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MHRD IPR Chairs — Underutilization of Funds and Lack of Information Regarding Expenditures
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Nehaa Chaudhari
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Nov 19, 2014
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Access to Knowledge
Funds granted to the IPR Chairs set up by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development are often left underutilized. Details regarding the expenditures that are incurred by the Chairs are also currently unavailable. CIS intern Amulya Purushothama examines this further.
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Mobile Phone Patents: Prior Art Survey
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Nehaa Chaudhari
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Oct 23, 2013
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Oct 24, 2013 10:33 AM
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Access to Knowledge
In this blog post, Nehaa Chaudhari discusses a study on a portion of the patent landscape around mobile phone patents, commissioned by CIS earlier this year. This prior art search was undertaken by Rohan George of Samvad Partners, who worked as a Consultant with CIS.
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National IPR Policy Series - CIS Letter to IPR Think Tank
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Nehaa Chaudhari
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May 26, 2015
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May 28, 2015 01:08 PM
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Access to Knowledge
We sent this letter to the IPR Think Tank following responses that we received from the DIPP, to our RTI requests.
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National IPR Policy Series : CIS Comments to the First Draft of the National IP Policy
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Nehaa Chaudhari
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Feb 04, 2015
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Feb 09, 2015 12:59 AM
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Call for Comments,
Access to Knowledge,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Featured,
Homepage
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of India invited comments on the First Draft of India's National IPR Policy. The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) made this submission. The comments were prepared by Nehaa Chaudhari, Pranesh Prakash and Anubha Sinha. We also thank our intern, Varnika Chawla for her assistance.
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National IPR Policy Series : Comments on the Proposed Intellectual Property Rights Policy to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
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Nehaa Chaudhari
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Nov 30, 2014
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Apr 12, 2015 11:39 AM
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Call for Comments,
Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Patents
On 13 November, 2014, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion had released a Call for Suggestions for India's proposed National IPR Policy. This is the Centre for Internet and Society's (CIS) submission for the same.
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National IPR Policy Series : Follow-up RTI to DIPP on the IPR Think Tank
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Nehaa Chaudhari
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Jun 25, 2015
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Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
This RTI was prepared by Varun Baliga and Nehaa Chaudhari as a follow-up, based on the responses of the DIPP to our earlier RTI requests (available at http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/national-ipr-policy-series-rti-requests-by-cis-to-dipp-dipp-responses)
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National IPR Policy Series : India's National IPR Policy - What Would WIPO Think?
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Nehaa Chaudhari
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Jun 20, 2015
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Jul 02, 2015 05:47 PM
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Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
As part of the National IPR Policy Series, CIS is evaluating how India's National IPR Policy framework and process holds up to WIPO's suggestions. In this note, Varun Baliga and Nehaa Chaudhari examine in particular, the functioning of the IPR Think Tank and the first draft of the National Policy in light of the WIPO framework and the principles it encapsulates.
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National IPR Policy Series : RTI Requests to DIPP seeking Details on the IPR Think Tank and the National IPR Policy
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Nehaa Chaudhari
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Feb 09, 2015
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Apr 12, 2015 12:48 PM
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Access to Knowledge
In an earlier blog post titled " National IPR Policy Series : The Development of the National IPR Policy", we discussed the formation of an IPR Think Tank to draft the first National IPR Policy. Since many details about the constitution and working of this Think Tank were unavailable, we decided to send out RTI requests to find out more.
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National IPR Policy Series : The Development of the National IPR Policy
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Nehaa Chaudhari
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Jan 22, 2015
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Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
This is the first blog post in a series of posts on India's National IPR Policy. In this post, CIS intern, Varnika Chawla traces the evolution of the National IPR Policy.
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National IPR Policy Series : Who is a 'public authority' under the RTI Act?
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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May 21, 2015
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May 21, 2015 05:03 PM
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Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
In this blog post, CIS intern Devrupa Rakshit examines case law with respect to the understanding of a 'public authority' under the Right to Information ("RTI") Act, 2005.
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