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35th SCCR: CIS Statement on GRULAC Proposal for Analysis of Copyright in the Digital Environment
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Anubha Sinha
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published
Nov 17, 2017
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filed under:
WIPO,
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge,
Limitations & Exceptions
Anubha Sinha, attending the 35th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (“SCCR”) at Geneva from 13 November, 2017 to 18 November, 2017, made this statement on the agenda 'Other Matters' on behalf of CIS on Day 5, 17 November, 2017.
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CIS Comments on TRAI Consultation Paper on Promoting Local Telecom Equipment Manufacturing
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Nov 26, 2017
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last modified
Nov 26, 2017 02:56 AM
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filed under:
Telecom,
Featured,
Homepage
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) sent comments to the TRAI Consultation Paper on promoting telecom equipment manufacturing. CIS submission drew primarily from the research done in the Pervasive Technologies project.
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CIS' submission to Indian Patent Office on Examples of Excluded Patentable subject-matter under Section 3(k) for incorporation in the yet-to-be-released Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Jan 28, 2016
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last modified
Feb 22, 2016 09:36 AM
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filed under:
Patents,
Access to Knowledge
The Patent Office had put the Guidelines on Computer Related Inventions, 2015 in abeyance last month. This step was taken after several stakeholders including CIS made representations to the Office about serious substantive legal issues in the document. In furtherance of the consultative process, a meeting was conducted in Mumbai with various stakeholders, chaired by the Controller General of Patents Design Trademarks (“CGPTDM”). Anubha Sinha participated in the meeting, after which the CGPTDM invited submissions from stakeholders on specific examples on exclusions from patentability under section 3(k) of the Patents Act, 1970, for possible incorporation in the Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions.
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IP Meetup #01: Prof. Biswajit Dhar on 'Intellectual Property issues: The Way Forward post Nairobi WTO Ministerial'
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Feb 04, 2016
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last modified
Feb 04, 2016 01:25 PM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Event,
Access to Knowledge,
Learning
Prof. Biswajit Dhar will deliver a short talk on what the WTO Nairobi Ministerial means for intellectual property issues, and the way forward, on Sunday, February 7, 2016 at the Centre for Internet & Society's Delhi office, at 4 p.m.
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The new Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions are a big win for FOSS in India!
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Feb 23, 2016
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last modified
Feb 24, 2016 06:30 AM
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filed under:
Featured,
Patents,
Access to Knowledge,
Software Patents
India is one of the few countries which permits patenting of software – a monopolization that has only benefited established corporations and largely throttled innovation in the software industry, worldwide. CIS has consistently advocated against patentablity of software and in a major victory last week, software patenting in India died a little more. This happened via the newly issued Guidelines for the Examination of Computer Related Inventions, which introduces a new test to restrict software patenting – in essence the same legal test that CIS had been proposing since 2010. This post highlights the new test and other noteworthy changes in the Guidelines.
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Seminar on Rethinking Copyright and Licensing for Digital Publishing Today (Delhi, January 23)
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Jan 20, 2017
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last modified
Jan 21, 2017 02:51 PM
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filed under:
Copyright,
License,
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Publishing,
Digital Scholarship
Against the backdrop of a growing global and domestic digital publishing industry on one hand and the recent judgment by the Delhi High Court that upheld the education exception to reproduction of academic and literary works, Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council, Goethe-Institut Max Mueller Bhavan New Delhi, and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) are organising a seminar to discuss and reflect on the relevance and functions of copyright and licensing within the transforming market practices and legal structures of the publishing industry today.
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Announcing the Institutional Partner for the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest 2015
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Jan 07, 2015
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last modified
Jan 07, 2015 01:34 PM
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filed under:
Global Congress,
Access to Knowledge
We are pleased to announce that National Law University, Delhi will be hosting the fourth edition of the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest in December 2015.
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Academia and Civil Society submit critical comments to DIPP on draft National IPR Policy
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Feb 16, 2015
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last modified
Mar 08, 2015 11:27 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
As our readers may be aware, the DIPP had initiated public consultation on the drafting of India’s first National IPR policy in November 2014.
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Announcing the dates, theme and tentative tracks for the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest 2015
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Mar 19, 2015
We are pleased to announce that the Global Congress will be held from 15th-17 December 2015. The theme of the 2015 Global Congress is Three Decades of Openness; Two Decades of TRIPS. The four tentative tracks include Openness, User Rights, Access to Medicines, and Intellectual Property and Development.
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Super Cassettes v. MySpace (Redux)
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Jan 16, 2017
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last modified
Jan 18, 2017 02:31 PM
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filed under:
Intermediary Liability,
Copyright,
Censorship,
Access to Knowledge
The latest judgment in the matter of Super Cassettes v. MySpace is a landmark and progressive ruling, which strengthens the safe harbor immunity enjoyed by Internet intermediaries in India. It interprets the provisions of the IT Act, 2000 and the Copyright Act, 1957 to restore safe harbor immunity to intermediaries even in the case of copyright claims. It also relieves MySpace from pre-screening user-uploaded content, endeavouring to strike a balance between free speech and censorship. CIS was one of the intervenors in the case, and has been duly acknowledged in the judgment.
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