[Fsf-friends] Patents amendment bill

Arun M arun@gnu.org.in
Tue Dec 28 14:56:08 IST 2004


A quick note on patent issue:

Going through the proposed amendment I didnt find any clause which will
enable software patents in India. 

I am not a lawyer, but we had consulted with a few lawyers. 

>From news reports we understand that Ministry of IT asked changes in
patent law which will make embedded  software patentable. We dont have
any document on this. The ordinance doesnt seems to be available
publicly. 

Even if there is no patent for software in the ordinance way the govt is
handling the patent amendment is really bad. They seems to be more
accountable to WTO rather than people of India. 

We need to watch the situation closely. We will have to work closely
with other groups fighting patent amendments. It would be nice if people
in Delhi can work on getting more informations and networking with other
groups fighting the new patent amendment. 

Arun. 




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