Patents slip out as India nurses data

What a shame! I read the article today morning and have been feeling bad about it since then. Our country is losing so much wealth and recognition because of a handful of administrators who, I am sure, have no idea of what a patent is and, how it works.

Government officials pointed out that the objection of the HRD ministry was on account of a confusion between patent and copyright.

This is a good example of what I discussed about, with some friends day-before-yesterday: Administraors unwilling to take any step forward as they do not know what "side-effects" it might have, thus threatening their position.