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National IPR Policy Series: RTI Requests by CIS to DIPP + DIPP Responses
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Apr 15, 2015
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last modified
Apr 26, 2015 08:47 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies,
DIPP,
RTI,
National IPR Policy,
Accountability,
Featured,
IPR Think Tank,
Homepage
In earlier blog posts, we have discussed the development of India’s National IPR Policy (“the Policy”); comments by the Centre for Internet and Society (“CIS”) to the IPR Think Tank before the release of the first draft of the Policy and CIS’ comments to the IPR Think Tank in response to the first draft of the Policy. Continuing our National IPR Policy Series, this article documents our requests to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (“DIPP” / “the Department”) under the Right to Information (“RTI”) Act, 2005 and the responses of the Department.
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National IPR Policy Series: What Have the Sectoral Innovation Councils Been Doing on IPR
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Aug 13, 2015
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
In this post, Nehaa Chaudhari and Varun Baliga delve into the question of what the mandate of the Sectoral Innovation Councils is, what its activities are, and what vision for IPR development in India has it put forth. An RTI Application has been filed by CIS to attain information on these issues.
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National IPR Policy: Mapping the Stakeholders’ Response
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by
Akshath Mithal
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published
Nov 24, 2015
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last modified
Nov 24, 2015 03:02 PM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge
The first draft of the National IPR Policy was released last December. Following that, a plethora of comments and suggestions was submitted to the DIPP on the same. In this post, I will focus on the comments that were available online and analyse the trends that I was able to find in the same and also highlight the many suggestions put forth by the stakeholders.
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New Avenues: Media Wiki Groups
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by
Noopur Raval
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published
Dec 27, 2012
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last modified
Jan 05, 2013 01:46 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
This blog post is a brief recap and snippets of my conversation with Harsh Kothari, a volunteer on Gujarati Wikipedia on what we've been doing to help with MediaWiki groups.
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Blog
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New Release of IPR Chapter
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by
Prasad Krishna
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last modified
Aug 22, 2011 01:27 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
pdf
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New Release of IPR Chapter of India-EU Free Trade Agreement
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jan 12, 2011
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last modified
Sep 22, 2011 12:34 PM
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filed under:
Access to Medicine,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Intermediary Liability,
Access to Knowledge
A draft of the IPR chapter of the EU-India FTA, made publicly available now for the first time, provides insight into India's response in July 2010 to several EU proposals on intellectual property protection and enforcement.
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NGO Profile: Knowledge Ecology International
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by
Puneeth Nagaraj
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published
Mar 11, 2014
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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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NGO Profile: Third World Network
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by
Puneeth Nagaraj
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published
Mar 14, 2014
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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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NGOs circulate letter at WIPO SCCR/36 raising serious concerns about draft Broadcasting Treaty
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
May 29, 2018
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
At the 36th Meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), negotiations on the Broadcasting Treaty continue - this time with a sense of urgency to present results of the 20 year negotiations to the UN General Assembly, scheduled in September this year. There remain long-pending issues within the Treaty, which have largely been ignored or weakly acknowledged by the Committee. In view of the threats that this Treaty poses to Access to Knowledge and the mission of educators, archivists, researchers, libraries and creators, NGOs at WIPO (including CIS) have circulated the letter below.
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NGOs tell Modi not to succumb to US pressure on intellectual property
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 02, 2016
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last modified
Jul 02, 2016 05:14 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
A group of NGOs have appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to succumb to pressure from the US on the issue of intellectual property regime (IPR).
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