Removing this, as none of this has anything to do with Android. On Jan 29, 8:43 am, Divkis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 29, 9:59 am, Rohit Mishra <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear All! > > > Greetings! > > What is this: > > Software is basically a language. An algorithm is an expression of an idea. > > Patenting >it would be like patenting individual words of English. A huge > > hindrance to innovation. >Copyright is ok! not software patent! > > I don't really think that patenting an algorithm is equivalent to > patenting individual words of English. Moreover sometimes it could be > a boost to innovation as well. Let me give you an example: > > There is a company say X which was competing with a company called Y. > Company Y had a patented algorithm, which was really useful and a very > good algorithm. Given company X had to compete with company Y, it > developed another variation of the algorithm in question, which > performed as good as the algorithm by company Y. In effect it led to > more innovation whereas in absence of patent company X could have > simply copied the algorithm and would have focused its energies on > something else say 'marketing'. And don't think that this is a > hypothetical example, I am quoting this from a real world example. > > But yes there is a catch, patenting is not so easy and seldom done by > individuals without association of a company / organization. > > Finally every apparatus / innovation is an expression of idea, so I > don't see algorithm any differently. > > > Some Weird Software Patents: > > > 1. Tab indexing > > 2. Page-up, Page-down > > 3. Progress Bars > > 4. Generate Key Via SMS > > 5. Order by cell phone > > > It means you can not use them, in your products.There are many more! > > Are you sure that these are patented? And in which countries have > these been patented? I see that this kind of issue to be a issue with > the 'patent granting authority'. > > I think things which are common wisdom, should be not patentable. > > > Why Shoud You Sign: This will make our illiterate politicians think before > > they make it >a law, which will hamper the Indian software market. Please > > join us in protesting >against Software patents! Click here > > Could you please elaborate why it would hamper the Indian software > market? Moreover even copyright is freely violated in lot of places > then what makes you think that even software patents cannot be > violated? > > I see patents as a double edged sword where an an organization filing > a patent could also accidentally (read deliberately) violate patent of > some other organization. The only thing that protects such large > organizations is the number of patents a company has. > > Finally I see that patenting has become a complex topic itself which > is beyond comprehension of an individual unless the individual is an > experienced attorney in the field of patenting. > > Just my two cents, > Divkis
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