Emerging Indian IP legislations and their impact on businesses

8/7/2019 Emerging Indian IP legislations and their impact on businesses

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byVikram Pratap Singh Thakur


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Co pyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010Pro tecti o n and Utilizati o n of public f unded

Intellectual Pr o perty Bill, 2008Natio nal Innov ati o n Bill, 2008Trademark (Amendment) Bill, 2009

The Traditio

nal Know

ledge (Pro

tectio

n andManagement) Bill, 2010

2011 Brain League IP Ser v ices


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Majo r amendment t o Indian Co pyright Act,1957

Intro duced in the Rajya Sabha o n April 19,2010o bjecti ve

Prov

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r additio

nal prov

isio

ns and update theexisting pr ov isio ns t o cater t o the currentrequirements.



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Mo dif icatio ns w ith regard t o cinemat o graphic wo rks and s o und rec o rding

Excepti o n list expandedD isability pr ov isio nParallel imp o rt

Digital Rights Management (

DRM) Pr

ovisi

onsPro tecti o n of techn o lo gical measures



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Rights management in fo rmati o n:title o r o ther in fo rmati o n identi f ying the wo rk o r per fo rmance,name of the auth o r o r per fo rmer,

name and address of the ow ner of rights,terms and c o nditio ns regarding the use of the rightsnumber o r co de that represents the ab ov e info rmati o n

Impriso nment and f ine (plus civ il remedy)W

itho

ut autho

rity, remov

eo

r alter rights managementinfo rmati o n, o rKnow ingly distribute, imp o rt, br o adcast o r co mmunicate

W itho ut auth o rityW ith rem ov ed o r altered rights management in fo rmati o n



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Anti-circum venti o n of technical measures ad o pted t o pro tect c o pyrighted c o ntentImpriso nment and f ine

C ircum vented w ith intenti o n to inf ringe rightsExcepti o ns

encrypti o n research - use la wf ully o btained encrypted c o py;testing the security of a co mputer system o r a co mputernet wo rk w ith auth o rizatio n;circum vent techn o lo gical measures intended fo r identi f icatio no r surveillance of a user;lawf ul investigati o n; andtaking measures necessary in the interest of nati o nal security



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Increased le vel of pro tecti o n fo r co pyrightedwo rks

Sof tw areC inemat o graphic, musical, etc.

Low priced editi o ns of wo rks can be imp o rted



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Po pularly kn ow n as the Indian Bayh- D o leprov ides incenti ves fo r creati v ity and inn ov ati o n

and pr o mo te co mmercializati o n of inventi o ns byprov iding certain bene f itspro mo te c o llabo rati o n bet w een g ov ernment,private enterprises and NGOsincrease a w areness ab o ut IP issues in uni versities,academic and research institutesenc o urage inn ov ati o n and pr o mo te sel f -reliance.



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Vesting of IP rightsIP management c o mmittee

Sharing of ro yaltyPre f erence t o nati o nal industry



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Better c o llabo rati o n bet w een g ov t. andprivate sect o r

Streamlining of universitiesTech trans f er and licensing



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Objecti veF acilitate public, pri vate o r public- private

partnership initiati ves fo r building an Inn ov ati o nsupp o rt system t o enc o urage Inn ov ati o nEvo lve a Nati o nal Integrated Science andTechn o lo gy PlanCo dif y and co nso lidate the la w of co nf identialityin aid of pro tecting Co nf idential In fo rmati o n,trade secrets and Inn ov ati o n.



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Supp o rt inn ov ati o nSpecial measures fo r supp o rting initiati ves w hich

deal w ith low co st techn o lo giesIncenti ves fo r angel in vest o rsOther f acilitati o n measures

Public private partnershipsIP Exchange (IP Market)

Co nf idential in fo rmati o n



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Statut o ry pro tecti o n fo r co nf identialinfo rmati o n

Easy to interpretTrade secret v is--v is patent

Easy to identi f y po tential licens o rs and

licensees (IP exchange)Innov ati o n supp o rt pr ov ided



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10 August, 2010 passed by Rajya SabhaInco rpo rate the Pr o to co l Relating t o the

Madrid Agreement c o ncerning theInternati o nal Registrati o n of Marks.The Madrid Pr o to co l w ill f acilitate the f iling of trademark applicati o ns acr o ss the wo rldthr o ugh a single applicati o n w ith the nati o naloff ice.



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Prov isio ns o n internati o nal registrati o n of trade marks under the Madrid pr o to co l.



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Simultane o us pro tecti o n of trade marks inmultiple jurisdicti o ns

Prov ides an easier and ec o no mical ro uteObtain f aster pr o tecti o n



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Pro tecti o n and c o nser vati o n of TKPre venti o n of misuse of TK

Bene f it sharing



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Co llabo rati o n and sharing

Pro cess streamlined and easier



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USF irst t o f ile

Opp o sitio n Po st grant re v iewBest m o de no t a criteria fo r invalidati o nUSPTO to set and access ow n f ees

IND IA-EUF TAH arm o nizati o n of IP law sMajo r changes required by EU in Pharma sect o r



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