User:Scriboard/"Rodney D. Ryder"

Rodney D. Ryder is a partner with Kochhar & Co.; where he is Co-Chair of the Technology, Media and Communications Law Practice. He also heads the Intellectual Property practice for South India based out of Chennai. He is the author of Guide to Cyber Laws: the Information Technology Act, 2000, E-Commerce, Data Protection and the Internet, the first section-wise analysis of the Indian Information Technology Act, 2000. He is presently Advisor to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Government of India on the implementation of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Mr. Ryder has been nominated as a 'Leading Lawyer' in intellectual property, technology, communications and media law by Asia Law, Who'sWhoLegal, Asia Legal 500, amongst other International publications.

His second book, Intellectual Property and the Internet, published by LexisNexis is perhaps the only one of its kind in Asia. The text has been acknowledged to be an authoritative work by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India and has been quoted in the first and only judgement by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India on domain names. He is advisor to the National Internet Exchange of India [NiXI] and a member of the panel of independent and neutral arbitrators with NiXI.

Professional Membership[s]: Supreme Court Bar Association [SCBA]

Delhi High Court Bar Association [DHCBA]

International Bar Association [IBA]

Inter Pacific Bar Association [IPBA]

Adjunct Professor/Visiting Professor Adjunct Professor [legal management] to the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow [IIML], the Fore School of Management, New Delhi [FSM] and the Amity Business School [ABS]. Adjunct Professor [Internet related laws, intellectual property, telecommunications and media laws] to the National Law School of India University [NLSIU], Bangalore, NALSAR, Hyderabad, National Law University [NLU], Jodhpur, Campus Law Centre, Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Amity Law School, Indian Institute of Technology[Kharagpur] and the CBI Academy [Ghaziabad].

Books:

"Guide to Cyber Laws [E-commerce, the Information Technology Act, 2000, Data protection and the Internet]". {LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur, India}. Third Edition 2007.

“Intellectual Property and the Internet”. {LexisNexis, 2002}.

“Brands, Trademarks and Advertising”. {LexisNexis, 2004}.

“Internet Law and Policy”. {Oxford University Press, to be published in 2010}.

“Intellectual Property Law – Concept to Commercialisation”. {Macmillan, 2005}.

“Drafting corporate and commercial agreements : legal drafting guidelines, forms and precedents”; {Universal Law Publishing, 2005; Reprint 2007}

“Right to Information – Law, Policy and Practice”. {LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur, India, 2006}.

“An Introduction to Internet Law and Policy: a course book on cyber law”. { LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur, India, 2007}

Pro Bono Work

Member, ‘Legal Action Group’ constituted by the Ministry of Information Technology and Communication, Government of India, to advise on the implementation of the ‘Act’ [www.cca.gov.in].

Honorary Legal Advisor, Nepal Telecom Authority [NTA]

Honorary Legal Advisor, Computer Association of Nepal [CAN]

Honorary Legal Advisor, Office of the Attorney General, Sri Lanka

Honorary Advisor, Cyber Crime Police Station, C. O. D. Head Quarters, Bangalore.

Honorary Advisor, Cyber Crime Police Station, Hyderabad.

Honorary Advisor & Visiting Faculty, Delhi Police Training Centre

Editorial/Advisory Board:

Corporate Law Adviser [CLA]

Patent and Trademark Reporter [PTR]

Law Wire™

Rodney D. Ryder

Partner

Kochhar & Co.

3rd Floor, Tower B

Technopolis Building

Sector – 54

DLF Golf Course Road

Gurgaon - 122002

National Capital Region

India

Cellular Phone: [+91] 98110 13560

E-mail: rodney.ryder@kochhar.com