Software Patents in India
Attempts were being made to legalise software patents in India. We wrote about this in:
2008
How Microsoft Exploits, Then Insults Developing Countries
Snapshot of the Software Patents Situation in the US, India, EU
Patents Roundup: Linux, India, Microsoft, the Trolls, and the USPTO
Software Patents: India, OIN, the Trolls, and the Monopolists
Protest in India Against Software Patents
Say No To Software Patents in India
The Latest from Microsoft, Its Indian Partners, and Its Patent Trolls
FSF India Fights Patent Deform by Microsoft and Partners
FSF India’s Response to the Patent Manual Draft
Voice Your Support for the World Day Against Software Patents
State of the Intellectual Bully: Patent Raids, Trolls, and Microsoft
September 24 is ‘World Day Against Software Patents’
Patents Roundup: India Fights Software Patents, BSA Intervention, Trolls League
World Day Against Software Patents: Summary and More
Microsoft Storms India with Patents, by Proxy
Patents Roundup: Microsoft, India, Bilski and Some More Cronies
2009
India Moves to Free Software, So Microsoft Fights Back with Gentle Bribes and Partners
Patents Roundup: Attack on Science, Lobby for Software Patents in EU and India, More Rebellion
What Bill Gates Did in India: Business as Usual
World Day Against Software Patent Celebrated in India
2010
Microsoft Tries to Pollute Standards with Software Patents Where It is Illegal
Patents Roundup: IBM Helps Software Patents Spread to India and Gets Sued for Patent Violations; ELSE Joins LiMo Patent Pool
Patents Roundup: America, Europe and Asia Share a Problem with Software Patents
Indian ‘Trade’ Agreements Leaked
How India’s Legal Rule Regarding Patents Gets ‘Regulated’ by the West, Facebook is Hoarding Software Patents
2011
Microsoft’s Indian ‘Branches’ and TCS Harming India With Software Patents
2015
Microsoft is Trying to Patent Software in India While Microsoft’s Proxy Troll Intellectual Ventures Extorts Motorola (Android)
India Shoots Itself in the Foot With Software Patents, Time to Act and Prevent This Worldwide
Free Software Establishments in India Fight Back as Efforts to Spread Software Patents Are Reported
IBM is Again Attacking Free/Libre Open Source Software by Pushing for Patents on Software
Responses to Software Patents in India Though Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions
Narendra Modi Must Immediately Block Software Patents to Save India's Software Industry
Great News: Software Patents Stopped in India, For Now…
Software Patents Are Being Defeated to the Detriment of Large Multinationals, Their Patent Lawyers, and Patent Trolls Who Piggyback Them
2016
It's Official: Death of Software Patents Reaffirmed in India
IBM and Other Giant Multinationals Upset That Software Patents Are Increasingly Rejected in the US, Now India
The Latest Failed Push for Software Patents in India Shows That People's Resistance Still is Effective
In the Interests of the Public, India Bans Software Patents and the USPTO Should Follow Suit
India Got it Right on Software Patents, But Gives Up on Pharmaceutical Aspects
IBM is Still Pushing for Software Patents Not Only in India But Also in the United States
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Threatens to Bring Software Patents to India
USTR is Trying to Shame and Bully India Into Introducing Software Patents in India
India is Having Another Taste of the Dangers of Western Patents, Must Learn to Reject Software Patents in the Face of Great Pressure
India's Patent Law Under Attack by Software Patents Ambitions; Tata, Wipro and Infosys Among the Culprits
Mishi Choudhary and Mike Masnick Explain Why India Should Reject Software Patents
Corporate Media in India Misrepresents Startups to Push for Software Patents
Tata/TCS is Still Pushing for Software Patents in India
The United States Pressures India to Broaden Patent Scope and Other Monopolies
Indian Press Continues to Print Utter Lies About Software Patents and India's Interests
The Demise of Software Patents in India Illustrated by Infosys' Policy and Abandonment of Applications
2017
IAM Helps Enemies of India’s Interests Lobby for Software Patents in the Country
US Chamber of Commerce Attacks India in an Effort to Alter Its Patent Policy for American Multinational Corporations
IAM ‘Magazine’ as Megaphone for Chamber of Corporates (CoC), Which Tries Shaming India Into Software Patenting
IAM Just Can't Stop Pushing for Software Patents in India
China Adopts Software Patents and IAM 'Magazine' (Lobbyists) Continues to Shame India Into It
IAM 'Magazine' in a Campaign to Destroy India's IT Industry and Help Patent Trolls There
In South Asia, Old Myths to Promote Patent Maximalism, Courtesy of the Patent Microcosm
IBM, Apple and Facebook Pursue Software Patents in India in Defiance of the Ban
India Continues to Reject Software Patents in Spite of Pressure From Foreign Companies Like IBM
India Has No Software Patents “Per Se” Just Like Europe Has No Software Patents “As Such”
In India, the Elephant in the Room is the Term “Per Se” -- a New Loophole for Software Patenting
Debate About Software Patentability in India Still Dominated by Patent Lawyers Rather Than Software Developers
Software Patents Lobbying at IAM Strives to Reinforce the Positions of Patent Maximalists
LexOrbis is Trying to Sneak Software Patents Into India in Defiance of the Ban
Microsoft is Promoting Software Patents in India in Another Effort to Undermine Free/Open Source Software, Microsoft-Connected Trolls Are Still Suing
2018
India and Europe Do Not Permit Software Patents, But Patent Law Firms Try to Work Around the Law
Patent Maximalists Are Still Trying to Create a Patent Bubble in India
New Zealand and India, Two Nations That Reject Software Patents, Are Still Besieged by Patent Law Firms
2019
The Indian Ministry of Commerce Tries to Bend Patent Law in Favour of Foreign Monopolies
