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
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
FOSS United's comments on draft NDTSP
Read our Comments on the National Deep Tech Startup Policy (NDTSP)
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.
