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Data exclusivity wont help India

Data exclusivity wont help India The detractors of data protection have maintained that the demand for data protection is a TRIPS Plus. They have solely relied on the text of 39.3 of the TRIPS Agreement. They do so because it suits them and helps them to continue the reverse engineering raj. Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) referred to in Article 39.3 is commonly referred to as Data Exclusivity in the US and Data Protection or Regulatory Data Protection in the European Union. Data protection is an independent IPR; and should not be confused with other IPRs, such as patents. Bringing in

French cos hope for new opportunities in India

French cos hope for new opportunities in India Making it clear that domestic resistance to further opening up of the Indian economy was inhibiting increased foreign investment, France has said its companies hoped for “new opportunities” and that Indian polity has to decide how reforms process should be broadened. “Our companies are expecting that the range of possibilities (in India) will be broadened as much as possible,” French ambassador Dominique Girar said. Asked how his country saw the opposition by Left parties to further open up of the economy, he said “India is a democratic country... It is for you

Toxic ships entry into India barred

Toxic ships entry into India barred In what may come as a temporary respite for environmentalists protesting dismantling of large ships with toxic waste on Indian shores, the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has on Sunday decided to bar French cruise liner, S S Norway, from entering Indian waters. This comes as a fallout of the Supreme Courts directive on Thursday, that the ships entry into Alang ship-breaking yard and issues relating to hazardous toxic wastes, be dealt with by a court-appointed committee of technical experts. GPCB member secretary, Sanjiv Tyagi said, Following directions from the Union government, we have issued

Modulations in Chinese medias reading of India

Modulations in Chinese medias reading of India One of Indias most high-profile editors once jested – in the days before cable TV came to India – that every morning he would tune in to the BBC and the Voice of America and get a sense that the world was coming to an end, but tuning in to All India Radio unfailingly calmed his frayed nerves because the state broadcasters safety-first news policy always painted a rosy picture of the world. A variant of that rule applies to media commentaries in China about the contours of its relations with various countries,

India to tighten offshoring data security

India to tighten offshoring data security India is creating a regulatory body to improve the level of security in companies providing offshore IT services and business process outsourcing. The initiative has been spearheaded by the National Association of Software and Service Companies, or Nasscom, to assuage fears about Indian data security in the wake of incidents of call center data theft. The technology trade association also aims to promote the region as the safest place for IT and BPO amid rising competition from other offshoring locations. The key objective of creating the SRO (self-regulatory organization) is to raise the floor in