[Commons-Law] software patents-india

[srinivas at southcentre.org]

I think this issue deserves a detailed scrutiny. Are the patent offices in 
India are equipped enough to ascertain the
prior art in software patents. The possibility of unddserving too broad 
patents blocking further innovations and making
inventing around difficult cannot be ruled out. The implications of the 
same for open source software in india have
to be examined.Will any one enlighten me about the position of the 
software industry in this.Are the big players like
TCS,infosys, WIPRO keen on software patents. 

K.Ravi Srinivas
Post Doctoral Fellow
IPR Policy Research &
Development Program
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