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Indian Patent Office updates Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions, yet again

The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs andTrademarks (CGPDTM) issued new Guidelineson Examination of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs)...

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The new Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions are a big win for FOSS in India!

Whenthe Guidelines for examination of Computer Related Inventions(“2015 Guidelines”) were released last year, it became obviousthat they would have an...

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Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions in abeyance

CIS has consistently made submissions to the Indian Patent Office on the issue of software patenting( 2015, 2013,2010).The latestsubmission was...

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Comments on the Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs)

(Prepared with comments from Pranesh Prakash) The 2015 Guidelines were stuck in the pipeline for a long time. The first...

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Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions: Mapping the Stakeholders Response

I. Introduction In June, 2013 the Office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (IPO), released the Draft Guidelines...

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Seminar on Software Patent and the Commons

Software patent opposition is still in its nascent stage in India while several oppositions have been filed against software patents...

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Arguments Against Software Patents in India

This blog post is based on a presentation made at the iTechLaw conference held on February 5, 2010. The audience...

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Arguments Against Software Patents in India

This blog post is based on a presentation made at the iTechLaw conference held on February 5, 2010. The audience...

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Lecture by Eben Moglen and Mishi Choudhary

Saturday, December 13, 2008 had Mishi Choudhary and Eben Moglen of the New York-based Software Freedom Law Center speaking to...

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