Author name: Anubha Sinha

Anubha Sinha - @anubhasinha_ on Twitter — is a graduate of Dr. RML National Law University, Lucknow, and presently works at the Centre for Internet and Society. She also blogs on www.cis-india.org

IPRS tries to derail enquiry into its affairs, loses battle in Bombay High Court

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The Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS) continues on its litigation streak by challenging government orders and bothering parties with impunity (last heard, IPRS was demanding hefty royalties from the Indian railways). This time though IPRS was at the receiving end, when the Bombay High Court  rejected IPRS’ challenge to an enquiry instituted by the Department of Higher Education, Copyright Office into its allegedly dishonest practices. Not only did IPRS file writ petitions to quash the order instituting the enquiry, but also […]

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Academia and Civil Society submit comments to DIPP on draft National IPR Policy [Part II]

/ By / Copyright, Innovation, Patent, Trademark

Public consultation on the first draft of the National IPR Policy concluded this month. The DIPP received many submissions on the draft policy and also held stakeholder meetings. We’ve discussed two other submissions on SpicyIP (here and here), and this post discusses the submission made by Centre for Internet and Society, India. For our readers’ information, Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit research organisation that works in the areas of issues of intellectual property law reform, openness,

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Academia and Civil Society submit critical comments to DIPP on draft National IPR Policy [Part I]

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As our readers may be aware, the DIPP had initiated public consultation on the drafting of India’s first National IPR policy in November 2014. The second round of consultation on the National IPR Draft Policy (draft policy) ended on January 31, 2015. Last week, we brought to you a guest post by Raghul Sudheesh who presented criticisms submitted by Prof. NS Gopalakrishnan, Director and Dr. TG Agitha, Associate Professor at Inter University Centre for Intellectual Property Rights Studies (IUCIPRS at

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Enrol in the Joint Academy on International Trade Law and Policy: Call for applications

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The World Trade Institute of the University of Bern, Switzerland and the Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, India are launching the 2nd WTI – CWS Joint Academy on International Trade Law and Policy (“Joint Academy”), from May 25 – June 19, 2015 at New Delhi. Students will be taught by distinguished academics and practitioners from India and abroad, and the Joint Academy aims to equip participants with theoretical and practical insights into various issues relating to

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Obama vs MSF, Oxfam, the Aam Aadmi and others, India’s IP Policy Reports (2015)

/ By / Copyright, Innovation, Others, Patent

In what will surely set off alarm bells in various quarters of India, PM Modi recently announced that he was more than happy to accept the “suggestions” of the Joint High level Working Group (Working Group) on IP between the US and India. He made this announcement at the India-US CEO Forum last evening. Unfortunately, none of us have any clue about what these “suggestions” are! A little more transparency would have been helpful. Given the stakes involved, the Modi

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USTR Concludes its First Out-of-Cycle Review: Special 301 Review to follow

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The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) issued a press release on Sunday stating that the first Out-of-Cycle Review had concluded for Fall 2014. The USTR observed that India had made ‘useful commitments’ recently to “institutionalize high-level engagement on IP issues, to pursue a specific work program and to deepen cooperation and information exchange with the United States on IP-related issues under the U.S.-India Trade Policy Forum.” The press release also states that the USTR will commence its

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Access Copyright Announces New Offers to Copy Works at Educational Insitutions

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Last week Access Copyright came up with new offers for sharing literary works for educational and professional purposes with post-secondary educational institutions. Access Copyright is a Canadian copyright licensing agency that represents the authors and publishers of literary works and collects revenues on their behalf. When educational institutions sign up with the organisation, the professors and students are permitted to selectively copy copyrighted works. Access Copyright charges a base rate per full-time student for this license, which is usually passed

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Head hunting for the Intellectual Property Office begins

/ By / Design, Geographical Indication, Patent, Trademark

The appointment procedure for a new Controller General at the IPO is underway ! Last week, the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) issued a notice inviting applications for the post of Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (CGPDTM). You may read the notice here. This also means that Chaitanya Prasad, the current CGPDTM will be leaving office soon. Chaitanya Prasad joined the IP Office in March 2012. He had succeeded the illustrious P.H. Kurien (who was credited

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Submissions made to the USTR on robustness of India’s IP regime

/ By / Innovation, Patent

Last month we reported that the US Trade Representative had decided to conduct an ‘Out of Cycle Review’ (OCR) to unilaterally grade India’s IPR Regime. The Indian government immediately retorted that it would not cooperate with the US in this unilateral process! One hopes that other like minded governments will come forward soon and collectively condemn the unilateral 301 process as one that goes against the very spirit of the WTO framework. Meanwhile the Office of United States Trade Representative

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NLU-Delhi Colloquium on Selected IP Issues -III (21st November, 2014)

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This is to invite our readers to the third part of the NLU-Delhi Colloquium on Selected IP issues. NLU Delhi will host Prof. Bhaven Sampat, & Prof. Ken Shadlen who will present their scholarly paper on “TRIPS Implementation and Secondary Patent in Brazil and India”, which will be followed by a floor discussion of the paper. Interested readers may attend the event (for free) on 21st November, 2014 (Friday) at 4:00 pm at the NLU-Delhi campus (Room #506). Readers may see other

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