hi,
on 6th of July, the European Parliament will vote on "software patents" and if approved will codify US-style Software Patents in the EU.
http://noepatents.eu.org/index.php/NO_Software_Patents and http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/
Cant say how much impact it will have on India (i think it will) but we can definitely protest so if any list members who have websites are interested they can participate in the "web strike" or put up banners until the vote. here is the link : http://noepatents.eu.org/index.php/Web_Demo_Against_Software_Patents