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RTI request to Indian Patents Office for Form 27 (Statement of Working of patents), March 2016: by Rohini Lakshané — published Sep 09, 2017 — last modified Oct 13, 2017 04:35 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 March 2016 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 forms pertaining to 61 of the 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 Shreshth Wadhwa.
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2016 Works-in-Progress Intellectual Property ("WIPIP") Colloquium: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 20, 2016 — last modified Mar 20, 2016 05:10 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
Prof. Jorge Contreras presented a paper co-authored by Rohini Lakshané on the patent landscape conducted for the Pervasive Technologies project at WPIP. The event was held in Washington D.C. on February 19 and 20, 2016. It was organized by School of Law, University of Washington.
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Workshop on Competition Law and Policy: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 21, 2016 — last modified Oct 23, 2016 01:51 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
National School of Law India University and the Delegation of European Union to India jointly organized a workshop at Competition Commission of India in New Delhi from October 19 - 21, 2016. Anubha Sinha and Rohini Lakshané participated and made presentations.
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Report: 5G Technologies Workshop by IEEE: by Rohini Lakshané — published Jul 03, 2015 — last modified Sep 27, 2015 11:45 AM — filed under: Pervasive Technologies
A report on the 5G Technologies Workshop organised by the Bangalore Chapter of the IEEE Communication Society at Bangalore on May 22 -23, 2015.
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Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Marketplace — CIS’s Upcoming A2K Research Initiative: by Jadine Lannon — published Sep 25, 2012 — last modified Oct 30, 2012 06:23 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
Pervasive technologies have flooded the Indian market and are changing the ways in which the average Indian accesses knowledge but very little is understood about these technologies, particularly when it comes to their legality. The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) plans to begin a research project that aims to understand how pervasive technologies interact with Intellectual Property laws and what can be done to protect these technologies from being labelled “illegal” and eradicated from the Asian market.
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CIS' Submission to DIPP and CGPDTM at meeting with IP Stakeholders: by Anubha Sinha — published Dec 13, 2017 — last modified Dec 13, 2017 02:31 PM — filed under: DIPP, Patents, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks held a meeting with IP stakeholders on December 7, 2017, chaired by the Secretary, DIPP, to take suggestions on improving procedures and functioning of the Office. Anubha Sinha attended the meeting and requested the DIPP to improve compliance of uploading Form 27s by patentees and ensure proper enforcement of related provisions within the Indian Patent Act, 1970. Additionally, we sent a detailed submission to the Office, drawing from our recent research. Thanks to Rohini Lakshane and Aman Goyal for their inputs.
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Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products: by Jorge L. Contreras, Rohini Lakshané and Paxton M. Lewis — published Jan 18, 2018 — last modified Jan 23, 2018 03:09 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
The paper titled "Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products" has been published in the latest issue of the NYU Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law. It is one of the outputs of the Pervasive Technology project and has been authored by Prof. Jorge L. Contreras, Paxton M. Lewis, and Rohini Lakshané.
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Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Market Place — A Presentation by Sunil Abraham: by Sunil Abraham — published Jan 28, 2013 — last modified Feb 13, 2013 07:05 AM — filed under: Featured, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
The 2012 Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest was organized in Rio de Janeiro from December 15 to 17, 2012. The Centre for Internet & Society partnered FGV, Washington College of Law, the American Embassy, African Information Research and Training and International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development in this event. Sunil Abraham made a presentation on Pervasive Technologies on the opening day, December 15, 2012.
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Pervasive Technologies: Patent Pools: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jun 27, 2013 — last modified Jul 03, 2013 06:57 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Publications, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
In this research paper, Nehaa Chaudhari gives an analysis of patent pools. She discusses the working of a patent pool, study patent pool in other areas of technology, and patenting in telecom and related technology.
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India's Obligations under Bilateral Investment Treaties (Part A): “Bilateral Inhibiting Treaty?” — Investigating the Challenges that Bilateral Investment Treaties pose to the Compulsory Licensing of Pervasive Technology Patent Pools: by Gavin Pereira — published Aug 31, 2013 — last modified Sep 02, 2013 02:45 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
In this blog post, the first of a series of three, Gavin Pereira attempts to address the challenges that India's obligations under Bilateral Investment Treaties may pose to the establishment of a patent pool in the country. The author thanks Puneeth Nagaraj for his guidance and inputs on this paper.
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