[ILUG-BOM] Software Patents in India

[jtd]

and while we were asleep three patents have been granted to Microsoft 
by the indian patent office. 

Just reading the initial brief tells me it this a journalled fs 
coupled with some seek n sort.
http://210.210.88.164/patentgrantedSearch/displayApplication.asp?application_number=0743/DEL/2000

This one looks like DRM but could be SSH
http://210.210.88.164/patentgrantedSearch/displayApplication.asp?application_number=IN/PCT/2002/01056/DEL

And this one hashes of loaded modules in mem to check that there is no 
trojan module. DRM? AV?
http://210.210.88.164/patentgrantedSearch/displayApplication.asp?application_number=IN/PCT/2002/01297/DEL


I thought that the  Chairperson at today's meet was defensive, perhaps 
even a bit derisive initially, but saw the opposition was stringent 
and cooled down. One can see why from the above. 991 patents applied 
for by M$. Three granted this year. And god only knows how many more 
submarine nukes waiting.


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Rgds
JTD