Should the AI/ML revolution in the Software industry impact the patentability of Software?
Review
SPR5: A Business Method Masquerading as an Invention
Business methods should not be granted patents under the Indian Patents Act. Unfortunately, the ground reality is that they are being 20 year long monopolies
Review
SPR4: Safe Communications Patent Makes Software Development Risky
A patent granted to IBM on Secure Key Exchange will make software development insecure.
The geopolitics of software patenting
Litigation
The geopolitics of software patenting
Indian Hockey’s steep decline after astroturf became the playing field should serve as a cautionary tale to Indian policy makers. Allowing software patents could be Indian IT’s astroturf moment.
Review
SPR3: AI Patents and the Abyss of Ambiguity
With AI being the buzzword of the year, it is no surprise that AI patents applications are mushrooming. We review a few and find that they make overbroad claims.
Review
The Chokehold of Software Patents: How They Stifle Startup Innovation
The myth is that allowing software patenting in India will help startups. In this article we critically examine this myth and find that the opposite is true.
Review
SPR2: You may have to pay to cast your vote!
In this Software Patents Review, we review a patent that grants a 20 year monopoly on online voting. Will the Election Commission of India have to pay royalties if they adopt a similar system?
Review
FOSS United's comments on draft NDTSP
Read our Comments on the National Deep Tech Startup Policy (NDTSP)
Review
Software Patents Review #1 dated 15/01/2024
For the purpose of this review we checked for patents filed from 01/12/2023 till 12/01/2024 at the https://iprsearch.ipindia.gov.in website. A search from granted patents returned zero results whil
Review
FOSS United's comments on Patent Manual 2023
Read our Comments on the Patent Manual
FOSS
Protecting FOSS as Digital Commons
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) has created a massive digital commons that benefits everyone. However, FOSS is threatened by software patents that are 20-year monopolies on computational ideas
Litigation
Software Patent Litigation: A (Very) Costly Affair
India is very fortunate that we have seen very little software patent litigation. However, things could change soon as there is constant pressure on policy makers to enable software patents.
