First Round-table on Innovation, IP and Competition
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Prasad Krishna
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last modified
Apr 25, 2016 07:42 AM
The First Annual Roundtable on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition was organized by the recently established Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property & Competition (CIIPC) at the National Law University, Delhi. Dr. Arul George Scaria and Prof. Yogesh Pai are the co-directors of this Centre. The event was held on April 1 and 2, 2016 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Nehaa Chaudhari and Anubha Sinha participated in the event.
The round-table offered a unique forum for academia, policy makers, industry stakeholders and academically-minded practitioners on emerging issues at the interface of innovation, intellectual property & competition law and policy. The attempt is to create a balanced and open discussion on some of the intensely debated issues across the world, while taking particular note of recent developments in India.
The full day round-table on April 2 deliberated on the following sub-themes in four different sessions:
- Innovation Economics: What can it Teach IP Policy-making in India?
- Assessing the Role of Patents and Competition Policy in Technology Markets: Perspectives from Business and Regulation
- Intellectual Property and Competition Law in India: Issues of Jurisdiction & Role of Courts
- DIPP Discussion Paper on SEPs: FRAND in India from a Comparative Perspective
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