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PERVASIVE TECHNOLOGIES PROJECT WORKING DOCUMENT SERIES: DOCUMENT 1 - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY FOR A PAPER ON COMPETITION LAW + IPR + ACCESS TO < $100 MOBILE DEVICES: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Nov 25, 2014 — last modified Oct 04, 2015 02:51 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
This blog post is the research methodology for my research paper under the Pervasive Technologies Project. This is a work in progress and is likely to be modified from time to time.
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MHRD IPR Chairs — Underutilization of Funds and Lack of Information Regarding Expenditures: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Nov 19, 2014 — filed under: Access to Knowledge
Funds granted to the IPR Chairs set up by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development are often left underutilized. Details regarding the expenditures that are incurred by the Chairs are also currently unavailable. CIS intern Amulya Purushothama examines this further.
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Letter to the Prime Minister on Indo-US Bilateral Relations on Intellectual Property: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Oct 22, 2014 — last modified Nov 03, 2014 02:58 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge
This is a letter that many organizations sent to the Prime Minister. The Centre for Internet and Society was one of the signatories.
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Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions: Mapping the Stakeholders' Response: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Oct 29, 2014 — last modified Jan 05, 2015 05:01 PM — filed under: Featured, Homepage, Software Patents, Access to Knowledge
The procedure and tests surrounding software patenting in India have remained ambiguous since the Parliament introduced the term “per se” through the Patent (Amendment) Act, 2002. In 2013, the Indian Patent Office released Draft Guidelines for the Examination of Computer Related Inventions, in an effort to clarify some of the ambiguity. Through this post, CIS intern, Shashank Singh, analyses the various responses by the stakeholders to these Guidelines and highlights the various issues put forth in the responses.
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Karnataka Goondas Act - A note on Legislative Competence: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Aug 28, 2014 — last modified Sep 06, 2014 04:47 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge
A couple of weeks ago, we had an insightful guest post by Nehaa Chaudhari on amendments to Karnataka's Goondas Act, a draconian legislation which seeks to allow preventive detention for some types of copyright violations. Today, we have a follow up post on that, that argues that the recent amendments are unconstitutional.
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Preventive Detention for Copyright Violation: Karnataka Amends the 'Goondas' Act: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Aug 13, 2014 — filed under: Copyright, Access to Knowledge
Last week, the Government of Karnataka amended the Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug-Offenders, Gamblers, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Slum Gamblers Act, 1985 (“the Karnataka Goondas Act”). The Karnataka Goondas Act would now also apply to offences under the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 and the Information Technology Act, 2000. This article presents an overview on the various provisions of this law and discusses the potential impact of the amendment.
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28th Session of the WIPO SCCR: Report on the Proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jul 29, 2014 — last modified Aug 07, 2014 10:44 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, WIPO
The 28th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (“the Committee” / "SCCR") took place in Geneva from June 30, 2014 to July 04, 2014. In this article, Nehaa Chaudhari, who attended this meeting on behalf of CIS, discusses the developments that took place with reference to the proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations (“Broadcast Treaty”).
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Mapping Institutions of Intellectual Property: Part C — Comparing Intellectual Property Institutions: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jul 22, 2014 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
Earlier this year, a proposal to establish a National Institute of Intellectual Property Rights (“NIIPR”) was presented at a Stakeholders Consultation held in New Delhi organized by the Planning Commission and the Ministry of Human Resource Development (“MHRD”), Government of India. As a third part in the series on Mapping Institutions of Intellectual Property, this article undertakes a comparison of the functions of this proposed Institute with similarly placed Institutions of Intellectual Property around the world.
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Opening Comments by India on Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives at WIPO SCCR 28: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jul 07, 2014 — last modified Jul 21, 2014 05:55 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, WIPO
This was the statement made by the Indian delegation at the 28th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights on July 2, 2014.
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Statement on the Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives at WIPO SCCR 28: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jul 03, 2014 — last modified Jul 21, 2014 05:56 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, WIPO
Nehaa Chaudhari, attending the 28th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (“SCCR”) at Geneva from 30 June, 2014 to 04 July, 2014, made this statement on the Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives on behalf of CIS on Day 4, 03 July, 2014.
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