Search results

Subscribe to an always-updated RSS feed.

MHRD IPR Chairs — Underutilization of Funds and Lack of Information Regarding Expenditures: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Nov 19, 2014 — filed under: Access to Knowledge
Funds granted to the IPR Chairs set up by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development are often left underutilized. Details regarding the expenditures that are incurred by the Chairs are also currently unavailable. CIS intern Amulya Purushothama examines this further.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Mobile Phone Patents: Prior Art Survey: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Oct 23, 2013 — last modified Oct 24, 2013 10:33 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge
In this blog post, Nehaa Chaudhari discusses a study on a portion of the patent landscape around mobile phone patents, commissioned by CIS earlier this year. This prior art search was undertaken by Rohan George of Samvad Partners, who worked as a Consultant with CIS.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
National IPR Policy Series - CIS Letter to IPR Think Tank: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published May 26, 2015 — last modified May 28, 2015 01:08 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge
We sent this letter to the IPR Think Tank following responses that we received from the DIPP, to our RTI requests.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
National IPR Policy Series : CIS Comments to the First Draft of the National IP Policy: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Feb 04, 2015 — last modified Feb 09, 2015 12:59 AM — filed under: Call for Comments, Access to Knowledge, Intellectual Property Rights, Featured, Homepage
The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of India invited comments on the First Draft of India's National IPR Policy. The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) made this submission. The comments were prepared by Nehaa Chaudhari, Pranesh Prakash and Anubha Sinha. We also thank our intern, Varnika Chawla for her assistance.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
National IPR Policy Series : Comments on the Proposed Intellectual Property Rights Policy to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Nov 30, 2014 — last modified Apr 12, 2015 11:39 AM — filed under: Call for Comments, Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, Patents
On 13 November, 2014, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion had released a Call for Suggestions for India's proposed National IPR Policy. This is the Centre for Internet and Society's (CIS) submission for the same.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
National IPR Policy Series : Follow-up RTI to DIPP on the IPR Think Tank: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jun 25, 2015 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
This RTI was prepared by Varun Baliga and Nehaa Chaudhari as a follow-up, based on the responses of the DIPP to our earlier RTI requests (available at http://cis-india.org/a2k/blogs/national-ipr-policy-series-rti-requests-by-cis-to-dipp-dipp-responses)
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
National IPR Policy Series : India's National IPR Policy - What Would WIPO Think?: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jun 20, 2015 — last modified Jul 02, 2015 05:47 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
As part of the National IPR Policy Series, CIS is evaluating how India's National IPR Policy framework and process holds up to WIPO's suggestions. In this note, Varun Baliga and Nehaa Chaudhari examine in particular, the functioning of the IPR Think Tank and the first draft of the National Policy in light of the WIPO framework and the principles it encapsulates.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
National IPR Policy Series : RTI Requests to DIPP seeking Details on the IPR Think Tank and the National IPR Policy: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Feb 09, 2015 — last modified Apr 12, 2015 12:48 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge
In an earlier blog post titled " National IPR Policy Series : The Development of the National IPR Policy", we discussed the formation of an IPR Think Tank to draft the first National IPR Policy. Since many details about the constitution and working of this Think Tank were unavailable, we decided to send out RTI requests to find out more.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
National IPR Policy Series : The Development of the National IPR Policy: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jan 22, 2015 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
This is the first blog post in a series of posts on India's National IPR Policy. In this post, CIS intern, Varnika Chawla traces the evolution of the National IPR Policy.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
National IPR Policy Series : Who is a 'public authority' under the RTI Act?: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published May 21, 2015 — last modified May 21, 2015 05:03 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
In this blog post, CIS intern Devrupa Rakshit examines case law with respect to the understanding of a 'public authority' under the Right to Information ("RTI") Act, 2005.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs

« Previous 10 items Next 10 items » 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Support Us

Please help us defend citizen and user rights on the Internet!

You may donate online via Instamojo. Or, write a cheque in favour of ‘The Centre for Internet and Society’ and mail it to us at #32, 1st Floor, 2nd Block, Austin Town, Viveka Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560047. These charitable contributions will be towards the Institutional Corpus Fund of the Centre for Internet and Society.

Follow our Works

Newsletter: Subscribe

researchers@work blog: medium.com/rawblog

Twitter (CIS): @cis_india

Twitter (CIS-A2K): @cisa2k

Instagram: @cis.india

Youtube: Centre for Internet and Society

Request for Collaboration

We invite researchers, practitioners, artists, and theoreticians, both organisationally and as individuals, to engage with us on topics related internet and society, and improve our collective understanding of this field. To discuss such possibilities, please write to us at communications[at]cis-india[dot]org with an indication of the form and the content of the collaboration you might be interested in.

In general, we offer financial support for collaborative/invited works only through public calls.

About Us

The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is a non-profit organisation that undertakes interdisciplinary research on internet and digital technologies from policy and academic perspectives. The areas of focus include digital accessibility for persons with disabilities, access to knowledge, intellectual property rights, openness (including open data, free and open source software, open standards, open access, open educational resources, and open video), internet governance, telecommunication reform, digital privacy, and cyber-security. The research at CIS seeks to understand the reconfiguration of social processes and structures through the internet and digital media technologies, and vice versa.

Through its diverse initiatives, CIS explores, intervenes in, and advances contemporary discourse and regulatory practices around internet, technology, and society in India, and elsewhere.

© Centre for Internet & Society

Unless otherwise specified, content licensed under Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported.