tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post114088428691699862..comments2024-03-24T12:52:31.153+05:30Comments on Shadow Warrior: Wealth of Traditional Knowledge SystemUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1141034969424610372006-02-27T15:39:00.000+05:302006-02-27T15:39:00.000+05:30Hi Sundar,I liked the point on trade namesand old ...Hi Sundar,<BR/><BR/>I liked the point on trade names<BR/>and old business houses in India<BR/>not being protected by IP laws.<BR/><BR/>However, what gets patented is not<BR/>the name of the business, but<BR/>the technique. This guy Bikram's<BR/>steamed room technique is his own<BR/>bright idea, and the way they do<BR/>yoga is more of a fitness thing<BR/>than a true yoga form.<BR/><BR/>What bothers me about patenting a<BR/>sequence is that it can eventually<BR/>lead to theft, with more people<BR/>doing the same. After all a typical<BR/>yoga routine starts with some<BR/>breathing/warm-ups and followed by<BR/>upper-body, middle-body, lower-body<BR/>and so on. I am starting to think<BR/>that patenting asana sequences<BR/>should not be allowed at all.<BR/><BR/>More than that, who has given the<BR/>US the divine right, in this whole<BR/>world, to give patents for anything<BR/>they please ? - This is what<BR/>should be challenged by our<BR/>country, and others affected.<BR/><BR/>Feng-shui, Vaastu are all fast<BR/>becoming household words in the US.<BR/>There are a quite a few Americans<BR/>highly trained in Vaastu, who now<BR/>offer consultancy and teaching.<BR/><BR/>India should claim ownership. I am<BR/>not talking of IP laws, fighting<BR/>separately every patent that gets<BR/>filed and such things. It should<BR/>be addressed more fundamentally.<BR/>India should declare and claim what<BR/>is of Indian origin and control<BR/>what may be done with these things<BR/>by anyone.<BR/><BR/>I think the govt. should have a<BR/>body exclusively for this - for<BR/>protecting traditional knowledge<BR/>and heritage.daisieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03161174841668873934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1140973093193455402006-02-26T22:28:00.000+05:302006-02-26T22:28:00.000+05:30Talking about predatory white man stealing others ...Talking about predatory white man stealing others ideas and property, I read in Feb 13th edition of Time (US version) magazine a book review. The title of the book was Curry written by one Lizzie Collingham.<BR/><BR/>In that book she says that Chili peppers and vindaloo actually came from the “New World” Europe, Portugal to be precise, only after 1500. She also says that the Portuguese name for vindaloo was vinho e alhos. When I read this my first reaction was, what the fuck? When did this happen? Can anybody throw some light on this stupid history of vindaloo and its origin?<BR/><BR/>With this trend and the already twisted stupid version of Yoga offered in the US as Christian Yoga and Jewish Yoga, it won’t be long before they say Yoga and Meditation was brought to India by that mysterious ghost Thomas.sivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12139015293818381716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7813749.post-1140888451721928062006-02-25T22:57:00.000+05:302006-02-25T22:57:00.000+05:30hmmm...this was a different casealtogether...i thi...hmmm...this was a different case<BR/>altogether...i think...<BR/><BR/>i think this was bikram yoga. i<BR/>thought it had 14 postures. or<BR/>maybe my memory is wrong.<BR/><BR/>what was patented was only the<BR/>sequence of asanas. not the<BR/>asanas themselves.<BR/><BR/>his argument was that, if you can<BR/>patent a sequence of notes, you<BR/>can patent a sequence of asanas.<BR/><BR/>so we can rest easy, nothing<BR/>has been stolen. he just protected<BR/>his business from theft by copying.<BR/><BR/>bikram yoga incidentally is yoga<BR/>done in steam rooms, which induces<BR/>sweat and has numerous health<BR/>benefits such as weight loss,<BR/>increase in bmr as well as general<BR/>removal of toxins through sweat.<BR/>usually people who cant do heavy<BR/>exercise go for it.<BR/><BR/>it is good stuff.<BR/><BR/>but actually, he should have<BR/>obtained a patent for sequence of<BR/>asanas in heated setting. otherwise<BR/>it somewhat amounts to patenting<BR/>yoga itself.daisieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03161174841668873934noreply@blogger.com