Blogs
RTI request to Indian Patents Office for Form 27 (Statement of Working of patents), March 2016
- September 09, 2017
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.
Read more →RTI request to Indian Patents Office for Form 27 (Statement of Working of patents), 2015
- September 09, 2017
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.
Read more →Dataset for "Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products: An Empirical Assessment of India's Form 27 Practice and Compliance"
- August 17, 2017
Dataset of the first comprehensive and systematic analysis of 4,916 valid Statements of Working (Form 27) corresponding to 3,126 patents pertaining to mobile technology in India. Licensed CC-BY-SA 4.0.
Read more →Marathi Wikipedia Workshop in Sangli, Maharashtra
- August 16, 2017
A Marathi Wikipedia workshop was recently held in Sangli, Maharashtra
Read more →Telugu Wikisource Workshop
- August 15, 2017
Recently, a Telugu Wikisource Workshop was conducted in Hyderabad between 22- 23 July, 2017
Read more →Wikipedia Workshop on Template Creation and Modification Conducted in Bengaluru
- August 10, 2017
A Wikipedia workshop on template creation, modification was conducted in Bengaluru on 30 July 2017. Here is a report.
Read more →Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products: An Empirical Assessment of India's Form 27 Practice and Compliance
- August 04, 2017
India requires every patentee to file an annual statement, also known as “Form 27”, describing the working of each of its issued Indian patents. 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. The research paper on Form 27 practices and compliance by patentees authored by Prof Jorge L. Contreras, University of Utah, and Rohini Lakshané, Centre for Internet and Society has been accepted for publication in the NYU Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law.
Read more →Christ University Wikipedia Education Program Faculty Orientation Report
- August 03, 2017
Christ University faculty were given an orientation for the upcoming year on the Wikipedia Education Program
Read more →RCEP IP Chapter: A Serious Threat to Access to Knowledge/ Cultural Goods?
- August 01, 2017
Negotiators from sixteen countries are currently meeting in Hyderabad for discussing a free trade agreement titled Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
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