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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 | # 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 | Lawrence Liang (TBC) & Prabir Purkayastha (TBC) | # Presentation on the principles of patent law and software patents | Lawrence Liang (TBC, Aternative Law Forum) & Prabir Purkayastha (TBC, Delhi Science Forum) | ||
# Discussion on patents and the development sector (freedom of speech, open standards, healthcare, biotech, agro-sector, etc.) | Sunil Abraham, Anivar Aravind, 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), others | ||
# Discussion on software patents in the Indian context: Indian Patent Act, and the draft patent manual | Prashant Iyengar, Venkatesh Hariharan (TBC), and Nagarjuna G. (TBC) | # Discussion on software patents in the Indian context: Indian Patent Act, and the draft patent manual | Prashant Iyengar, Venkatesh Hariharan (TBC, Red Hat), and Nagarjuna G. (TBC, Free Software Foundation of India) | ||
# Open house on software patents | People speaking will include: Abhas Abhinav, Sreekanth S. Rameshaiah, Vinay Sreenivasa | # Open house on software patents | People speaking will include: Abhas Abhinav (DeepRoot Linux), Sreekanth S. Rameshaiah (Mahiti Infotech), Vinay Sreenivasa (IT for Change) | ||
(TBC = To be confirmed) | (TBC = To be confirmed) | ||