS

2010-08-10 Thread Raj Mathur (राज माथुर)
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,

Re: [ilugd] Software Patent Busting at CIS

2010-08-10 Thread Ankit Chaturvedi
Hi all, 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 l

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Re: [ilugd] Software Patent Busting at CIS

2010-08-10 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar wrote: > On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: >> Sudhanwa, I am not a lawyer, but some software patents have been >> granted by the patent office, while many others have been applied for. >> Based on the status, one will h

Re: [ilugd] Software Patent Busting at CIS

2010-08-10 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: > Sudhanwa, I am not a lawyer, but some software patents have been > granted by the patent office, while many others have been applied for. > Based on the status, one will have to file a pre-grant or post-grant > opposition against these

Re: [ilugd] Software Patent Busting at CIS

2010-08-10 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
Sudhanwa, I am not a lawyer, but some software patents have been granted by the patent office, while many others have been applied for. Based on the status, one will have to file a pre-grant or post-grant opposition against these patents. Venky = On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Sudhanwa Joga

Re: [ilugd] Software Patent Busting at CIS

2010-08-10 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
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. -S

[ilugd] Software Patent Busting at CIS

2010-08-10 Thread Krithika
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 inv

Re: [ilugd] Linux + Active Directory ?

2010-08-10 Thread Varad Gupta
Hi All of the above can be handled by reading the doc above >> > > From the above book itself : > > "In order to make the popular request for Samba to be an Active Directory > Server a reality, it is necessary to add to OpenLDAP, Kerberos, as well as > Samba, RPC calls that are not presently suppo

Re: [ilugd] Linux + Active Directory ?

2010-08-10 Thread Angad Singh
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Varad Gupta wrote: > Hi > > [snip] > > Pls refer http://www.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba3-ByExample.pdf - Excellent > Doc > > All of the above can be handled by reading the doc above > >From the above book itself : "In order to make the popular request for Samba