SpicyIP Events: CIIPC’s Second Annual Roundtable on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition

 

We are pleased to announce that the Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition (CIIPC), National Law University, Delhi is organising the 2nd Annual Roundtable on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition on July 1-2, 2017 at Taj Westend in Bangalore. For further details, please read their post below:

 

Second Annual Roundtable on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition

(1^st– 2^nd July, 2017)

Taj Westend, Bangalore

About the Roundtable: The CIIPC conducts the Annual Roundtable on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition to offer a forum for members of the academia, policy makers, industry stakeholders and academically minded practitioners to engage on emerging issues at the interface of innovation, intellectual property & competition law and policy.  The First Annual Roundtable on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition, held last year in New Delhi, was well attended. This time around, we look forward to continuing this dialogue through open and nuanced discussions around the relevant and contentious issues concerning this area of law and economic policy, with special emphasis on recent developments in India.

Draft Agenda:

Day 1: July 1, 2017 (Saturday)

10:30 – 10:45 am: Registration

10:45 – 10:55 am: Welcome Remarks by Prof. (Dr) Ranbir Singh, Vice Chancellor,  National Law University, Delhi

10:55- 11:00 am – About the Second Annual Roundtable, Yogesh Pai, Co-Director, CIIPC, National Law University, Delhi

Session I [11:00 – 12:30 pm]: Innovation Policy: What can it Teach IP Policy-Making in India?

Moderator: Prof. (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer, Founder, Spicy IP and Honorary Professor Nirma University

• Subhashish Gangopadhyay, Founder and Research Director India Development Foundation
• Chirantan Chatterjee, Assistant Professor, Indian School of Business 
• Anil K Gupta, IIM Ahmadabad and Founder Honeybee Network [via video link]
• Shubha Ghosh, Crandall Melvin Professor of Law, Syracuse University College of Law[via video link]
• Ananth Padmanabhan, Fellow, Carnegie India

Lunch Break [12:30- 1:30 pm]

Session II [1:30 – 3:00 pm]:  Role of IP and Competition Policy in Technology Markets: Business and Industry Perspectives

Moderator: Prof. Jay P. Kesan, Director, Program in Intellectual Property and Technology Law, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign 

• Atul Jain, Consultant- Legal, Intex Technologies (India) Ltd.
• ​Sheetal Chopra, IPR Advocacy, Ericsson India Ltd. 
• S.K. Murthy, Patent Counsel, Intel Corporation India 
• Latonia Gordon, Director of Standards Policy, Microsoft 
• Kirti Gupta, Director, Economic Strategy, Qualcomm 

Coffee Break [3:00- 3:30pm]

Session III [3:30 – 5:00 pm] Patent Remedies in a state of flux: Principles and Practice

Moderator: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Prathiba Singh, Delhi High Court

• (Dr.) Shamnad Basheer, Founder, Spicy IP, and Honorary Professor Nirma University
• Sandeep Rathod, Assistant General Counsel, Mylan Laboratories Limited 
• Rafal Sikorski, Senior Partner, SMM Legal, Poznań
• Feroz Ali, IPR Chair Professor at IIT Madras
• Bitika Sharma, Partner, Singh & Singh Law Firm LLP

Reception: 6:15 – 7:00 pm and Dinner: 7:45 – 10:00 pm

Introductory Remarks (National Law University, Delhi) [7:00 – 7:15 pm]: Prof. (Dr) Ranbir Singh Vice Chancellor NLU, Delhi

Special Address [7:15 – 7:55 pm]: “India’s Evolving IP Jurisprudence – Indigenous, Ingenious or Both?”

– Hon’ble Ms. Justice Prathiba Singh, Delhi High Court

 Vote of Thanks [7:55 – 8:00 pm]: Dr. Arul George Scaria, Co-Director, CIIPC

 

Day 2: July 2, 2017 (Sunday)

Session IV [9:00 – 10:30 am] IP and Competition Law in India: Regulatory and Judicial Interventions 

Moderator:   Mr. Augustine Peter, Hon’ble Member CCI

• Geeta Gouri, Former Member, Competition Commission of India
• Anand Pathak, Partner, P&A Law Offices, New Delhi
• Prashant Reddy, Yong Pung How Research Associate, ARCIALA, Singapore Management University 
• Vaibhav Gaggar, Gaggar Associates
• Kailas Karthikeyan, Policy Consultant and Attorney, Gestalt Consulting and Research, New Delhi

Coffee Break [10:30- 11:00pm]

Session V [11:00 – 12:30 pm]: Standard-Essential Patents: Adjudicating FRAND in India from a Comparative Perspective

Moderator: Prof. (Dr.) T. Ramakrishna, Chair Professor (IPR), NLSIU, Bangalore

• Jay P. Kesan, Director, Program in Intellectual Property and Technology Law, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign 
• Jorge Contreras, Associate Professor, The University of Utah
• Rajiv Kr. Choudhry, Co-Founder RHA Legal
• J. Sai Deepak, Chambers of J. Sai Deepak

Closing Lunch [12:30 – 1:30 pm]