On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 5:54 PM, Arun Khan knura@yahoo.com wrote:
On Friday 07 Nov 2008, jtd wrote:
http://www.pli.edu/patentcenter/blog.asp?view=plink&id=368 http://www.pli.edu/patentcenter/blog.asp?view=plink&id=371
Software patents are no more in the USA, even if linked to general purpose hardware. Probably even those linked to special purpose hardware.
Seen a similar posting on another LUG list. This is good news.
Does it have any bearing on the Indian software patent scene?
IIRC, you had posted a few links way back in July/Aug wherein Indian software patents were granted even though there is no software patent in India.
JTD, one clarification. The Bilski ruling pertains to Business Method Patents and not software patents (don't ask me what the difference is, I am not a lawyer, nor a judge :-) This ruling merely said that pure business methods, untethered to hardware cannot be patented.It did not clarify whether merely adding the business method to a general purpose computer renders it patentable. For more on this, check out Groklaw:
www.*groklaw*.net/article.php?story=20081030150903555
Arun, I think it will have a bearing on the Indian situation because this is a case that is being watched allover the world. Shamnad Basheer (www.spicyipindia.blogspot.com) says that as India evolves its patent guidelines, it must ensure that it doesn't blindly copy the US and the EU. read his excellent article at: http://www.livemint.com/2008/11/05233957/A-method-to-the-madness.html?h=B
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