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
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SPR4: Safe Communications Patent Makes Software Development Risky
A patent granted to IBM on Secure Key Exchange will make software development insecure.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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FOSS United's comments on draft NDTSP
Read our Comments on the National Deep Tech Startup Policy (NDTSP)
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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
