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April 2010 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 23, 2010 — last modified Aug 13, 2012 04:51 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Intellectual Property Rights, Accessibility, Internet Governance, CISRAW
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! We bring you updates of our research, events and news for the month of April 2010.
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March 2010 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 31, 2010 — last modified Aug 13, 2012 05:02 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Intellectual Property Rights, Accessibility, Internet Governance, CISRAW, Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! We bring you updates of our research, news, and events for the month of March 2010 in this bulletin.
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Arguments Against Software Patents in India: by Pranesh Prakash — published Feb 22, 2010 — last modified Mar 13, 2012 10:43 AM — filed under: Open Standards, Access to Knowledge, Software Patents, Intellectual Property Rights, Publications, Patents
CIS believes that software patents are harmful for the software industry and for consumers. In this post, Pranesh Prakash looks at the philosophical, legal and practical reasons for holding such a position in India. This is a slightly modified version of a presentation made by Pranesh Prakash at the iTechLaw conference in Bangalore on February 5, 2010, as part of a panel discussing software patents in India, the United States, and the European Union.
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Enforcement of Anti-piracy Laws by the Indian Entertainment Industry: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 22, 2010 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:35 AM — filed under: Piracy, Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
This brief note by Siddharth Chadha seeks to map out the key actors in enforcement of copyright laws. These bodies not only investigate cases of infringement and piracy relating to the entertainment industry, but tie up with the police and IP law firms to pursue actions against the offenders through raids (many of them illegal) and court cases. Siddharth notes that the discourse on informal networks and circuits of distribution of cultural goods remains hijacked with efforts to contain piracy as the only rhetoric which safeguards the business interests of big, mostly multinational, media corporations.
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Time Out Bengaluru - Software Patenting: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 11, 2010 — last modified Jan 16, 2013 06:39 AM — filed under: Openness, Software Patents, Access to Knowledge
An article by Akhila Seetharaman published as a precursor to the national public meeting on software patents held on 4th in Bangalore.
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World Day Against Software Patents: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 10, 2010 — last modified Jan 16, 2013 07:15 AM — filed under: Software Patents, Access to Knowledge
A global coalition of more than 80 software companies, associations and developers has declared the 24th of September to be the "World Day Against Software Patents". The Hindu, a national daily dedicated one page of its Bangalore edition to software patents and software freedom. Deepa Kurup contributed written two articles titled "Will patenting take the byte out of IT here?" and "How would it be if you read only one type of book?" which reflects some of the concerns of the Free/Libre/Open Source Software community.
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CI IP Watch List 2009 - India Report: by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Dec 09, 2009 10:09 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
The India Report of the Consumers International IP Watch List 2009, detailing ways in which Indian copyright laws are beneficial and harmful for creators and consumers.
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PUPFIP Bill: by Pranesh Prakash — published Nov 04, 2009 — last modified Aug 20, 2011 03:15 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge
A new bill which tries to promote innovation through privatization of public-funded research and is unnecessary, misguided, and will prove harmful to Indian research, innovation, and will harm the interests of taxpayers and consumers.
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Arguments Against the PUPFIP Bill: by Pranesh Prakash — published Oct 20, 2009 — last modified Sep 12, 2011 11:03 AM — filed under: Bayh-Dole, Access to Knowledge, Access to Medicine, Intellectual Property Rights, PUPFIP, Patents, Publications
The Protection and Utilisation of Public Funded Intellectual Property Bill (PUPFIP Bill) is a new legislation being considered by Parliament, which was introduced in the 2008 winter session of the Rajya Sabha. It is modelled on the American Bayh-Dole Act (University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act) of 1980. On this page, we explore some of the reasons that the bill is unnecessary, and how it will be harmful if passed.
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Resources: by Pranesh Prakash — published Oct 20, 2009 — last modified Oct 20, 2009 03:29 AM — filed under: Bayh-Dole, Access to Knowledge, Access to Medicine, Open Access, Public Accountability, Open Innovation
A collection of resources that will help one navigate through the arguments and evidence for and against the Indian "Bayh-Dole" bill.
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