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# Presentation on the principles of patent law and software patents | Nagarjuna G. (Free Software Foundation of India) and 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 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 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 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 | ||
# Presentation on software patents that have been granted in India | Pranesh Prakash (Centre for Internet and Society) | |||
# Presentation on | # 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), any others who wish to speak | ||
# 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) | |||
== Special Invitees == | == Special Invitees == | ||
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# Mahiti, Bangalore | # Mahiti, Bangalore | ||
# DeepRoot Linux, Bangalore | # DeepRoot Linux, Bangalore | ||
# Wiki Ocean, Pune | # Wiki Ocean, Pune | ||
# Turtle Linux Lab, Bangalore | # Turtle Linux Lab, Bangalore | ||
# Zyxware Technologies, Trivandrum | # Zyxware Technologies, Trivandrum | ||