National Conference on Technology Transfer & IP Issues

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Date: October 22-23, 2010 Organised by MHRD IPR Chair, National Law University, Jodhpur (Rajasthan), India. Venue: National Law University, Jodhpur, NH-65 Nagaur Road, Mandore, Jodhpur, 342304(Rajasthan) E-mail: [email protected] The objective of the conference is to discuss various Intellectual Property policy issues for the mechanism of transfer of technology and their role in the social and economic development of a country, by bringing together researchers, legal professionals and other stakeholders on one platform. It also aims to discuss various IP issues […]

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New Exemptions to the DMCA Anti-circumvention Rule

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With our recent readership survey producing enthused demands for international coverage as well, we will begin our reporting of important recent developments in international copyright law with the recently announced exemptions regarding circumvention of access-control technologies in respect of the American Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). This post may also be useful in the context of debates surrounding the inclusion of an anti-circumvention provision in the proposed amendments to the Indian Copyright Act (see Section 65-A and 65B). In this

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From Independence to Inter-dependence: Some thoughts (and belated wishes)

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Belated independence day wishes to all our readers. I meant to put up something yesterday, but faced some inevitable delays. Since I couldn’t locate a direct India IP link to peg to this years’ independence day wishes, I thought I’d share the text of a small talk delivered to the students at NUJS. It has references to creativity and innovation…and should therefore pass the “relevance” test for this blog. Fortunately, it is not as depressing as the “Republic Day” speech

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Copyright Division replies to RTI queries on the qualifications and elgibility of the Chairperson of the Copyright Board

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Late last month we had put out a post informing our readers that we had filed two applications under the Right to Information Act, 2005, questioning the validity of the appointment of the current Chairperson of the Copyright Board. Well, we’ve received the answers to our queries and it appears that our doubts have been confirmed. Before we move onto the replies, I would like to clarify that we do not have any personal axe to grind against the current

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Rajya Sabha passes the Trademark Amendment Bill, 2009 after a spirited debate

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The upper house of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha, has passed the Trademarks Amendment Bill, 2009, on the 10th of August, 2010 after a relatively spirited debate between the members of the house. The importance of this debate cannot be stressed on enough, especially since the Lok Sabha, the lower house, passed the Bill in five minutes, along with other bills, without any debate whatsoever. In this post, which is going to be a long one, we aim at covering the

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Legislative Analysis Competition organised by PRS

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Analysis 2010 is being organised by PRS Legislative Research is a Delhi-based research initiative hosted at the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi. Our work focuses on providing research support to MPs on all key Bills pending in Parliament. PRS works with the objective of making the legislative process more transparent, informed and participatory. We have interacted with over 250 MPs across 22 political parties. To facilitate greater awareness generation and engagement of the youth, PRS conceptualised a legislative analysis

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Study questions savings from patent settlement restrictions

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A recent study (funded by PhRMA) suggests that the savings from a proposed ban on “reverse payment” were “significantly overstated.”  In particular, the study says both the  Congressional Budget Office (CBO)  and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) were wrong to assume that banning reverse payments would speed up generic entry into the marketplace by 17 months.  The study does a preliminary economic analysis of the “pay-for-delay” legislation limiting generic drugmakers ability to accept money to settle patent disputes. The study attacks the

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Call for submissions: The Indian Journal of Law and Technology (IJLT)

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The Indian Journal of Law and Technology has put out the following ‘call for submissions’. Call for SubmissionsThe Indian Journal of Law and Technology (IJLT) is an annual law journal published by the Law and Technology Committee of the Student Bar Association, at the National Law School of India University, Bangalore, India. IJLT is the first and only law journal in India specifically devoted to the field of technology law. The previous issues of IJLT have featured articles by distinguished

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CLaM: Provisions of the Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010 are up on the CLaM website

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Thanks to the untiring efforts of Sai Vinod Nayani, an enthusiatic third year student at NUJS, a few more provisions of the the Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010 are now up on the CLAM website. As our readers may remember, Shamnad had introduced the Collaborative Law Making (ClaM) venture in December last year. As he had stated the CLaM Initiative attempts to engineer a shift from “representative” to “direct” democracy by enhancing public participation in the framing of laws. It builds

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Money for Nothing: Is the INR Logo a Copy?

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Gautam Bakshi, Head IPR (R&D), Lalru Division, Panacea Biotec asks whether the below facts call out for a case of copyright infringement. Apparently, whilst travelling by train recently, he came across the logo of a company named Railtech which looked awfully similar to the new INR symbol that has made much waves in the recent past. Indeed, the symbol appeals to all of us for its clear link to the devanagari script and its simple elegance. Both these logos appear

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