Mini Bytes On
"Computer Related Inventions- Guidelines on Examination and Patentability"

7 April 2016 - 1600-1800 Hrs: Hotel Westin, Chennai

The Tamil Nadu Technology Development & Promotion Centre of Confederation of Indian Industry is organizing a Mini bytes on “Computer Related Inventions- Guidelines on Examination and Patentability” on 7 April 2016 at Hotel Westin, Chennai. Altacit Global is the associate partner for the event.

In recent years the Indian tech eco system has really taken off which in turn has increased the number of startups popping out each day in the country. Majority of the startups and already existing major players in the market have invested hugely in computer related technology. With this increasing stiff competition it has become necessary to provide suitable intellectual property protection to this increasingly growing technology. The present scenario of computer related inventions is that few countries protect software through patents; the others through copyrights and the rest allow patenting software when embedded with hardware solving technical problems which eventually led to the debate over software patentability.

While software patents are disallowed in India, the recent patent granted by the Indian Patent Office for google for an invention regarding a method that could help online advertisers with different value propositions in finding ad-spots in an advertising network, in a more simplified manner has confused their competitors and general public regarding the myths of Patenting of computer related inventions in India.

To demystify the myths the Indian Patent Office has released the Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions in an attempt to clarify examination of software related patents in India.

With this background the Tamil Nadu Technology Development and Promotion Centre has arranged for this mini byte session with an objective to clear the ambiguities of computer related inventions. The session will sensitize the participants on the impact of the new guidelines on the subject matter.

Our esteemed speakers Dr. Sudhir Raja Ravindran, CEO, Altacit Global and Prof. Feroz Ali Khader, MHRD IP Chair, IIT Madras along with an Industry expert will be the panelist for the session.

In this context, we would like to invite you to participate and also nominate senior officials from your organization to attend this mini byte session on 7 April 2016, 1600-1800 hrs, Hotel Westin, Chennai.

Please confirm your participation / nominations by filling the enclosed registration form and send it to us by fax/email at the earliest.  Registration fee is Rs.1200/- only per participant.

The participation is limited. Only 30 seats are available. We would accept the nominations on first-come-first served basis.