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Consumers International IP Watch List 2009: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jun 05, 2009 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:42 AM — filed under: Piracy, Consumer Rights, Intellectual Property Rights, Fair Dealings
In response to the US Special 301 report, Consumers International brought out an IP Watch List. CIS contributed the India Country Report for the Watch List.
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Civil Society Letter Against TRIPS-Plus IP Enforcement: by Pranesh Prakash — published Aug 18, 2009 — last modified Sep 22, 2011 12:48 PM — filed under: Access to Medicine, Consumer Rights, Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
This open letter was sent to the president of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and high-level government officials on the eve of the Third International Conference on Counterfeiting & Piracy organized by CII. This conference aims to strengthen the enforcement of intellectual property rights and thus creating an imbalance in the protection that intellectual property offers to both those who own it as well as those who don't.
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Fallacies, Lies, and Video Pirates: by Pranesh Prakash — published Aug 24, 2009 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:43 AM — filed under: Featured, Intellectual Property Rights
At a recent conference on counterfeiting and piracy, industry representatives variously pushed for stiffer laws for IP violation, more stringent enforcement of existing IP laws, and championed IP as the most important thing for businesses today. This blog post tries to show how their arguments are flawed.
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World IT Forum 2009: by Pranesh Prakash — published Sep 08, 2009 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:44 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
At the World IT Forum, Pranesh Prakash made a brief presentation on intellectual property rights, how ill-suited they are to be considered "property" rights, and how they have been foisted upon the developing world.
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Don't Shoot the Messenger: Speech on Intermediary Liability at 22nd SCCR of WIPO: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jul 08, 2011 — last modified Jun 01, 2012 03:01 PM — filed under: Intermediary Liability, Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
This is a speech made by Pranesh Prakash at an side-event co-organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Internet Society on intermediary liability, to coincide with the release of Prof. Lillian Edwards's WIPO-commissioned report on 'Role and Responsibility of the Internet Intermediaries in the Field of Copyright'.
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Problems Remain with Standing Committee's Report on Copyright Amendments: by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 16, 2010 — last modified Sep 06, 2011 07:50 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, Intermediary Liability, Technological Protection Measures
The Rajya Sabha Standing Committee on Human Resource Development (under which ministry copyright falls) recently tabled their report on the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010 before Parliament. There is much to be applauded in the report, including the progressive stand that the Committee has taken on the issue of providing access by persons with disabilities. This post, however, will concern itself with highlighting some of the problems with that report, along with some very important considerations that got missed out of the entire amendment debate.
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CIS Submission on Draft Patent Manual 2010: by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 05, 2010 — last modified May 29, 2014 06:47 AM — filed under: Software Patents, Patents
The patent office has released a revised version of the Draft Manual of Patent Practice and Procedure. Section 8.03.06.10 of the Manual deals with patenting of computer programmes. CIS is happy to note the many improvements in this draft of the Manual from the previous version. CIS made its submission along with a few suggestions that it thinks would make the document even better.
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New Release of IPR Chapter of India-EU Free Trade Agreement: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 12, 2011 — last modified Sep 22, 2011 12:34 PM — filed under: Access to Medicine, Intellectual Property Rights, Intermediary Liability, Access to Knowledge
A draft of the IPR chapter of the EU-India FTA, made publicly available now for the first time, provides insight into India's response in July 2010 to several EU proposals on intellectual property protection and enforcement.
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Why Parallel Importation of Books Should Be Allowed: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 25, 2011 — last modified Feb 01, 2019 05:41 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
There has been much controversy lately with some publishers trying to stop the government from amending s.2(m) of the Indian Copyright Act, clarifying that a parallel import will not be seen as an "infringing copy". This blog post argues that the government should, keeping in mind the larger picture, still go ahead and legalise parallel imports.
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Indian Law and "Parallel Exports": by Pranesh Prakash — published Feb 01, 2011 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:47 AM — filed under: Consumer Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
Recently, a lawyer for the publishing industry made the claim that allowing for parallel importation would legally allow for the exports of low-priced edition. Here we present a legal rebuttal of that claim.
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