Author name: Prashant Reddy

T. Prashant Reddy graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, with a B.A.LLB (Hons.) degree in 2008. He later graduated with a LLM degree (Law, Science & Technology) from the Stanford Law School in 2013. Prashant has worked with law firms in Delhi and in academia in India and Singapore. He is also co-author of the book Create, Copy, Disrupt: India's Intellectual Property Dilemmas (OUP).

RTIs reveal daunting backlog at Patents Office & Trademark Registry

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Image from here I had recently filed a RTI Application with the DIPP to collect information on the backlog of certain specific proceedings before the Patent Office and the Trademark Registry. The application was transferred to the office of the CGPDTM and the replies from his office indicate a daunting backlog which is going to be impossible to clear with the present staff, especially at the Trade Marks Registry.  Given below are the figures of some of the pendency rates, […]

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Lok Sabha passes the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2012 with overwhelming support from the Opposition

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Earlier today, the Lok Sabha on the last day of the current budget session, unanimously voted in support of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2012, which has been pending in Parliament for the last two years, with overwhelming support from members across the political spectrum. Minister Sibal was also commended by all the speakers for the amendments being brought in by the Bill. The Bill had been passed by the Rajya Sabha on 17th of May, 2012. We had blogged about

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SpicyIP Tidbits: The text and video of the Rajya Sabha debates on the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010

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The text of the Rajya Sabha debates discussing the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010 are now available on the website of the Rajya Sabha. These debates, which went on for almost three hours, can be accessed over here, here and here. Apart from the text of the debate available on the website of the Rajya Sabha, you can also see the recorded broadcast of Javed Akhtar’s and Kapil Sibal’s speech on Youtube over here and here. I would definitely recommend a

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CSIR Tech. Pvt. Ltd: Its controversial past and its uncertain future

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As I wait for the Central Public Information Officer at CSIR, to send me details of the royalties earned through licensing of CSIR’s patents, I thought that it would be interesting to share with our readers some of my research into CSIR’s latest bid to commercialize its patents and public funded research – CSIR Tech Pvt. Ltd. A. First a bit of history: CSIR Tech Pvt. Ltd. is not the first govt. venture aimed at commercializing public funded research. As

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The budget for TKDL and also, its focus on Indian patent applications

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Image from here. In response to one of my previous posts on the TKDL project, I received some queries on the possible cost of the TKDL project. Well, predictably, I sent in a RTI query to CSIR for the figures. The response from CSIR can be accessed over here.  As per CSIR, from 2001-02 until March, 2012 a sum of Rs. 15,96,72,589 (Rupees Fifteen crores, ninety six lakhs, seventy two thousand, five hundred and eighty nine). As per the exchange

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Victory for Akhtar – Rajya Sabha unanimously passes historic amendments to Copyright Act, 1957

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The Rajya Sabha, yesterday, sat overtime to debate and vote on the historic Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010. The Bill was passed unanimously by all members of the Rajya Sabha with no opposition from any quarters. The Bill has been in the works for a few years now and was introduced in Parliament in the year 2010. This amendment Bill introduced some of the most sweeping changes in Indian copyright law, especially for the music industry. Other major amendments pertained to

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Live News: Rajya Sabha begins to debate Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010

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The Rajya Sabha has just started to debate the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010. Apparently the sitting of the House has been extended today by one hour till 7:30. Javed Akhtar initiated the debate with a passionate appeal to pass the Bill. Do turn on Rajya Sabha TV if you are interested in catching the debate right now. You can also view the debate on the RS website. We’ll link up to the debates once they are put up on the

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010 listed once again for debate and voting

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Image from here The Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010 is listed for business once again today before the Rajya Sabha. It was not taken up yesterday despite there being time for it to be debated. I don’t think the Bill is going to make it through the Rajya Sabha even today because the very, very controversial Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules, 2011 are sought to be annulled by P. Rajeev, a MP from Kerala. The rules have been the sources of

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IIT-Bombay earns Rs. 72,02,355 through its agreement with Intellectual Ventures

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Around three years ago, the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, which is one of India’s leading universities, had entered into a ‘licence agreement’ with Intellectual Ventures (IV), an ‘invention capital’ company head-quartered in Washington D.C., for commercialization of its patents. The partnership between IV and IIT-B received a lot of publicity in India and even we had written about the agreement over here. Part of the publicity was rather negative since IV is often perceived to be a ‘patent troll’,

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SpicyIP Tidbit: National Biodiversity Authority puts out call for lawyers

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The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has invited applications for two legal positions. The advertisements for both posts can be accessed over here on the website of the NBA.  The first post is that of a general legal advisor and the job description is as follows:  The NBA proposes to engage the services of a Lawyer on a monthly payment of fees (on retainer basis) to assist them in policy making and advice on legal aspects related to the implementation of

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