This post is part of SpicyIP’s coverage of the Fourth Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest. The Global Congress is a confluence of academics, policy advocates and activists working in the sphere of IP and Public Interest. The stated aim is to enable participants to share research, experiences and insights in tackling unbalanced law reform and enforcement proposals. The session on Health Technology, Innovation and Access in the Access to Medicines Track was an embodiment of this stated…

This post is part of SpicyIP’s coverage of the Fourth Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest. At the third plenary session of GCIP15, the discussion revolved around challenges in re-articulating ‘public interest’ dimension in IP law and policy. The session saw an eclectic mix of speakers addressing the public interest question from various perspectives- such as copyright, human rights, international law and trade law. Making Technology Accessible in Indian Languages The first speaker was Venkatesh Hariharan, Director…

The 2015 Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest kicked off with its inaugural plenary session, on 14th December, 2015. With over 400 registered participants, ranging from established academics to activists to students gathered in the auditorium in National Law University, Delhi, Phet Sayo, a Senior Fellow at IDRC and a panelist at the session rightly observed that if a bomb were to go off at this venue, “there goes IP activism”.  The inaugural  session began with Dr. Ranbir…