[OT] Re: [ilugd] Amendment to Patents Act this month

2004-12-09 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
On Thu, 2004-12-09 at 08:49 +0530, Raj Shekhar wrote: > Raj Shekhar wrote: > > > > http://www.thehindu.com/2004/12/08/stories/2004120805770100.htm > > > > Amendment to Patents Act this month > > And now a small explanation on why if your job is developing software, > you should be worried. Fir

Re: [ilugd] Amendment to Patents Act this month

2004-12-08 Thread Raj Shekhar
Raj Shekhar wrote: http://www.thehindu.com/2004/12/08/stories/2004120805770100.htm Amendment to Patents Act this month And now a small explanation on why if your job is developing software, you should be worried. Firstly have a look at this article to see why software patents are bad http://lpf

[ilugd] Amendment to Patents Act this month

2004-12-08 Thread Raj Shekhar
http://www.thehindu.com/2004/12/08/stories/2004120805770100.htm Amendment to Patents Act this month By Our Special Correspondent NEW DELHI, DEC. 7. A law amending the Patents Act will be introduced later this month. The Commerce and Industry Minister, Kamal Nath, said this when a six member Swiss