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Patent office practice
Software patents are being granted by the Indian patent office.
2008 patents manual proposal
This issue is still an active danger (as of August 2009). The unclear "per se" term in section 3(k) is particularly worrying.
- The draft new patent manual
- FSF India's submitted comments
- Red Hat's submitted comments (quote: "...Indian legislators have clearly chosen to exclude software from the list of patentable inventions ... we herby submit that the Draft Patent Manual should be amended to reflect the will and intent of the Indian Parliament.")
- FFII's analyses
April 2005 legislative proposal
In April 2005, there was a proposal to make software ideas patentable, but the Indian parliament rejected this.
Meetings
- A candlelight vigil against software patents, with useful links
- October 2008 national public meeting with list of speakers and supporting organisations
External links
- http://www.patentoffice.nic.in - India's patent office
Press coverage
- April 2009: The "computer programme per se" conundrum
- May 2008: The ghost of software patents is back!
- 2008 Microsoft Storms India with Patents, by Proxy, Boycott Novell
- Google's software patent applications in India: [1], [2]