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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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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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Intellectual Property in Mobile Application Development in India: by Anubha Sinha — published Nov 17, 2014 — last modified Aug 31, 2015 02:33 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
A steady rise in smart phone penetration in India has led to a corresponding growth of the mobile application development industry. Mobile application development like all technological implementations is subject to intellectual property issues. However, very little is understood about the effect of existing patent and copyright law on this niche industry. I aim to develop an understanding of the mobile applications industry, and how it is governed by current Indian patent and copyright regime. I will also use this research to inform the optimal ways in which policymakers may ensure the continual emergence of the mobile applications industry. This blog post lays down a document delineating the research methodology and research questions within the Intellectual Property in Mobile Application Development in India chapter under the Pervasive Technologies Project. The document is a work in progress.
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Interviews with App Developers: [dis]regard towards IPR vs. Patent Hype – Part II: by Samantha Cassar — published Aug 14, 2014 — last modified Aug 19, 2014 03:51 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Pervasive Technologies, Research, Patents
The following is a second post within a series reporting on interviews conducted with 10 of Bangalore's mobile app developers and other industry stakeholders. Within this research, CIS attempts to understand how they engage with the law within their practice, particularly with respect to IP. Here we examine how these developers responded to a question on legal protection for their works.
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Joining the Dots in India's Big-Ticket Mobile Phone Patent Litigation (Updated): by Rohini Lakshané — published May 31, 2015 — last modified May 06, 2018 03:51 AM — filed under: Featured, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
An analysis of the significant commonalities and differences in various big-ticket lawsuits in India over the alleged infringement of mobile device patents.
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Methodology: Access to Music through the Mobile: by Maggie Huang — published Nov 18, 2014 — last modified Dec 08, 2014 04:22 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
Like its predecessors the vinyl, the cassette tape, the CD, and the MP3 player, the mobile phone as the most recent musical carrier have been well documented to be a disruptive technology, one which has made earlier carrier technologies virtually obsolete. The mobile phone has transformed the music industry and its supporting infrastructure — dramatically altering the roles of various intermediaries and stakeholders who enable the creation, distribution, and consumption of musical content.
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Methodology: Patent Landscaping in the Indian Mobile Device Market: by Rohini Lakshané — published Nov 10, 2014 — last modified Feb 15, 2017 02:05 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
Through the patent landscaping exercise, we have identified patents pertaining to Internet-enabled mobile devices sold in India for USD 100 or less. The findings from this exercise are being used to develop legal strategies to reduce patent-based impediments to the widespread and rapid proliferation of this beneficial technology throughout India. The research methodology adopted for the patent landscaping exercise has been delineated here. This document is a work in progress.
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Methodology: Statements of Working (Form 27) of Indian Mobile Device Patents: by Rohini Lakshané — published Sep 14, 2016 — last modified Sep 10, 2017 03:19 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Patents, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
In India, 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. In order to provide the public with information about patent working, India requires every patentee to file an annual statement on “Form 27” describing the working of each of its issued Indian patents. We conducted the first comprehensive and systematic study of all Forms 27 filed with respect to mobile devices. We tried to empirically establish the extent to which patentees and licensees comply with the statutory requirement to declare information about the working of their patents. Research assistance was provided by interns Anna Liz Thomas and Nayana Dasgupta.
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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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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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