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Patents
33 items.
30 Jun 2019
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Joining the Dots in India's Big-Ticket Mobile Phone SEP LitigationRohini Lakshané and Shweta Mohandas have published their last update to this paper that chronicles mobile device SEP litigation in India. All developments in the lawsuits filed in the Delhi High Court and complaints made to the CCI that …
21 Mar 2019
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Comments and Suggestions to the Draft Patent Manual March 2019A coordinated civil society response to the consultation on the Patent Manual. CIS provided comments on patenting of computer related inventions.
10 Apr 2018
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CIS' Submission on Statement of Working of PatentsThe Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) made a submission to the Indian Patent Office on the issue of Statement of Working as per Form 27 under the Patents Act, 1970.
13 Dec 2017
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CIS' Submission to DIPP and CGPDTM at meeting with IP StakeholdersThe Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks held a meeting with IP stakeholders on December 7, 2017, chaired by the Secretary, DIPP, to take suggestions on improving procedures and functioning of the Office. …
17 Jul 2017
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Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products: An Empirical Assessment of India's Form 27 Practice and ComplianceIndia 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 …
2 Jul 2017
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Indian Patent Office updates Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions, yet againBy discarding a test brought into force last year, the updated Guidelines take no concrete position to help clarify the ambiguity around patentability of software inventions in India.
28 Sep 2016
News
Workshop on Innovation, Economic Development and IP in India and ChinaAnubha Sinha and Rohini Lakshané presented at the SMU-JINDAL-RENMIN Workshop on “Innovation, Economic Development, and IP in India and China,” co-organised by the Singapore Management University, O.P. Jindal Global University, and Renmin …
22 Sep 2016
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“Made in India” Innovation PolicyIn this post they emphasize upon the need for data-driven IP policy making in India.
14 Sep 2016
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Methodology: Statements of Working (Form 27) of Indian Mobile Device PatentsIn India, 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 …
4 Jun 2016
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Tweak the Make in India RecipeAs an erstwhile journalist covering electronics technologies and IT a few years ago, I was privy to a litany of manufacturers' woes and their causes: Tangled tax laws and regulations, red tape, corruption, licence raj, unreliable …
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.
30 Apr 2016
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CCI allowed to probe Ericsson: FAQs on Ericsson’s disputes with Micromax and IntexThe blog post is an analysis of the recent decision of the Delhi High Court, clarifying that the Competition Commission of India could investigate Ericsson for a violation of competition law. A shorter version of this blog post was …
25 Feb 2016
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Standard Essential Patents on Low-Cost Mobile Phones in India: A Case to Strengthen Competition Regulation?The realization of the promise of the sub hundred dollar mobile device as a facilitator of access to knowledge is contingent inter alia on its availability in the market place. In turn, the market availability of the sub hundred dollar …
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 …
12 Jan 2016
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Pre-Budget Consultation 2016 - Submission to the IT Group of the Ministry of FinanceThe Ministry of Finance has recently held pre-budget consultations with different stakeholder groups in connection with the Union Budget 2016-17. We were invited to take part in the consultation for the IT (hardware and software) group …
15 Oct 2015
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Comparison of National IPR Strategy September 2012, National IPR Strategy July 2014 and Draft National IP Policy, December 2014This is an analysis of the first draft of India's National IPR Policy with an earlier document "India's National IPR Strategy".
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 …
23 Aug 2015
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'We Need to Proactively Ensure that People Can't File Patents Representative of the Creativity of a FOSS Community'Rohini Lakshané attended “Open Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Our Digital Culture” in Bangalore on August 13, 2015. Major takeaways from the event are documented in this post.
30 Nov 2014
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National IPR Policy Series : Comments on the Proposed Intellectual Property Rights Policy to the Department of Industrial Policy and PromotionOn 13 November, 2014, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion had released a Call for Suggestions for India's proposed National IPR Policy. This is the Centre for Internet and Society's (CIS) submission for the same.
14 Aug 2014
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Interviews with App Developers: [dis]regard towards IPR vs. Patent Hype – Part IIThe following is a second post within a series reporting on interviews conducted with 10 of Bangalore's mobile app developers and other industry stakeholders. Within this research, CIS attempts to understand how they engage with the law …
9 Jul 2014
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Patent Valuation and License Fee Determination in Context of Patent PoolsThe focus of this research paper is on an extremely limited though important aspect of patent pools — that of patent valuation and license fee determination. It is important to bear in mind that the concept of patent valuation and license …
31 Mar 2014
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Cultural Interests vs. Modernization: Robert Shapiro on IPR & Innovation in IndiaLast Friday March 28, 2014, prominent economist and chairman of Sonecon, llc, Dr. Robert Shapiro, lead a discussion on the roles of IPR and FDI in innovation. Within his research findings, Shapiro argues for India to adopt a stricter IP …
31 Jan 2014
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The Game of IPR: Insights from the 6th Global Intellectual Property Convention in HyderabadIP practitioners and IP creators were among the 1700 participants to gather at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre earlier this month. Here, CIS had the opportunity of listening in on perspectives around the “Optimization of …
27 Aug 2013
News
Dictionary words in software patent guidelines puzzle industryTerms not defined in draft guidelines on patents for computer-related inventions leaves room for misinterpretation
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.
27 Jun 2013
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Letter for Establishment of Patent Pool for Low-cost Access Devices through Compulsory LicensesOn June 27, 2013, CIS sent a letter for establishment of a patent pool for low cost access devices through compulsory licenses.
9 Apr 2012
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Hacking, Modding & MakingSeeber's electronics laboratory is a room in a unit he shares with his mother. Every available space is taken up with teetering towers of electronic parts, writes Brendan Shanahan for GQ.
8 Mar 2012
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Patented GamesSome prefer Steve Jobs, patron saint of perfection, others prefer Nicholas Negroponte, messiah of the masses. While Mr Jobs may be guilty of contributing to the digital divide, Mr Negroponte may have contributed to bridging it with his …
31 Oct 2011
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CIS Comments on the Draft National Policy on ElectronicsThese were the comments submitted by CIS to the request for comments put out by the Department of Information Technology on its draft 'National Policy on Electronics'.