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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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CIS' submission to Indian Patent Office on Examples of Excluded Patentable subject-matter under Section 3(k) for incorporation in the yet-to-be-released Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions: by Anubha Sinha — published Jan 28, 2016 — last modified Feb 22, 2016 09:36 AM — filed under: Patents, Access to Knowledge
The Patent Office had put the Guidelines on Computer Related Inventions, 2015 in abeyance last month. This step was taken after several stakeholders including CIS made representations to the Office about serious substantive legal issues in the document. In furtherance of the consultative process, a meeting was conducted in Mumbai with various stakeholders, chaired by the Controller General of Patents Design Trademarks (“CGPTDM”). Anubha Sinha participated in the meeting, after which the CGPTDM invited submissions from stakeholders on specific examples on exclusions from patentability under section 3(k) of the Patents Act, 1970, for possible incorporation in the Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions.
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Comments and Suggestions to the Draft Patent Manual March 2019: by Achal Prabhala, Feroz Ali, Ramya Sheshadri, Roshan John and Anubha Sinha — published Mar 21, 2019 — last modified Apr 05, 2019 02:15 AM — filed under: Patents, Access to Knowledge
A coordinated civil society response to the consultation on the Patent Manual. CIS provided comments on patenting of computer related inventions.
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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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Comments on the Draft Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions: by Puneeth Nagaraj — published Jul 31, 2013 — last modified Aug 02, 2013 08:27 AM — filed under: Patents, Access to Knowledge
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) submitted the below comments to the office of the Controller General of Patents Designs & Trademarks, Mumbai on July 26, 2013.
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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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Comparison of National IPR Strategy September 2012, National IPR Strategy July 2014 and Draft National IP Policy, December 2014: by Amulya Purushothama — published Oct 15, 2015 — last modified Mar 08, 2016 01:49 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Patents, Access to Knowledge
This is an analysis of the first draft of India's National IPR Policy with an earlier document "India's National IPR Strategy".
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Cultural Interests vs. Modernization: Robert Shapiro on IPR & Innovation in India: by Samantha Cassar — published Mar 31, 2014 — last modified Apr 03, 2014 10:54 AM — filed under: Economics, Patents, Access to Knowledge
Last Friday March 28, 2014, prominent economist and chairman of Sonecon, llc, Dr. Robert Shapiro, lead a discussion on the roles of IPR and FDI in innovation. Within his research findings, Shapiro argues for India to adopt a stricter IP regime in order to attract higher rates of FDI in pharmaceuticals and other industries, and in turn, to spur a more successful economy.
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Dictionary words in software patent guidelines puzzle industry: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 27, 2013 — last modified Sep 04, 2013 06:20 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Patents, Access to Knowledge
Terms not defined in draft guidelines on patents for computer-related inventions leaves room for misinterpretation
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Hacking, Modding & Making: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 09, 2012 — filed under: Patents, Access to Knowledge
Seeber's electronics laboratory is a room in a unit he shares with his mother. Every available space is taken up with teetering towers of electronic parts, writes Brendan Shanahan for GQ.
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