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Govt for Legalising Parallel Import of Copyright Works; Publishers Oppose: by Shamnad Basheer — published Aug 30, 2011 — last modified Aug 30, 2011 10:19 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
Section 2(m) legalises the parallel imports of books and other copyrighted material into India and was part of the initial Copyright Amendment Bill introduced in the Parliament of India in 2010.
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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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Statement of CIS, India, on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty at the 22nd SCCR: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 22, 2011 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:41 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, Broadcasting, Technological Protection Measures
The twenty-second session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is being held in Geneva from June 15 to June 24, 2011. Nirmita Narasimhan and Pranesh Prakash are attending the conference. CIS delivered its statement, on the Broadcast Treaty, and made it available in print form as well.
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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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Consumers International World Congress - Day 3 roundup: by Prasad Krishna — published May 05, 2011 — last modified May 06, 2011 05:34 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
Consumers can be empowered, and consumer organisations can make sure this happens through sharing and networking, speakers at the 19th Consumers International World Congress in Hong Kong said. The programme of the Congress finished on Thursday evening, and on Friday the global consumer body will hold its General Assembly and Council elections. This news was published in the Consumer's International Blog on May 5, 2011.
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Global IP Convention, 2011: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 28, 2011 — last modified May 08, 2011 04:04 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
The Global IP Convention, 2011 is being held at the Lalit Ashok Hotel in Bangalore from 28 to 30 April 2011.
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Comments to the Ministry on WIPO Broadcast Treaty (March 2011): by Pranesh Prakash — published Mar 21, 2011 — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:29 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Intellectual Property Rights, Broadcasting, Submissions, Technological Protection Measures
As a follow up to a stakeholder meeting called by the MHRD on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty, CIS provided written comments on the April 2007 Non-Paper of the WIPO Broadcast Treaty, emphasising the need for a signal-based approach to be taken on the Broadcast Treaty, and making it clear that India should continue to oppose the creation of new rights for webcasters.
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Pirates, Plagiarisers, Publishers: by Prashant Iyengar — published Mar 09, 2011 — last modified May 29, 2014 05:55 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
This article attempts to rescue not by denying the charges of plagiarism, but by charting an alternative trajectory of plagiarism so that each successive instance does not amplify our sense of embarrassment and crisis in the academy. The article by Prashant Iyengar was published in the Economic & Political Weekly, February 26, 2011, Vol XLVI No 9.
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Exhaustion: Imports, Exports and the Doctrine of First Sale in Indian Copyright Law: by Pranesh Prakash — published Feb 25, 2011 — last modified May 29, 2014 06:18 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
This article by Pranesh Prakash was published in the Manupatra Intellectual Property Reports, February 2011, Volume 1, Part 2, pp. 149-160. In this short note, the author argues that Indian courts have fundamentally misunderstood the doctrine of first sale, and consequently have wrongly held that parallel importation is disallowed by Indian law. He further looks at the ingenuity displayed by a court in prohibiting export of low-priced editions from India, and comes to the conclusion that this is also wrong in law. He believes there is a way out of this quagmire that we find ourselves in due to judicial inventions: that of accepting a proposed amendment to the Copyright Act.
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2(m) or not 2(m): by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 23, 2011 — last modified Apr 01, 2011 03:55 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
An article by Nilanjana S Roy was published in the Business Standard on February 19, 2011. In this article Nilanjana Roy explains to us how a copyright amendment might change the way we read, write and publish in India.
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