23 Mar
2005
23 Mar
'05
6:22 a.m.
These reports are good news, but they don't mean we have won. If the old patent law is allowing software patents in, keeping it unchanged won't keep them out.
We have to do something more. But we have lost the chance to try to use this patent bill to do it. Ramanraj thinks these patents are invalid and that the law is being misapplied. Is there a way to convince the patent office of that? Should we go to court and see? Or should we hope that doubts about validity restrain the patent holders from using their patents against Indian software developers and users?