[FSUG-Bangalore] report on the stake holders meeting

[Anivar Aravind]

On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Nagarjuna G. <nagarjun at gnowledge.org>wrote:

>
> I attended the stake holders meeting in Mumbai at the Patent's office.
> The room was full of people, more than 80 people attended the meet.  Of
> which about 30 were interested in the software issue.  the rest of them are
> interested mostly in bioinformatics, chemical processes etc.
>
> What gave me solace is that this is not an attempt to modify the law.  So,
> status quo exists.  software patents per se are not possible in India.
> However.  what the office is doing is it prepared a draft of a Manual
> helping the inventors in how to apply for a patent.  In that manual, there
> is an attempt to suggest how to exploit the 'per se' and apply for software
> patents in combination with hardware.
>
> Due to several questions on this issue raised by several of us, and also
> due to written feedback submitted by quite a few others in Delhi meet, they
> are organizing a stake holders meeting in Bangalore later (in the coming
> three to four months period) where they are going to settle all the doubts
> and listen all the points of view.
>
> The date of bangalore meeting is not yet announced.  Meanwhile, chennai and
> kolkatta meetings are still going to be held before the bangalore meeting.
> It is a good idea to send our supporters to both these places, so that the
> officers must see that there is sufficient opposition to this manipulation.
>

I heard Bangalore meeting is on 27th this month.  Is it postponed?

Today I was discussing with praveen   about organising a informal meeting in
bangalore on next saturday. Lawrence, are you free on satuday ?


Vickram, can you organise a place either  in Christ college or in
St.Josephs?

Anivar


>
> I do hope that the folks at alternate law forum from Bangalore will not
> miss this meeting.  In any case, we should all file written objections to
> the sections.  I will send in another note the section numbers, and the
> objectionable sentences.
>
> Nagarjuna
>
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