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Guest post: Avoiding Open Source Surprises When Buying Proprietary Software

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We’re happy to bring to our readers a brief note by Protecode on protecting against the risks of Open Source Software being incorporated in purchased proprietary software without the knowledge of the buyer.  A bit about the authors: Mahshad Koohgoli, CEO of Protecode, has more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry. Previously, he was founder and CEO of Nimcat Networks (acquired by Avaya in 2005) and founder of Spacebridge Networks and Lantern Communications Canada. Mahshad has a BSc

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Social Innovations: A Braille Smartphone

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Even as the draft Treaty for the Blind gets watered down and seems to be heading towards a failure (due to “competing” corporate copyright interests), an Indian company Kriyate Design Solutions seems  to be on the road to making more ‘every day’ things accessible to print impaired people by introducing the world’s first Braille smartphone! The difficulties faced by the print impaired is a topic we have often visited on this blog and it’s with pleasure we bring you some good news

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USTR’s Special 301 Process 2013 – India on Priority Watchlist

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Image from here A few years ago, a study done on a certain “of the people, by the people and for the people” governed country revealed that 62% of all its personal bankruptcy filings were due to medical bills. I’m not sure if their situation has since improved (though I hope it has) but it is with some ironic amusement that I read America’s latest USTR Special 301 Report advising India on how ‘to promote access to healthcare products’. [pg 24].

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Guest Post: US Supreme Court hears oral arguments for Gene Patents case

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Image from here We’re happy to bring you a guest post by Samantak Ghosh on the recent AMP v. Myriad Gene Patents case argued before the US Supreme Court on April 15th, 2013. Please see our previous post here for a detailed explanation on the background of the case. Samantak (JD Candidate ’13, Berkeley Law) also recently won the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s national student writing award for his paper on the policy ramifications of the Supreme Court’s recent decision

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Life of P.I. – Keynote address by Justice Prabha Sridevan

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Justice Prabha Sridevan, Chairman of the IPAB, who just a few days ago upheld India’s first post TRIPs era Compulsory License, gave a very well received speech “Life of P.I.” (Public Interest) as the keynote speaker for the MIP India and Innovation Forum held in Delhi yesterday. Her marathon 7 hour dictation while upholding the compulsory license order started out by establishing that ‘Compulsory Licensing’ is not a bad word and her keynote address yesterday seemed to place that thought in

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SpicyIP Event: Announcing Expert Speaker Panel for Pharma IPR 2013

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We’d like to remind our readers of the 2nd Annual Pharma IPR 2013 conference taking place from 10th – 12th April, 2013 in Mumbai, India. This exclusive conference is specifically designed for intellectual property professionals from the pharma and biopharma industry to gain an in-depth understanding about evolving global IPR practices, updates on the patent regime and strategies to enter new and emerging markets. Patent regimes and market entry strategies will be discussed of over 10 countries including: USA, Europe,

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SpicyIP Event: MIP India IP and Innovation Forum

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The MIP India IP and Innovation Forum 2013 will be held on March 7th at Le Meridien, New Delhi.   With several notable speakers and topics which are particularly pertinent to IP matters in India currently, the forum looks to be an exciting one. To see the agenda, please click here. Please see below for a note from MIP on the event.  ‘Technical legal advice, reflections on the Indian patent system and insider guidance on monetizing IP come together at

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SpicyIP Event: Pharma IPR 2013

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We are pleased to announce the 2nd Annual Pharma IPR 2013 conference taking place from 10th – 12th April, 2013 in Mumbai, India. This exclusive conference is specifically designed for intellectual property professionals from the pharma and biopharma industry to gain an in-depth understanding about evolving global IPR practices, updates on the patent regime and strategies to enter new and emerging markets. Patent regimes and market entry strategies will be discussed of over 10 countries including: USA, Europe, Japan, China, Korea,

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SpicyIP Events: MIP’s 2nd Annual India IP and Innovation Forum

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Managing IP will be holding its 2nd Annual India IP and Innovation Forum on March 7th, 2013 at Le Meridian, New Delhi. Please see more details below: “It is generally expected that despite economic difficulties in 2012, India is set to see a steady rate of improvement in 2013 where its business and innovation are concerned. Earlier this month a feature in the Financial Times stated that: ‘India’s prospects have now started to improve. Investors, economists and the government say

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Announcing the SpicyIP Fellows for 2013 – 2014!

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After a great response to our call for applications for our first SpicyIP Fellowship, we are pleased to announce the selected Fellows for 2013 – 2014. We’d like to thank all those who participated in the Fellowship application process and especially those who continued to send in multiple entries based on the feedback from previous submissions. We received about 40 submissions during the 6 week period from December 14th – January 25th. Of these, 18 were selected as guest posts

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