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Report on the 31st Session of the Standing Committee on Trademarks: by Puneeth Nagaraj — published Apr 29, 2014 — last modified May 06, 2014 07:22 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
Puneeth Nagraj reports about the 31st Session of the Standing Committee on Trademarks (SCT) that he attended.
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Report on the WIPO Director General’s Meeting with NGO’s: by Puneeth Nagaraj — published Apr 30, 2014 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, WIPO
The Director General’s meeting with NGO’s was held on March 25, 2014. This is an annual meeting where accredited NGO’s have an opportunity to have a one on one discussion with the Director General on issues that concern them.
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Report on CDIP-12: by Puneeth Nagaraj — published Apr 22, 2014 — last modified Apr 22, 2014 09:53 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge
The 12th meeting of the Committee on Development and Intellectual Property (CDIP) was held from November 18-21, 2013 at WIPO. This report discusses the proceedings of the meeting and issues that CIS could get involved at future CDIP meetings.
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NGO Profile: Third World Network: by Puneeth Nagaraj — published Mar 14, 2014 — filed under: Access to Knowledge
In the second blog in this series, I profile the work of the IP team of Third World Network (TWN) at the various International Organisations in Geneva.
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Report on the 9th Session of the WIPO Advisory Committee on Enforcement: by Puneeth Nagaraj — published Mar 14, 2014 — last modified Mar 14, 2014 01:54 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge
The 9th Session of the Advisory Committee on Enforcement ended here in Geneva last week. In this report, I look at the major issues discussed at the Session and the deadlock over future work of the Committee.
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NGO Profile: Knowledge Ecology International: by Puneeth Nagaraj — published Mar 11, 2014 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, WIPO
As CIS’ observer in Geneva, I will be profiling NGOs and other prominent actors at the WIPO. In the first in a series of blogs, I profile the work of Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) at the various International Organisations in Geneva.
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Do You Have the Right to Unlock Your Smart Phone?: by Puneeth Nagaraj — published Aug 07, 2013 — last modified Aug 07, 2013 07:32 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
In this blog post Puneeth Nagaraj looks at the recent controversy over the expiration of the exemption granted by the US Library of Congress for unlocking phones and compares the Indian position as per a 2005 Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment.
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Comments on the Draft Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions: by Puneeth Nagaraj — published Jul 31, 2013 — last modified Aug 02, 2013 08:27 AM — filed under: Patents, Access to Knowledge
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) submitted the below comments to the office of the Controller General of Patents Designs & Trademarks, Mumbai on July 26, 2013.
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