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Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property

Book Review: Insights on Film Piracy (EPW)
/ Advocacy

Book Review: Insights on Film Piracy (EPW)

Read on Scribd here. Insights on Film Piracy by altlawforum ...
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Understanding the Problem of Piracy: A Perspective From The Issue of Access
/ Advocacy, Pedagogy

Understanding the Problem of Piracy: A Perspective From The Issue of Access

Presentation made by Smarika Kumar at the National Seminar on Copyright organised by National Book Trust and Sahitya Akademi on World Book and Copyright Day in Calcutta University on 23rd April 2014. https://www.scribd.com/presentation/227370776/The-Problem-of-Piracy-A-Perspective-from-the-Issue-of-Access ...
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Book
/ Published by ALF

The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Book

This paper examines the link between ideas of personhood and self that underlies western liberal property regimes. It attempts to understand the manner in which thinkers like Locke create a co-terminus between the ‘self’ and ‘own’. It then poses the question of whether we can look at alternative ideas of ...
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Intellectual Property and the Knowledge Culture Commons
/ Advocacy

Intellectual Property and the Knowledge Culture Commons

The ALF-SARAI Collaboration on “Intellectual Property and the Knowledge / Culture commons” For much of its history intellectual property research and practice was considered a niche area of property law, properly considered as hard private law. There are clearly major limitations of such a traditional black letter approach, particularly since ...
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FAQs concerning the Copyright Amendment of 2010 (revised to 2012)
/ Advocacy

FAQs concerning the Copyright Amendment of 2010 (revised to 2012)

Report by Katherine Gibson, intern from Yale Law School at ALF ...
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Information Pack on Patents (3rd Amendment) Act, 2004
/ Advocacy

Information Pack on Patents (3rd Amendment) Act, 2004

This information pack contains all necessary information about the Proposed Patents (3rd Amendment) Act which you can use for your campaign. Information Sheet on Patent... by altlawforum 2003 Draft of Proposed Amen... by altlawforum ...
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Comparing Mashelkar Committe and INTERPAT
/ Advocacy

Comparing Mashelkar Committe and INTERPAT

GOVT. OF INDIA Novartis files writ petition against Govt., says strict Indian patent law is not TRIPs compatible. Grant of patents only to NCEs or NMEs and thereby excluding other categories of pharmaceutical inventions is likely to contravene the mandate under Article 27 to grant patents to all 'inventions' INTERPAT ...
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Response to the Proposed Amendment to the Copyright Act 1957
/ Advocacy

Response to the Proposed Amendment to the Copyright Act 1957

The Indian Government is planning to amend the Copyright Act 1957. We have drafted a critique and response to the proposed amendment, and forwarded the same to the government of India. In this folder you can find all the relevant links and documents around the proposed amendment. Draft of Proposed ...
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Draft of Proposed Amendment to Patent Act - 2003
/ Advocacy

Draft of Proposed Amendment to Patent Act – 2003

In May 2014, the Law Commission of India issued a consultation paper, to seek responses to amendment in media laws in the country. A number of issues were raised regarding media laws and regulations, and we at ALF have submitted our responses to the Commission on the following points: a. Cross ...
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Fact Sheet and Myths about Pharmaceutical Patents
/ Advocacy

Fact Sheet and Myths about Pharmaceutical Patents

Read on Scribd here. Fact Sheet and Myths about ... by altlawforum ...
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