Say No To Software Patents/National Public Meeting: Difference between revisions

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== Agenda for the Meeting ==
== Agenda for the Meeting ==
# Presentation on the software patents that have been granted so far in India | Pranesh Prakash (Centre for Internet and Society)
# Presentation on the software patents that have been granted so far in India | Pranesh Prakash (Centre for Internet and Society)
# Presentation on the principles of patent law and software patents | Nagarjuna G. (Free Software Foundation of India) & Prabir Purkayastha (Delhi Science Forum)
# Presentation on the principles of patent law and software patents | Nagarjuna G. (Free Software Foundation of India) and Prabir Purkayastha (Delhi Science Forum)
# Discussion on patents and the development sector (freedom of speech, open standards, healthcare, biotech, agro-sector, etc.) | Sunil Abraham (Centre for Internet and Society), Anivar Aravind (Moving Republic), others
# Discussion on patents and the development sector (freedom of speech, open standards, healthcare, biotech, agro-sector, etc.) | Sunil Abraham (Centre for Internet and Society), Anivar Aravind (Moving Republic), and others
# Discussion on software patents in the Indian context: Indian Patent Act, and the draft patent manual | Prashant Iyengar (Alternative Law Forum), Venkatesh Hariharan (Red Hat), and Sudhir Krishnaswamy (National Law School)
# Discussion on software patents in the Indian context: Indian Patent Act, and the draft patent manual | Prashant Iyengar (Alternative Law Forum), Venkatesh Hariharan (Red Hat), and Sudhir Krishnaswamy (National Law School)
# Open house on software patents | People speaking will include: Abhas Abhinav (DeepRoot Linux), Sreekanth S. Rameshaiah (Mahiti Infotech), Vinay Sreenivasa (IT for Change)
# Open house on software patents | People speaking will include: T. Ramakrishna (National Law School), Abhas Abhinav (DeepRoot Linux), Sreekanth S. Rameshaiah (Mahiti Infotech), Vinay Sreenivasa (IT for Change)
 
(TBC = To be confirmed)


== Special Invitees ==
== Special Invitees ==
This is a tentative list eminent person who could act as a jury
This is a tentative list eminent person who could act as a jury
# N.S. Gopalakrishnan (TBC, will get back to us by Wednesday)
# S.P. Shukla (to be confirmed)
# S.P. Shukla (TBC)


== Organisations Involved ==
== Organisations Involved ==
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# Open Space, Bangalore
# Open Space, Bangalore
# Swathanthra Malayalam Computing
# Swathanthra Malayalam Computing
# Servlots - Janastu
# Servelots - Janastu
# Mahiti
# Mahiti
# Deeproot Linux
# DeepRoot Linux
# Wiki Ocean
# Wiki Ocean