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File Google Play Safety App Permissions
by Rohini Lakshané — published Mar 18, 2023
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Blog Entry FAQ: CIS' Proposal for Compulsory Licensing of Critical Mobile Technologies
by Rohini Lakshané — published Sep 25, 2015 — last modified Feb 14, 2016 04:40 AM — filed under: ,
Earlier this year, the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) had proposed that the Government of India (GoI) initiate the formation of a patent pool of critical mobile technologies and mandate a five percent compulsory license. The proposal was made in light of ongoing litigation in India over standard essential patents pertaining to mobile technology, and the government's own “Make in India” and “Digital India” programmes.
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Blog Entry Methodology: Statements of Working (Form 27) of Indian Mobile Device Patents
by Rohini Lakshané — published Sep 14, 2016 — last modified Sep 10, 2017 03:19 PM — filed under: , , ,
In India, if a patent is not locally worked within three years of its issuance, any person may request a compulsory license, and if the patent is not adequately worked within two years of the grant of such a compulsory license, it may be revoked. In order to provide the public with information about patent working, India requires every patentee to file an annual statement on “Form 27” describing the working of each of its issued Indian patents. We conducted the first comprehensive and systematic study of all Forms 27 filed with respect to mobile devices. We tried to empirically establish the extent to which patentees and licensees comply with the statutory requirement to declare information about the working of their patents. Research assistance was provided by interns Anna Liz Thomas and Nayana Dasgupta.
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Blog Entry The two-faced FRAND: Licensing and injunctive relief in ICTs
by Rohini Lakshané — published Jan 15, 2016 — last modified Mar 16, 2016 02:37 AM — filed under:
Important takeaways from the Indo-Europe Conference on Building a Sustainable IPR-ICT Ecosystem for Promoting Innovation, held in Bangalore in November 2015. Ericsson and the Indian Cellular Association presented an interesting set of views on FRAND licensing as well as injunctive relief, from seemingly opposite ends of the spectrum.
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Blog Entry Conference on Standards Settings Organizations (SSO) and FRAND, NLSIU
by Rohini Lakshané — published Apr 05, 2015 — last modified Apr 02, 2016 06:12 PM — filed under: , ,
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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Blog Entry Methodology: Patent Landscaping in the Indian Mobile Device Market
by Rohini Lakshané — published Nov 10, 2014 — last modified Feb 15, 2017 02:05 PM — filed under: ,
Through the patent landscaping exercise, we have identified patents pertaining to Internet-enabled mobile devices sold in India for USD 100 or less. The findings from this exercise are being used to develop legal strategies to reduce patent-based impediments to the widespread and rapid proliferation of this beneficial technology throughout India. The research methodology adopted for the patent landscaping exercise has been delineated here. This document is a work in progress.
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Blog Entry 25th Session of the WIPO SCP: Statement on Assessment of Inventive Step
by Rohini Lakshané — published Dec 15, 2016 — last modified Dec 16, 2016 10:27 PM — filed under: ,
Statement emailed by Rohini Lakshané on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society to the Secretariat for the WIPO Standing Committee for the Law of Patents, Twenty Fifth Session, with reference to agenda item 7, "Sharing session on examples and cases relating to assessment of inventive step including, but not limited to, the topics suggested in document SCP/24/3, paragraph 8.
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Blog Entry Open Letter to Prime Minister Modi
by Rohini Lakshané — published Feb 10, 2015 — last modified Feb 14, 2016 04:39 AM — filed under: , , ,
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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Blog Entry Compilation of Mobile Phone Patent Litigation Cases in India
by Rohini Lakshané — published Mar 15, 2015 — last modified Feb 08, 2018 02:41 PM — filed under: ,
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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Blog Entry 25th Session of the WIPO SCP: Statement on Future work
by Rohini Lakshané — published Dec 16, 2016 — filed under: ,
Rohini Lakshané, attending the 25th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (SCP) held in Geneva from December 12, 2016 to December 15, 2016, made this statement on Agenda Item #12, "Future Work".
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