Centre for Internet & Society

Fueling the Affordable Smartphone Revolution in India

by Anubha Sinha

Smartphones have emerged as the exemplar of mankind's quest for shrinking technologies. They embody the realization of a simple premise – that computing devices would do more and cost less. This realization has been responsible for modern society's profound transformations in communication, governance, and knowledge distribution.

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2016 Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property ("WIPIP") Colloquium

by Prasad Krishna

Prof. Jorge Contreras presented a paper co-authored by Rohini Lakshané on the patent landscape conducted for the Pervasive Technologies project at WPIP. The event was held in Washington D.C. on February 19 and 20, 2016. It was organized by School of Law, University of Washington.

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The two-faced FRAND: Licensing and injunctive relief in ICTs

by Rohini Lakshané

Important takeaways from the Indo-Europe Conference on Building a Sustainable IPR-ICT Ecosystem for Promoting Innovation, held in Bangalore in November 2015. Ericsson and the Indian Cellular Association presented an interesting set of views on FRAND licensing as well as injunctive relief, from seemingly opposite ends of the spectrum.

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Pervasive Technologies Project Presentations at the 4th Global Congress, 2015

by Nehaa Chaudhari

These are the presentations made by the members of the PT Project team at the 4th Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest, 2015 at National Law University, New Delhi.

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A Study of J. Sai Deepak's Comments on Competition Law in India

by Aarushi Bansal

In his blog, 'The Demanding Mistress', J. Sai Deepak has commented on the competition law in India, using provisions of different acts, case judgments and amendments to these acts. He has also included a comment on India’s patent law. This review studies his comments to the Competition Act, 2002 (“Competition Act”) and the Patents Act, 1970 (“Patents Act”).

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MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from IIT Roorkee

by Karan Tripathi and Nehaa Chaudhari

This post provides a factual description about the operation of Ministry of Human Resource Development IPR Chair’s Intellectual Property Education, Research and Public Outreach (IPERPO) scheme in IIT Roorkee.

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National IPR Policy Series: Quick Observations on the Leaked Draft of the National IPR Policy

by Nehaa Chaudhari

Earlier this week, the “Don’t Trade Our Lives Away” blog leaked the supposed final draft of India’s National IPR Policy (“leaked draft”). This article presents quick comments on this leaked draft.

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Pervasive Technologies: Working Document Series – Updated Research Methodology – Applying the Actor Network Theory to Competition Law and Standard Essential Patent Litigation in India

by Nehaa Chaudhari

This document lays out the updated research methodology for the paper on competition law issues around standard essential patent litigation in India.

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FAQ: CIS' Proposal for Compulsory Licensing of Critical Mobile Technologies

by Rohini Lakshané

Earlier this year, the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) had proposed that the Government of India (GoI) initiate the formation of a patent pool of critical mobile technologies and mandate a five percent compulsory license. The proposal was made in light of ongoing litigation in India over standard essential patents pertaining to mobile technology, and the government's own “Make in India” and “Digital India” programmes.

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Pervasive Technologies: Working Document Series - Research Questions and a Literature Review on the Actor-Network Theory

by Nehaa Chaudhari

This document is divided into two parts - the first part lays out a series of research questions, potentially seeking to apply actor-network theory as a research methodology. The second part seeks to map literature around the Actor-Network Theory ("ANT") as a research methodology.

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