Intellectual Property and India:
Protecting Knowledge and Promoting Innovation
30 March 2002, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
A workshop for journalists
organised by Liberty
Institute, New Delhi and
International Policy
Network, London
9:30 - 5:30 Workshop, India Habitat Centre
(see programme)
7:00 - Reception and dinner
|
Who should market Gandhi's name?
How do societies benefit from patents? Does IPR encourage
innovation? Does patent protection restrict access
and increase prices? Should we have patents on genes?
Who should receive economic benefits from traditional
knowledge? What is the Indian public's perception
of intellectual property?
|
Liberty Institute and International Policy Network invite
you to examine these and other questions by participating
in a workshop aimed at initiating a dialogue between policy
experts and media persons, and contributing to an informed
public discussion on this important issue.
Various aspects of intellectual property protection in
India and globally will be covered: how IP affects various
sectors of the Indian economy as well as grassroots innovation,
changes in cultural attitudes towards IP, and the policy
basis for IP rules and enforcement in India and globally
through the TRIPS agreement of the World Trade Organisation.
This workshop will provide an opportunity for media persons
to share their perspectives and concerns in the debate over
intellectual property rights. They will have the opportunity
to interact with some of India's foremost intellectual property
experts, as well as those directly affected by the current
regime. The speakers will interact with the workshop participants,
to address their specific concerns and to clarify points
of view. We trust that this workshop will contribute to
improve the quality of debate on this most important issue.
Topics to be covered include
- India's knowledge economy
- Globalisation and access to technology
- Promoting a culture of innovation
- Community rights and development of knowledge
- India's IP bill: Looking ahead
Speakers include
- Praveen Anand, Patent lawyer
- Bibek Debroy, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary
Studies
- Prabuddha Ganguli, Consultant
- Anil Gupta, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
- Sharad Joshi, Founder and leader of Shetkari Sanghatana,
and former Chairman of Task Force on Agriculture for Government
of India
- B. K. Keayla, Centre for Study of Global Trade System
& Development
- Amir Ullah Khan, South Asia Foundation
- V. Lakshmi Kumaran, Advocate
- Nitya Nanda, Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS)
- Anup Pujari, Ministry of Commerce
- Suman Sahai, Gene Campaign
- Krishna Sharma, Advocate
- Rodney Ryder, Advocate, Supreme Court of India
- And others
Programme updates will be available on the Liberty Institute
website. Please RSVP to info@libertyindia.org or call (011)
652-8244.
Sponsoring organisations
Liberty Institute <www.libertyindia.org>
is a non-profit public policy organisation based in New
Delhi, whose mission is to promote awareness and appreciation
of the four institutional pillars of a free society - individual
rights, the rule of law, limited government, and free markets
- through publications, seminars, and public discourse.
International Policy Network <www.policynetwork.net>
is a non-profit organisation based in London, whose mission
is to facilitate the sharing of policy ideas which promote
free societies. IPN facilitates the sharing of ideas between
individuals and organisations around the globe, by coordinating
seminars and conferences, and by publishing educational
material.
|
