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Anubha Sinha
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29 Jul 2016
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Letter to MPs on Concerns on Regional Comprehensive Economic PartnershipThe Centre for Internet and Society sent a letter to Members of Parliament on July 27, 2016 to appeal to re-examine the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
26 Jul 2016
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Submitted Comments on the 'Government Open Data Use License - India'The public consultation process of the draft open data license to be used by Government of India has ended yesterday. Here we share the text of the submission by CIS. It was drafted by Anubha Sinha, Pranesh Prakash, and Sumandro …
30 Jun 2016
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Public Consultation for the First Draft of 'Government Open Data Use License - India' AnnouncedThe first public draft of the open data license to be used by Government of India was released by the Department of Legal Affairs earlier this week. Comments are invited from general public and stakeholders. These are to be submitted via …
28 May 2016
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Modi’s New Intellectual Property Rights Policy Will Only Benefit Players with Deep PocketsThe new policy fails to enact a balanced regime and instead is tilted in favour of rights-holders.
3 May 2016
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Shape of IPRs and Agriculture post the WTO Nairobi MinisterialCIS is running a series of meetups focused on intellectual property to bring folks interested in IP law to discuss developments in access to knowledge, climate change, health, trade, etc. At the first meet-up in February, Prof. Biswajit …
1 May 2016
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Comments on Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion Discussion Paper on Standard Essential Patents and their Availability on Frand TermsThe Centre for Internet & Society gave its comments to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. The comments were prepared by Anubha Sinha, Nehaa Chaudhari and Rohini Lakshané.
26 Apr 2016
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Summary of CIS Comments to DIPP’s Discussion Paper on SEPs and their availability on FRAND termsThis blog post summarises CIS’ responses to DIPP’s Discussion Paper on SEPs and their availability on FRAND terms. The response made specific recommendations regarding adequacy of Indian law to determine SEP litigation, remedies for FRAND …
23 Apr 2016
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Responses to the DIPP's Discussion Paper on SEPs and their Availability on FRAND TermsThe Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Government of India, requested comments through its "Discussion Paper on Standard Essential Patents and Their Availability on FRAND Terms" on March 1, 2016. This post is a …
29 Mar 2016
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Consultation on 'National Geospatial Policy' - Notes and SubmissionThe Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has constituted a National Expert Committee for developing a draft National Geospatial Policy (NGP) to provide appropriate guidelines for collection, analysis, use, and …
16 Mar 2016
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Fueling the Affordable Smartphone Revolution in IndiaSmartphones have emerged as the exemplar of mankind's quest for shrinking technologies. They embody the realization of a simple premise – that computing devices would do more and cost less. This realization has been responsible for modern …
23 Feb 2016
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The new Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions are a big win for FOSS in India!India is one of the few countries which permits patenting of software – a monopolization that has only benefited established corporations and largely throttled innovation in the software industry, worldwide. CIS has consistently advocated …
28 Jan 2016
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CIS' submission to Indian Patent Office on Examples of Excluded Patentable subject-matter under Section 3(k) for incorporation in the yet-to-be-released Guidelines for Computer Related InventionsThe Patent Office had put the Guidelines on Computer Related Inventions, 2015 in abeyance last month. This step was taken after several stakeholders including CIS made representations to the Office about serious substantive legal issues in …
21 Dec 2015
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Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions in abeyanceThe CRI Guidelines were heavily criticised for their failure to address the ambiguities created by Section 3(k) and for expanding the scope of software patent eligibile subject-matter, inter alia. Following several representations and …
11 Oct 2015
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CIS-India Projects: Overlaps with Digital IndiaThis post documents the overlap of CIS India's work with the nine pillars of the Digital India campaign. The list reflects work completed/underway as of September 2015.
21 Sep 2015
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Comments on the Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs)Recently, the Indian Patents Office released the Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (“2015 Guidelines/ Guidelines”) in an attempt to clarify examination of software related patents in India. This post is a pure …
24 Jul 2015
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Civic BRICS Forum 2015I attended the Civil BRICS Forum in Moscow last month. My session fell under the Economics and Trade category; and I spoke on the importance of maintaining a balanced IP regime, strengthening access to knowledge and medicines, and ensuring …
29 May 2015
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FOSS for Public Use: Free and Open Source Software for Digital IndiaI attended a round-table meeting on May 29, 2015 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The meeting was organized by SFLC in collaboration with the International Centre for Free and Open Source Software, and the Centre for Internet & …
14 May 2015
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Call for Participation: Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public InterestWe are pleased to announce the call for participation for the fourth edition of the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest (“Global Congress”), being hosted at New Delhi from December 15 to 17, 2015.
11 May 2015
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2015 USTR Report: Old Wine in New BottleEvery year, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) undertakes an elaborate exercise to castigate countries' domestic intellectual property (IP) law and policy. The criticisms and recommendations are presented in a …
29 Apr 2015
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Pervasive Technologies Project Working Document Series: Literature Review on IPR in Mobile app developmentThis post is literature survey of material exploring and analysing the role of Application Platforms in the Mobile Applications Development ecosystem, albeit from an intellectual property perspective. The document is a work in progress.
19 Mar 2015
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Announcing the dates, theme and tentative tracks for the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest 2015We are pleased to announce that the Global Congress will be held from 15th-17 December 2015. The theme of the 2015 Global Congress is Three Decades of Openness; Two Decades of TRIPS. The four tentative tracks include Openness, User Rights, …
16 Feb 2015
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Academia and Civil Society submit critical comments to DIPP on draft National IPR PolicyAs our readers may be aware, the DIPP had initiated public consultation on the drafting of India’s first National IPR policy in November 2014.
7 Jan 2015
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Announcing the Institutional Partner for the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest 2015We are pleased to announce that National Law University, Delhi will be hosting the fourth edition of the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest in December 2015.
29 Dec 2014
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Department of Science and Technology & Department of Biotechnology adopt Open Access PolicyThis post discusses the newly adopted Open Access Policy of the Department of Science and Technology & the Department of Biotechnology.
17 Nov 2014
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Intellectual Property in Mobile Application Development in IndiaA 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 …
15 Nov 2014
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Methodology: Intellectual Property in Mobile Application Development in IndiaA 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 …
19 Oct 2014
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Second Draft of Open Access Policy of the Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science releasedThe Department of Biotechnology and the Department of Science, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India drafted an Open Access Policy (“Policy”) in consultation with several open access experts, government officials and CIS. …
22 Aug 2014
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CIS' Comments on the Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science Open Access PolicyIn July 2014, the Department of Biotechnology and the Department of Science, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India released a draft Open Access Policy. CIS participated in discussions along with experts brought on board by …
22 Aug 2014
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Announcing the Tracks for the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest 2015CIS recently announced that the Centre for Internet and Society will be hosting the fourth edition of the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest at New Delhi, India, tentatively in the first two weeks of December, …
1 Aug 2014
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Analysing Alice Corporation Pty Ltd v CLS Bank International Et AlThe US Supreme Court delivered a unanimous decision in Alice Corporation Pty Ltd v CLS Bank International Et Al last month. The decision concerning software related inventions (with respect to carving an exception to “abstract ideas” patent …