Intellectual Property - India
(2005 - current)
As a result of its long collaboration with the Government and
Supreme Court of India, ISDLS has recently been invited to initiate
an intellectual property reform program in India. This program
began in January 2005 with an IP seminar in New Delhi. District
Court Judge Jeremy Fogel (Northern District of California), Chief
of the DOJ’s Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property
Unit Christopher Sonderby (San Jose/Silicon Valley), Indian Business
Software Alliance counsel Pravin Anand, and Indian Motion Picture
Association counsel Chander Lall gave presentations on the imperative
of IP enforcement and mechanisms by which this enforcement can
be achieved.
Though the GOI has enacted adequate legislation to prosecute
and punish offenders, backlog in courts has prevented prosecutors
from pursuing cases and/or judges from issuing sentences severe
enough to deter criminals. The civil justice reform mechanisms
introduced as result of ISDLS’ ongoing civil justice initiative
will reduce backlog, paving the way for IP enforcement.
The seminar, attended by approximately fifty judge, prosecutors
and professionals, generated optimism about the future of IP in
India. Mr. Anand and Mr. Lall expressed a strong commitment to
further pursue the creation of an Indian prosecutorial unit modeled
on that of CHIP with the Government of India.
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