Comments on the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion Discussion Paper on Standard Essential Patents and Their Availability on FRAND Terms ​by the Centre for Internet and Society, India

Abstract

This submission presents comments by the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India on the Discussion Paper on Standard Essential Patents and their Availability on FRAND Terms (dated 01 March, 2016), released by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.

This submission is divided into three main parts. The first part, ‘Preliminary’, introduces the document; the second part, ‘About CIS’, is an overview of the organization; and, the third part, ‘Submissions on the Issues’, answers the questions raised in the discussion paper. A list of annexures and their URLs is included at the end of the document.

Keywords: FRAND, SEP, DIPP, Patents, SSO

JEL Classification: O34, O38