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Global Congress On IP and Public Interest Adopts Principles for Negotiations: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 13, 2014 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
A recent conference on intellectual property and the public interest concluded with the adoption of public interest principles to guide international trade negotiations and international organisations.
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Arguments Against the PUPFIP Bill: by Pranesh Prakash — published Oct 20, 2009 — last modified Sep 12, 2011 11:03 AM — filed under: Bayh-Dole, Access to Knowledge, Access to Medicine, Intellectual Property Rights, PUPFIP, Patents, Publications
The Protection and Utilisation of Public Funded Intellectual Property Bill (PUPFIP Bill) is a new legislation being considered by Parliament, which was introduced in the 2008 winter session of the Rajya Sabha. It is modelled on the American Bayh-Dole Act (University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act) of 1980. On this page, we explore some of the reasons that the bill is unnecessary, and how it will be harmful if passed.
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4th Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest: Statement of Conclusion for the IP and Development track: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Dec 25, 2015 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Global Congress, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
The 4th Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest was held from December 15 to 17, 2015 in New Delhi. This post provides a summary of the event.
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National IPR Policy Series : Who is a 'public authority' under the RTI Act?: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published May 21, 2015 — last modified May 21, 2015 05:03 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
In this blog post, CIS intern Devrupa Rakshit examines case law with respect to the understanding of a 'public authority' under the Right to Information ("RTI") Act, 2005.
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Report: Global Intellectual Property Convention 2015: by Rohini Lakshané — published May 22, 2015 — last modified Jun 21, 2015 01:36 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
The Global Intellectual Property Convention was held in January 2015 in Mumbai. Interns Anna Liz Thomas and Nayana Dasgupta assisted with the making of this report.
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MHRD IPR Chair Series: Introduction: by Amulya Purushothama — published Aug 10, 2015 — last modified Sep 03, 2015 03:17 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
In this blog post, Amulya Purushothama announces our new MHRD IPR Chair Series and charts the sequence of events, starting from the establishment of the MHRD IPR Chairs, to discussions surrounding their purpose and functioning, to concerns surrounding the lack of information about the IPR Chairs, the first round of RTIs CIS had filed in regard to this and the responses received. This series will document and analyze further RTIs filed and responses received in this regard.
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MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from IIT, Kharagpur: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published May 15, 2016 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
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 the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
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MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from NUJS: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published May 15, 2016 — last modified May 15, 2016 07:51 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
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 the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences.
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MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from IIM, Bangalore: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published May 21, 2016 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
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 IIM, Bangalore.
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MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from NLSIU: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published May 27, 2016 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
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 the National Law School of India University.
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