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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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Procuring books in Indian libraries: by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 16, 2011 — last modified Apr 01, 2011 04:27 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
Campaign to legalise parallel imports gathers steam.
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Putting a Lid on Royalty Outflows — How the RBI can Help Reduce India's IP Costs: by Sanjana Govil — published Jun 17, 2011 — last modified Jan 26, 2012 05:11 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
While entrepreneurs, IP rights-holders and everyone else who has a stake continue to voice their opinions on the appropriate shape that the Indian IP regime ought to take, they tend to narrow their discussions to the language of substantive IP laws. However, there are regulations that cannot be found in the Patent Act, Copyright Act or Trademarks Act which nevertheless have an impact on how much one is paying for intellectual property. Paying attention to these external factors might just provide a simple solution to your IP woes.
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Report of the 30th Session of the WIPO SCCR by the Centre for Internet & Society: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Mar 23, 2016 — last modified Apr 04, 2016 02:39 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
This report was edited by Nehaa Chaudhari, Programme Officer; compiled with assistance from Nisha S.K., Administrator, and, Aarushi Bansal, Amulya P., and Saahil Dama, interns.
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Report on the 31st Session of the Standing Committee on Trademarks: by Puneeth Nagaraj — published Apr 29, 2014 — last modified May 06, 2014 07:22 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
Puneeth Nagraj reports about the 31st Session of the Standing Committee on Trademarks (SCT) that he attended.
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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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Research Project on Open Video in India: by Pranesh Prakash — published Apr 05, 2010 — last modified Aug 23, 2011 02:51 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Open Content, Projects, Software Patents
Open Video Alliance and the Centre for Internet and Society are calling for researchers for a project on open video in India, its potentials, limitations, and recommendations on policy interventions.
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Response to the Call from Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry for Review of the Copyright Act: by Sanchia de Souza — published Jul 30, 2009 — last modified Aug 17, 2011 08:51 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Accessibility
This blog entry contains a letter sent by Rahul Cherian of Indojuris and Nirmita Narsimhan of the Centre for Internet and Society in response to a call from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry for review of the Copyright Act.
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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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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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