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Compilation of Mobile Phone Patent Litigation Cases in India: by Rohini Lakshané — published Mar 15, 2015 — last modified Feb 08, 2018 02:41 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
This working paper is an attempt to chronicle information about big-ticket lawsuits pertaining to mobile technology patents filed in India. All information presented in this paper has been gathered from publicly available sources. Interns Nayana Dasgupta, Sampada Nayak and Suchisubhra Sarkar (in alphabetical order) provided invaluable research assistance. This paper was first published as a blog post on the CIS website on March 15, 2015. It was periodically updated till October 31, 2017 to reflect new developments in the different lawsuits at the Delhi High Court and the cases with the Competition Commission of India.
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India at Leisure: Media, Culture and Consumption in the New Economy: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 09, 2015 — last modified Mar 30, 2015 03:34 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
Maggie Huang attended the event and presented a paper titled “The Future of Music Streaming: Business Practices and Copyright Management in India”. The paper was co-authored by Maggie and Amba Kak.
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Pervasive Technologies Project in Hong Kong: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 20, 2017 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
Digital Asia Hub and the United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society (UNU-CS) held a new networking initiative. Digital Asia Hub and the United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society co-hosted a series of events aimed at fostering engagement and knowledge sharing at the intersection of technology, society, law, policy and international development.
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Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products: An Empirical Assessment of India's Form 27 Practice and Compliance: by Rohini Lakshané — published Jul 17, 2017 — last modified Oct 13, 2017 04:32 AM — filed under: Patents, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
India requires every patentee to file an annual statement, also known as “Form 27”, describing the working of each of its issued Indian patents. 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. The research paper on Form 27 practices and compliance by patentees authored by Prof Jorge L. Contreras, University of Utah, and Rohini Lakshané, Centre for Internet and Society has been accepted for publication in the NYU Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law.
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National IPR Policy Series: Quick Observations on the Leaked Draft of the National IPR Policy: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Oct 18, 2015 — last modified Nov 19, 2015 05:13 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
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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CCI allowed to probe Ericsson: FAQs on Ericsson’s disputes with Micromax and Intex: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Apr 30, 2016 — last modified May 01, 2016 01:46 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies, Intellectual Property Rights, Competition Law, Patents
The blog post is an analysis of the recent decision of the Delhi High Court, clarifying that the Competition Commission of India could investigate Ericsson for a violation of competition law. A shorter version of this blog post was published in the Quint on April 30, 2016.
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MHRD IPR Chair Series: Information Received from IIT Roorkee: by Karan Tripathi and Nehaa Chaudhari — published Nov 17, 2015 — last modified Nov 21, 2015 07:26 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
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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A Study of J. Sai Deepak's Comments on Competition Law in India: by Aarushi Bansal — published Nov 19, 2015 — last modified Nov 21, 2015 06:18 AM — filed under: Competition, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
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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Comments on Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion Discussion Paper on Standard Essential Patents and their Availability on Frand Terms: by Anubha Sinha, Nehaa Chaudhari and Rohini Lakshane — published May 01, 2016 — last modified May 03, 2016 02:30 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies, Competition, Featured, Patents
The Centre for Internet & Society gave its comments to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. The comments were prepared by Anubha Sinha, Nehaa Chaudhari and Rohini Lakshané.
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RTI request to Indian Patents Office for Form 27 (Statement of Working of patents), 2015: by Rohini Lakshané — published Sep 09, 2017 — last modified Oct 13, 2017 04:37 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
The Centre for Internet and Society filed this request under the Right to Information Act in 2015 as part of research for the paper: Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products: An Empirical Assessment of India's Form 27 Practice and Compliance (July 2017). We sought Form 27 (also known as Statements of Working) pertaining to randomly selected patents found in our patent landscaping study. These forms were not available on the online public databases, InPASS and IPAIRS, at the time of the filing the RTI request. Research assistance was provided by intern Nayana Dasgupta.
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