[Fsf-friends] Update on Amendments to Patents Act
Nagarjuna G.
nagarjun@gnowledge.org
Wed Mar 16 21:34:37 IST 2005
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 08:42:29PM +0530, Ramanraj K wrote:
> Mahesh T. Pai wrote:
>
> >Ramanraj K said on Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 05:53:56AM +0530,:
> >
> >> <quote>
> >> Cyber expert and Supreme Court advocate Pawan Duggal pointed out that in
> >> the US, software itself is patentable.
> >
> >Which is only the half the truth.
> >
> >IIRC, it began when the US supreme Court directed the USPTO to grant a
> >patent to a specific software hardware combination which controlled
> >industrial production.
> >
> >By executive action, software patents are being granted. I recall
> >reading on Groklaw that if the US Supreme Court reverses its position,
> >all software patents would be void there.
> >
> >Unfortunately, no party to patent litigation in that country will
> >raise a contention that software is not patentable, because that would
> >be killing the goose that lays golden egges. A defendant in one case
> >will be a plaintiff in another.
> >
> That is why the "WTO Legal System" exists, and India, along with other
> countries opposing grant of patents for computer programs could complain
> against the illegitimate practice before the WTO.
Do we have enough reason to trust the WTO system?
Nagarjuna
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