Second Annual Roundtable on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition

0001The Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition, CIIPC, organised the Second Annual Roundtable on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition on 1st and 2nd July 2017 at Taj Westend, Bangalore.

0002The Annual Roundtable provides a forum for members of academia, policymakers, industry stakeholders and academically minded practitioners to engage with emerging issues at the intersection of innovation, intellectual property, and competition law and policy. The second edition continued this dialogue, with particular emphasis on recent developments in India.

Day One

0003The programme began with registration, followed by welcome remarks by Prof. Dr. Ranbir Singh, Vice Chancellor, National Law University Delhi. Yogesh Pai, Co Director, CIIPC, then introduced the Second Annual Roundtable.

0004The first session, titled Innovation Policy, What can it Teach IP Policy Making in India, was moderated by Prof. Dr. Shamnad Basheer. The speakers were Subhashish Gangopadhyay, Chirantan Chatterjee, Anil K. Gupta, Shubha Ghosh and Ananth Padmanabhan.

0005The second session focused on the Role of IP and Competition Policy in Technology Markets, Business and Industry Perspectives. It was moderated by Prof. Jay P. Kesan. The speakers included Atul Jain, Sheetal Chopra, S. K. Murthy, Latonia Gordon and Kirti Gupta.

0006The third session addressed Patent Remedies in a State of Flux, Principles and Practice. It was moderated by Hon’ble Ms. Justice Prathiba Singh, Delhi High Court. The speakers were Dr. Shamnad Basheer, Sandeep Rathod, Rafal Sikorski, Feroz Ali and Bitika Sharma.

0007The day also included introductory remarks by Prof. Dr. Ranbir Singh, followed by a special address by Hon’ble Ms. Justice Prathiba Singh on India’s Evolving IP Jurisprudence, Indigenous, Ingenious or Both. The day concluded with a vote of thanks by Dr. Arul George Scaria, Co Director, CIIPC.

Day Two

0008The fourth session focused on IP and Competition Law in India, Regulatory and Judicial Interventions. It was moderated by Mr. Augustine Peter, Member, Competition Commission of India. The speakers were Geeta Gouri, Anand Pathak, Prashant Reddy, Vaibhav Gaggar and Kailas Karthikeyan.

0009The fifth session addressed Standard Essential Patents, Adjudicating FRAND in India from a Comparative Perspective. It was moderated by Prof. Dr. T. Ramakrishna, Chair Professor, IPR, NLSIU, Bangalore. The speakers were Jay P. Kesan, Jorge Contreras, Rajiv Kr. Choudhry and J. Sai Deepak.

0010The programme concluded with a closing lunch.

Conclusion

0011The Second Annual Roundtable brought together participants from academia, industry, policy, legal practice and the judiciary to discuss contemporary issues at the intersection of innovation, intellectual property and competition law and policy, with particular attention to developments in India.