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Delhi High Court’s Ruling Against Publishers is a Triumph For Knowledge: by Anubha Sinha — published Sep 24, 2016 — last modified Sep 26, 2016 03:07 PM — filed under: Copyright, Access to Knowledge
The court conclusively stated that the reproduction of any work by a teacher or a pupil in the course of instruction would not constitute infringement.
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33rd SCCR: CIS Statement on the Proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations: by Anubha Sinha — published Nov 16, 2016 — last modified Nov 16, 2016 01:37 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, WIPO
Anubha Sinha, attending the 33rd Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (“SCCR”) at Geneva from 14 November, 2016 to 19 November, 2016, made this statement on the Proposed Treaty for the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations on behalf of CIS on Day 3, 16 November, 2016.
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Analysing Alice Corporation Pty Ltd v CLS Bank International Et Al: by Anubha Sinha — published Aug 01, 2014 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Software Patents
The US Supreme Court delivered a unanimous decision in Alice Corporation Pty Ltd v CLS Bank International Et Al last month. The decision concerning software related inventions (with respect to carving an exception to “abstract ideas” patent eligibility category) was the most awaited and the final patent ruling of the US’ Supreme Court’s term. This post presents an analysis of the decision and a timeline of landmark US judicial decisions on software patents.
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Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, release first draft of Open Access Policy: by Anubha Sinha — published Jul 18, 2014 — last modified Dec 26, 2014 11:20 AM — filed under: Open Access
The Department of Biotechnology and the Department of Science, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, recently published a draft Open Access Policy in consultation with several open access experts, government officials and CIS. This post discusses open access and the exercise undertaken to draft this policy.
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CIS Comments to the Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science Open Access Policy: by Anubha Sinha — published Aug 22, 2014
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Department of Science and Technology & Department of Biotechnology adopt Open Access Policy: by Anubha Sinha — published Dec 29, 2014 — last modified Dec 29, 2014 10:17 AM
This post discusses the newly adopted Open Access Policy of the Department of Science and Technology & the Department of Biotechnology.
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FOSS for Public Use: Free and Open Source Software for Digital India: by Anubha Sinha — published May 29, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:20 PM — filed under: Openness, FOSS
I attended a round-table meeting on May 29, 2015 at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The meeting was organized by SFLC in collaboration with the International Centre for Free and Open Source Software, and the Centre for Internet & Society.
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CIS' Submission to DIPP and CGPDTM at meeting with IP Stakeholders: by Anubha Sinha — published Dec 13, 2017 — last modified Dec 13, 2017 02:31 PM — filed under: DIPP, Patents, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks held a meeting with IP stakeholders on December 7, 2017, chaired by the Secretary, DIPP, to take suggestions on improving procedures and functioning of the Office. Anubha Sinha attended the meeting and requested the DIPP to improve compliance of uploading Form 27s by patentees and ensure proper enforcement of related provisions within the Indian Patent Act, 1970. Additionally, we sent a detailed submission to the Office, drawing from our recent research. Thanks to Rohini Lakshane and Aman Goyal for their inputs.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Data: by Anubha Sinha — last modified Dec 13, 2017 10:25 AM
Comments on the Draft Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2019 concerning Statutory Licensing: by Anubha Sinha — published Jul 11, 2019 — last modified Jul 11, 2019 07:04 AM — filed under: License, Broadcasting, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
The Centre for Internet & Society gave its comments on the proposed rules 29,30,31 of the Draft Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2019. The comments were made in response to Notification G.S.R 393(E) published in the Gazette of India on May 30, 2019.
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