-------- Forwarded Message -------- From: FFII <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 1 Feb New Delhi software patents event Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 02:19:45 +0100 Dear Indian supporter of FFII [1],
as you know, FFII has so far mainly been concerned with software patents in the European Union, but a recent amendment to the Indian patent act that yet *has to be approved by Parliament* "a computer programme per se other than its technical application to industry or a combination with hardware; a mathematical method or a business method or algorithms;" may have the same dangers as the EPO technicity definition in Europe http://swpat.ffii.org/papers/eubsa-swpat0202/tech/index.en.html (which FFII is working on in Europe to avert). Therefore, I would like to encourage: * EU<->IN interchange on how to avert software patents * the EU could need some statements from Indian entrepreneurs that they do not want software patents either * India is in important economic power in international conferences on substantive patent law. There is pressure on the EU to have software patents because the US have them, the same may hold for India. Emphasizing that EU + IN represent a significant portion of the world's computing power might be helpful. As a first crystallization point, on 1 Feb 2005 in the New Delhi India International Centre, Richard Stallman speaks on software patents with Vandana Shiva in Delhi, also present are Mr. B.K. Keayla of National Working Group on Patent Law and Mr. S.P. Shukla, who used to be the GATT ambassador during Uruguay Round. For discussion, you are welcome to join: http://lists.ffii.org/mailman/listinfo/in-parl Kind regards from Munich, Germany, Holger Blasum, FFII, blasum at ffii.org [1] sayam in http://aktiv.ffii.org/ -- All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible. Seven Pillars of Wisdom -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
