On Tuesday 10 August 2010 16:09:33 Krithika wrote: > Dear All, > > The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is filing a pre-grant > opposition to a software patent application by Microsoft.
As an adhoc measure too it will wind up as agreeing in principle to software patents. The patent law is explicit in not allowing software patents. The "per se" term is (imo) a qualifier to the next parts which state that a programmable machine with software does not qualify. Hence we should be opposing software patents not on terms of prior art or obviousness, but merely on the grounds of being bad practice by the patent office. > We need > people to help us analyse the technical claims of the application > and possibly those of previously granted patents/previously filed > applications where the invention is similar to the one in the > application we wish to oppose. > > Interested persons may write to me at the earliest at > [email protected]. > > Regards > Krithika > > The Centre for Internet and Society > Bangalore -- Rgds JTD _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
