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Assocham event sparks row over conflict of interest by CCI: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 06, 2015 — last modified Sep 19, 2015 04:34 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
CCI Chairman Ashok Chawla is the key speaker of the conference, organised by industry chamber Assocham with Ericsson being the event partner.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Comments on the Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs): by Anubha Sinha — published Sep 21, 2015 — last modified Oct 27, 2015 02:46 PM — filed under: Software Patents, Access to Knowledge, Intellectual Property Rights, Indian Patents Act Section 3(k), Patents
Recently, the Indian Patents Office released the Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (“2015 Guidelines/ Guidelines”) in an attempt to clarify examination of software related patents in India. This post is a pure analysis of the 2015 Guidelines. The new Guidelines, essentially, narrow the exclusions of secttion 3(k), thereby enlarging the scope of software related applications eligible for a patent grant. More alarmingly, there is low emphasis on the application of the subject matter test, increased ambiguity on the nature of subject matter and an exclusionary list of examples appended to the document. In the following post, CIS highlights these concerns and presents solutions, and also proposes a definition of "computer programme per se". Read on to understand how the new guidelines will potentially lead to an increase in software patenting activity by expanding the scope of patentable subject matter – in negation of the legislative intent of section 3(k) of the Indian Patents Act, 1970.
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Open Letter to PM Modi on Intellectual Property Rights issues on His Visit to the United States of America in September, 2015: by Pranesh Prakash and Nehaa Chaudhari — published Sep 23, 2015 — last modified Sep 25, 2015 06:43 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Intellectual Property Rights, Accessibility, Featured, Homepage
This is an open letter by CIS to the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi in light of his impending visit to the USA. This letter asks the Prime Minister to urge the USA to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty; and asks that India not be a party to TPP negotiations, in light of recent reports on a study encouraging India to join the TPP.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Methodology: Statements of Working (Form 27) of Indian Mobile Device Patents: by Rohini Lakshané — published Sep 14, 2016 — last modified Sep 10, 2017 03:19 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Patents, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
In India, if a patent is not locally worked within three years of its issuance, any person may request a compulsory license, and if the patent is not adequately worked within two years of the grant of such a compulsory license, it may be revoked. In order to provide the public with information about patent working, India requires every patentee to file an annual statement on “Form 27” describing the working of each of its issued Indian patents. We conducted the first comprehensive and systematic study of all Forms 27 filed with respect to mobile devices. We tried to empirically establish the extent to which patentees and licensees comply with the statutory requirement to declare information about the working of their patents. Research assistance was provided by interns Anna Liz Thomas and Nayana Dasgupta.
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Workshop on Innovation, Economic Development and IP in India and China: by Anubha Sinha and Rohini Lakshané — published Sep 28, 2016 — last modified Oct 09, 2016 04:41 AM — filed under: Peer Production, Access to Knowledge, Intellectual Property Rights, Open Hardware, Open Innovation, Mobile Apps, Patents
Anubha Sinha and Rohini Lakshané presented at the SMU-JINDAL-RENMIN Workshop on “Innovation, Economic Development, and IP in India and China,” co-organised by the Singapore Management University, O.P. Jindal Global University, and Renmin University of China, in Delhi during September 27-28, 2016. Amitabh Kant, Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog, delivered the inaugural address at the workshop.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Access to Medicines: Petition to the US Government to Stop Pressure on India: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Nov 30, 2014 — last modified Dec 10, 2014 01:02 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
There is growing pressure on India from the US Government to change its intellectual property system. Bending to US pressure will put medicines out of reach for millions of patients in India and other developing countries.
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National IPR Policy Series : Comments on the Proposed Intellectual Property Rights Policy to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Nov 30, 2014 — last modified Apr 12, 2015 11:39 AM — filed under: Call for Comments, Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, Patents
On 13 November, 2014, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion had released a Call for Suggestions for India's proposed National IPR Policy. This is the Centre for Internet and Society's (CIS) submission for the same.
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PERVASIVE TECHNOLOGIES PROJECT WORKING DOCUMENT SERIES: DOCUMENT 1 - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY FOR A PAPER ON COMPETITION LAW + IPR + ACCESS TO < $100 MOBILE DEVICES: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Nov 25, 2014 — last modified Oct 04, 2015 02:51 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
This blog post is the research methodology for my research paper under the Pervasive Technologies Project. This is a work in progress and is likely to be modified from time to time.
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The Future of the Moving Image: by Nishant Shah — published Nov 10, 2008 — last modified Nov 11, 2008 09:06 AM — filed under: internet and society, Piracy, Intellectual Property Rights, YouTube, internet art, Cybercultures, New Pedagogies
All dissimilar technologies are the same in their own way, but all similar technologies are uniquely different. This was probably at the core of the zeitgeist at the international seminar on “The Future of Celluloid” hosted by the Media Lab at the Jadavpur University, Kolkata, at which Nishant Shah, Director - Research CIS, presented a research paper. Practitioners, film makers, artists, theoreticians and academics, blurring the boundaries of both their roles and their disciplines and areas of interest, came together to move beyond convergence theories – to explore the continuities, conflations, contestations and confusions that Internet Technologies have led to for earlier technologies, but specifically for the technology of the moving image.
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IPEX 2015: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 26, 2015 — last modified Oct 25, 2015 03:06 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
Rohini Lakshané attended IPEX 2015 organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry, APTDC and TDPC on September 25 - 26, 2015 at Hotel Westin in Chennai.
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