Intellectual Property and Ict Standards in India
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND ICT STANDARDS IN INDIA Authors: Dr. T. Ramakrishna (Professor of Law, National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore, India) Dr. S. K. Murthy (Research Scholar at NLSIU, Bangalore, India), and Saurabh Malhotra (LLM (Warwick, UK), B.A, LLB (Hons.) (NLSIU, Bangalore, India)) Reviewed by Brad Biddle (Adjunct Professor at ASU Law and Standards Counsel at Intel Corporation, USA) Commissioned by the US National Academies of Science, Board of Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP), Project on Intellectual Property Management in standard setting processes 17 September 2012 Disclaimer: The opinion(s) expressed by the authors in this research paper is in their personal capacity as an individual and does not represent the opinion of the employers of the authors. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND ICT STANDARDS IN INDIA Abstract The 2010 “Policy on Open Standards for e-Governance” launched India into the global debate over the definition of open standards. However, the story of standards in India is richer and broader than only the e-Governance policy. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is a standards development organization (SDO), which came into existence through an Act of the Indian parliament. Another important government SDO functioning, in the telecommunications domain, is the telecommunication engineering center (TEC), which was formed under the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in India. In addition, there has been an increased effort tin setting up public-private partnership organizations for formulating standards focused on information and communications (ICT) standardization. Further, the Indian government has made important contributions on the topic of technical standards in connection with the World Trade Organization’s Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT).
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