CRI Guidelines

July 6, 2017August 19, 2022Uncategorized

Revised CRI Guidelines – Ambiguity replaces certainty

The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks has published the modified Guidelines for Examination of […]

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May 2, 2016Uncategorized

Don’t listen to the IT giants: Eben Moglen

The Indian government has rightly rested its Digital India initiative on a series of measures […]

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April 26, 2016Uncategorized

Joint letter to the Department of Commerce expressing concerns over software-patent-friendly clauses in the RCEP

Indian law on patentability of computer programmes is abundantly clear in that Section 3(k) of […]

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February 23, 2016August 19, 2022Uncategorized

A quick history of CRI Guidelines in India

On February 19 2016 the Office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade marks […]

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February 22, 2016Uncategorized

Press Release: Indian Patent Office Says No to Software Patents

The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks has issued an order dated February 19, […]

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December 19, 2015August 19, 2022Uncategorized

CRI Guidelines kept in abeyance – #NoSoftwarePatents

On 14th December 2015, the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, Mr. Om Prakash […]

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October 17, 2015Uncategorized

New patent guidelines may spell trouble for Indian software developers

Every city or town, big or small, is seeing a spurt of startups that do […]

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September 15, 2015Uncategorized

Joint letter to the PMO expressing concerns over the “Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs)”

SFLC.in, along with several civil society organizations and citizens, penned a joint letter to the […]

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