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Mainstreaming delinkage

/ By / Innovation

At the 67th World Health Assembly Last month saw the occurrence of a development which, even if small and under-reported, I would consider to be of significant importance – when the 67th World Health Assembly (WHA) announced a decision to give the World Health Organization (WHO) Secretariat a mandate to create a pool fund that will allow the price of a drug to be delinked from the R&D costs involved in creating that drug. Though the fund is to be […]

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Guest Post: When (C) meets CM

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Yesterday, the Hindu carried an article on what seems to be some egregious copyright claim over some classical Carnatic compositions. Much earlier, Sumathi had written a post for us on the bootlegging of some classical Carnatic performances (where, incidentally most artists turned a convenient blind eye) but I don’t think we’ve come across an instance like the present one where recording companies seem to be claiming copyright over classical Carnatic compositions and getting material taken down from Youtube! That too, despite the

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And We Thought Java APIs Were Open?

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Tarun Khurana brings us a guest post looking at the recent Oracle v. Google decision decided by the US Federal Circuit. The ruling, holding that Oracle can claim copyright to Java APIs subject (subject to fair-use defences, etc), sent shockwaves through much of the tech community. In this post, Tarun explores the implications that this may have. Tarun Khurana is a partner at Khurana & Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys, and its consulting firm Institute of Intellectual Property Research and

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Guest Post: Google, ARA and Open Source Licensing

/ By / Copyright, Innovation, Patent

Kartik Chawla brings us an extremely interesting post on the new ‘free and open hardware platform’ for modular smart phones that Google is developing. In this post he focuses on MDK’s IP licensing policies and their implications, and discusses Google’s deviation from its initial Open source approach. Kartik is a 3rd year student at Nalsar. You can view his previous guest posts for us here. Google, ARA and Open Source Licensing When Google sold Motorola, which it had bought only a

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Webinar On Patenting strategies for Start-ups in the IT and ITES domains

/ By / Event, Patent

We’re happy to announce a free webinar by IPMetrix on Patenting Strategies for Start-ups in the IT and ITES domains. Please see the details as below. LIVE WEBINAR ON PATENTING STRATEGIES FOR START-UPS in the IT AND ITES DOMAINS Date/Time: Tuesday, May 27, 2014; 11.30 AM to 12.30 PM IST (Approx. 1 hr) Event Details: Did you know that it is easier to obtain patent rights for your invention in the US compared to India? And, did you know that an

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India signs Treaty for the Visually Impaired

/ By / Copyright

On April 30th, 2014, in a big step towards facilitating access to published works by the visually impaired or print disabled, India signed the “Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled (MVT)“. The treaty, which which was first adopted on 23 June 2013, was also signed by the European Union, France and Greece, bringing the total number of countries that have signed to 64, out of WIPO’s 187 members.

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SpicyIP Events: INTA’s 136th Annual Meeting

/ By / Event, Sponsored, Trademark

A reminder to our readers about the INTA Annual Meeting coming up. Please note that online registration closes this Friday, May 2nd. View mobile version More than 8,100 attendees from over 140 countries have already registered for the 2014 Annual Meeting in Hong Kong. Don’t miss the opportunity to showcase your expertise in India and the surrounding South Asian region at the first INTA Annual Meeting in Asia!See corporations attending!With just a few weeks remaining before the Annual Meeting, registrants

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SpicyIP Events: IT Legal Summit 2014

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Information Technology Legal Summit (ITLS) 2014, 22nd May, 2014 Vivanta by Taj – Whitefield, Bengaluru http://www.itlegalsummit.com Download Summit Agenda | Register Now! Aim of the Summit With globalization and IT Revolution there are issue that do not fall within the same spectrum of law or jurisdiction and making difficult to easily avail a consolidated expert knowledge of applicable laws at transaction level and any relevant interpretation thereto. The 2nd Annual of IT Legal Summit by Lex Witness provides a fast

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Guest Post: NETmundial – an overview

/ By / Innovation, Privacy

Kartik Chawla, who has earlier blogged for us on Network Neutrality and the TN govt’s proposed use of Open Source software, brings us a bit of coverage of the recently concluded NETmundial, the global multistakeholder meeting on the future of internet governance. As he points out in the latter half of the post, the final outcome of the meeting was somewhat of a disappointment, given the initial potential that a participative and deliberative multistakerholder model was expected to have. NETmundial

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GIIP PG Diploma Course in IPR and Patent Management

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The wide variety of career opportunities in IP goes far beyond being a lawyer or corporate IP counsel. IP professionals include patent agents, technical specialists, licensing executives, consultants, and IP experts in business, science, education and international development environments. Global Institute of Intellectual Property (GIIP) was founded with the goal of graduating well-educated engineering, technical and science graduates who have solid, practice-based skills, developed through rigorous classroom experiences, coupled with robust clinics and industry internship opportunities. Our goal is to

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