Pervasive Technologies

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Report: 5G Technologies Workshop by IEEE

by Rohini Lakshané — last modified Sep 27, 2015 11:45 AM
August 29, 2015

A report on the 5G Technologies Workshop organised by the Bangalore Chapter of the IEEE Communication Society at Bangalore on May 22 -23, 2015.

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Joining the Dots in India's Big-Ticket Mobile Phone Patent Litigation (Updated)

by Rohini Lakshané — last modified May 06, 2018 03:51 AM

An analysis of the significant commonalities and differences in various big-ticket lawsuits in India over the alleged infringement of mobile device patents.

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Pervasive Technologies Project Working Document Series: Literature Review on IPR in Mobile app development

by Anubha Sinha — last modified Aug 31, 2015 01:48 PM

This post is literature survey of material exploring and analysing the role of Application Platforms in the Mobile Applications Development ecosystem, albeit from an intellectual property perspective. The document is a work in progress.

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Conference on Standards Settings Organizations (SSO) and FRAND, NLSIU

by Rohini Lakshané — last modified Apr 02, 2016 06:12 PM

Rohini Lakshané attended the Conference on Standards Settings Organizations (SSO) and FRAND held at NLSIU, Bengaluru on March 21 and 22, 2015. It was organised by the MHRD Chair on Intellectual Property Rights, Centre for Intellectual Property Rights and Advocacy (CIPRA), National Law School of India University, Bengaluru in association with Intel Technology India. This post is a compilation of notes from the conference.

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National IPR Policy Series: RTI Requests by CIS to DIPP + DIPP Responses

by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Apr 26, 2015 08:47 AM

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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India at Leisure: Media, Culture and Consumption in the New Economy

by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 30, 2015 03:34 PM

Maggie Huang attended the event and presented a paper titled “The Future of Music Streaming: Business Practices and Copyright Management in India”. The paper was co-authored by Maggie and Amba Kak.

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Compilation of Mobile Phone Patent Litigation Cases in India

by Rohini Lakshané — last modified Feb 08, 2018 02:41 PM

This working paper is an attempt to chronicle information about big-ticket lawsuits pertaining to mobile technology patents filed in India. All information presented in this paper has been gathered from publicly available sources. Interns Nayana Dasgupta, Sampada Nayak and Suchisubhra Sarkar (in alphabetical order) provided invaluable research assistance. This paper was first published as a blog post on the CIS website on March 15, 2015. It was periodically updated till October 31, 2017 to reflect new developments in the different lawsuits at the Delhi High Court and the cases with the Competition Commission of India.

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Open Letter to Prime Minister Modi

by Rohini Lakshané — last modified Feb 14, 2016 04:39 AM

After the government introduced the "Make in India" and "Digital India" programmes, the air is thick with the promise of reduced imports, new jobs, and goods for the domestic market. In light of the patent wars in India, the government can ill-afford to overlook the patent implications in indigenously manufactured mobile phones. CIS proposes that the Government of India initiate the formation of a patent pool of critical mobile technologies and a five percent compulsory license.

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Beyond Alcohol and Angel Investors: Building Business Models in an Age of Mobile Music Streaming (Conference Learnings)

by Maggie Huang — last modified Feb 23, 2015 12:39 PM

This blog post is the first of a series of blogs to document, synthesize, and analyze learnings from attending various music industry trade conferences. This first post introduces the research question, and highlights learnings about the various business models which can be accessible via the mobile, and broadly how the music industry is attempting to respond to monetization challenges.

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Pervasive Technologies Project Working Document Series: Document 2 Literature Review on Competition Law + IPR + Access to < $100 Mobile Devices

by Amulya Purushothama and Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Sep 03, 2015 02:02 AM

This note is the second document in the series of Working Documents that I will be creating for my research under the Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Marketplace (“PT Project”).

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