[KDE-India] [OT] The Microsoft-Novell agreement

[Aditya Godbole]

On 12/4/06, Mahesh T. Pai <paivakil at gmail.com> wrote:

> Here is how it goes.
>
> 1.  Going  by  the  constitution,  India  is  bound  by  international
> treaties. Therefore,  courts will implement  domestic (parliament made)
> law in accordance with international treaties.
>
> 2.  India is a party to various treaties which oblige India to enforce
> patents granted by foreign countries.
>
> 3. India is bound to enforce software patents even if they are granted
> in foreign countries, even if India itself does not grant s/w patents.
>
> Correct me if  I am wrong, and I  am no (longer a) lawyer,  so this is
> not legal advice.
>

I think the result of the above is that if some other country takes
legal action on you on their soil for violating their patents, the
Indian government has to agree to that. I might be wrong though.

--
aditya