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Is my software invention patentable in India?
Section 3(k) is narrower than its reputation. This works out which side of it you are on.
This is likely to be caught by the business method exclusion.
The qualifier per se in section 3(k) attaches only to computer programme. It does not qualify business method - so the Indian business-method bar is absolute, and European or UK authority on as such does not transpose.
- Re-labelling a method as a system does not help. Indian decisions look at substance rather than claim format.
- Look for a genuine technical contribution inside the implementation - if there is one, that is the invention.
- If there is not, consider whether other rights fit: copyright in the code, trade secrecy in the model, trade marks in the brand.
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