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Comments on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations: Technical Background Paper Prepared by the WIPO Secretariat: by Nehaa Chaudhari and Amulya Purushothama — published Jun 28, 2015 — last modified Sep 03, 2015 01:47 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
Technical Background Paper prepared by the WIPO Secretariat in relation to the Broadcast Treaty (“Technical Background Paper) provides information on new and emerging technologies and on legal developments in the broadcasting sector. This Technical Background Paper will be discussed at the upcoming 30th session of the SCCR in Geneva on 29th June- 3rd July 2015. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India had called for comments on the same. This is a submission made by Nehaa Chaudhari and Amulya Purushothama on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society in this regard.
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National IPR Policy Series: What Have the Sectoral Innovation Councils Been Doing on IPR: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Aug 13, 2015 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
In this post, Nehaa Chaudhari and Varun Baliga delve into the question of what the mandate of the Sectoral Innovation Councils is, what its activities are, and what vision for IPR development in India has it put forth. An RTI Application has been filed by CIS to attain information on these issues.
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29th Session of the WIPO SCCR: CIS Intervention on the Proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Dec 09, 2014 — last modified Dec 12, 2014 11:55 AM — filed under: Broadcast Treaty, Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) made its intervention on the proposed treaty in the ongoing WIPO session on December 9, 2014.
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29th Session of the WIPO SCCR: CIS- 2nd (brief) Intervention on the Broadcast Treaty: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Dec 11, 2014 — last modified Dec 12, 2014 11:56 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
On Day 3 (December 10, 2014), the SCCR briefly re-convened at the Plenary. The Chair, Martin Moscoso updated the Committee on the discussions and the developments that had taken place over the course of the past two days in the Informals. The Centre for Internet and Society made a brief pointed intervention on one of the documents being discussed in the Informals.
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29th Session of the WIPO SCCR: CIS Intervention : Questions to Prof. Kenneth Crews on his Updated Study on Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Dec 14, 2014 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
Nehaa Chaudhari on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) on December 11 during one of the sessions in WIPO asked two questions to Prof. Kenneth Crews.
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Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Michael Geist: by Job Michael Mathew — published Dec 12, 2015 — last modified Jan 31, 2016 05:37 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
Continuing the lead-up to the GCIP, the following discussion is with Dr. Michael Geist.
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Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Susan K. Sell: by Job Michael Mathew — published Dec 12, 2015 — last modified Jan 31, 2016 08:36 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
After Mr. Zakir Thomas and Dr. Michael Geist, our third discussion is with Prof. Susan K. Sell.
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Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Shamnad Basheer: by Job Michael Mathew — published Dec 13, 2015 — last modified Jan 31, 2016 08:57 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
The next discussion in our pre-GCIP discussion series is with Prof. Shamnad Basheer.
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IP Meetup #01: Prof. Biswajit Dhar on 'Intellectual Property issues: The Way Forward post Nairobi WTO Ministerial': by Anubha Sinha — published Feb 04, 2016 — last modified Feb 04, 2016 01:25 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Event, Access to Knowledge, Learning
Prof. Biswajit Dhar will deliver a short talk on what the WTO Nairobi Ministerial means for intellectual property issues, and the way forward, on Sunday, February 7, 2016 at the Centre for Internet & Society's Delhi office, at 4 p.m.
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Did Sibal just get arm-twisted by book publishers?: by Prasad Krishna — published May 28, 2012 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
The publishing industry seems to have got the better of the Human Resources Development Minister Kapil Sibal. Pranesh Prakash's article on parallel importation of books is referred in this article published in FirstPost on May 25, 2012.
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