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Puneeth Nagaraj
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30 Apr 2014
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Report on the WIPO Director General’s Meeting with NGO’sThe Director General’s meeting with NGO’s was held on March 25, 2014. This is an annual meeting where accredited NGO’s have an opportunity to have a one on one discussion with the Director General on issues that concern them.
29 Apr 2014
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Report on the 31st Session of the Standing Committee on TrademarksPuneeth Nagraj reports about the 31st Session of the Standing Committee on Trademarks (SCT) that he attended.
22 Apr 2014
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Report on CDIP-12The 12th meeting of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) was held from November 18-21, 2013 at WIPO. This report discusses the proceedings of the meeting and issues that CIS could get involved at future CDIP …
14 Mar 2014
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Report on the 9th Session of the WIPO Advisory Committee on EnforcementThe 9th Session of the Advisory Committee on Enforcement ended here in Geneva last week. In this report, I look at the major issues discussed at the Session and the deadlock over future work of the Committee.
14 Mar 2014
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NGO Profile: Third World NetworkIn the second blog in this series, I profile the work of the IP team of Third World Network (TWN) at the various International Organisations in Geneva.
11 Mar 2014
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NGO Profile: Knowledge Ecology InternationalAs CIS’ observer in Geneva, I will be profiling NGOs and other prominent actors at the WIPO. In the first in a series of blogs, I profile the work of Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) at the various International Organisations in …
7 Aug 2013
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Do You Have the Right to Unlock Your Smart Phone?In this blog post Puneeth Nagaraj looks at the recent controversy over the expiration of the exemption granted by the US Library of Congress for unlocking phones and compares the Indian position as per a 2005 Andhra Pradesh High Court …
31 Jul 2013
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Comments on the Draft Guidelines for Computer Related InventionsThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) submitted the below comments to the office of the Controller General of Patents Designs & Trademarks, Mumbai on July 26, 2013.
25 Jun 2013
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Primer on the Treaty for the Visually ImpairedIn this primer, Pranesh Prakash and Puneeth Nagaraj explain what effects a WIPO Treaty for the Visually Impaired can have and who's opposing it.