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Report of the 30th Session of the WIPO SCCR by the Centre for Internet & Society: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Mar 23, 2016 — last modified Apr 04, 2016 02:39 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
This report was edited by Nehaa Chaudhari, Programme Officer; compiled with assistance from Nisha S.K., Administrator, and, Aarushi Bansal, Amulya P., and Saahil Dama, interns.
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Competition Commission of India chairman's participation in Assocham conference raises conflict of interests: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 06, 2015 — last modified Sep 19, 2015 03:33 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
The chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and three of the six commission members are participating in a conference organised by Assocham and sponsored by private companies like Ericsson, trade associations and two legal firms specialising in intellectual property cases.
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Open letter from CIS to PM Modi on Intellectual Property Rights issues on his Visit to US: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 24, 2015 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
Centre for Internet and Society, through its Policy Director Mr. Pranesh Prakash and Programme Officer Nehaa Chaudhari has addressed an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the intellectual property right issues concerning his visit to the United State of America in September, 2015.
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Patents and Mobile Devices in India: An Empirical Survey: by Rohini Lakshané — published Mar 31, 2016 — last modified Mar 29, 2017 04:03 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
Though India has the second-largest wireless subscriber base in the world, with more than 150 mobile device vendors, it has, until recently, remained relatively unaffected by the global smartphone wars. Over the past three years, however, a growing number of patent enforcement actions have been brought by multinational firms against domestic Indian producers. These actions, which have largely resulted in judgments favoring foreign patent holders, have given rise to a variety of proposals for addressing this situation.
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International Workshop on the Impact of the TRIPS Agreement on key sectors and its continuing relevance in the context of Regional and Bilateral Trading Agreements: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 28, 2015 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
On the occasion of 20 years of TRIPS Agreement, Centre for WTO Studies and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade is holding a workshop at Naland, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi on October 26 and 27, 2015. Pranesh Prakash is a speaker in the concluding session.
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Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 15, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 08:14 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property charts the rise of the access to knowledge movement, a movement in which Open Society Foundations have played a key role. It maps the vast terrain of legal, cultural, and technical issues that activists and thinkers aligned to the movement negotiate every day.
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Consumers International World Congress - Day 3 roundup: by Prasad Krishna — published May 05, 2011 — last modified May 06, 2011 05:34 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
Consumers can be empowered, and consumer organisations can make sure this happens through sharing and networking, speakers at the 19th Consumers International World Congress in Hong Kong said. The programme of the Congress finished on Thursday evening, and on Friday the global consumer body will hold its General Assembly and Council elections. This news was published in the Consumer's International Blog on May 5, 2011.
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2(m) or not 2(m): by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 23, 2011 — last modified Apr 01, 2011 03:55 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
An article by Nilanjana S Roy was published in the Business Standard on February 19, 2011. In this article Nilanjana Roy explains to us how a copyright amendment might change the way we read, write and publish in India.
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Copyright bill restricts Net access: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 30, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:21 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
Law to curb piracy may fetter creativity
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Digital Wrongs: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 02, 2011 — last modified Apr 01, 2011 04:26 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
Protecting Intellectual Property Rights. This article by Rohin Dharmakumar was published in Forbes India on January 28, 2011.
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