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Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Zakir Thomas: by Job Michael Mathew — published Dec 12, 2015 — last modified Jan 30, 2016 10:54 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge
With only a few more days to go for the 4th Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest 2015 (“Congress”), we will be putting out a number of blog posts as a precursor of things to come. In this first series, Job Michael Mathew approaches some of our keynote speakers for their thoughts on their work areas and contemporary developments in their fields.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Leaked Privacy Bill: 2014 vs. 2011: by Elonnai Hickok — published Mar 31, 2014 — last modified Apr 01, 2014 10:52 AM — filed under: Featured, Internet Governance, Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society has recently received a leaked version of the draft Privacy Bill 2014 that the Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India has drafted.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Learning from Fukushima: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 25, 2011 — last modified Aug 30, 2011 12:47 PM — filed under: Telecom
Take remedial steps and demystify the unreasoning dread of nuclear power, says Shyam Ponappa in his latest column published by the Business Standard on April 7, 2011.
Located in Telecom / Blog
Lecture on Open Access and Open Content Licensing at ICAR (short course): by Admin — published Nov 22, 2018 — last modified Dec 05, 2018 04:19 PM — filed under: Openness, Open Access, Access to Knowledge
The ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) a constituent establishment of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) organised a short course on 'ICTs for Improving Efficiency and Effectiveness in Agricultural Research, Education and Extension of NARES' during November 13-22, 2018 in Bangalore. Anubha Sinha delivered a lecture to the participants.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Legal Challenges to Mapping in India #1 - Laws, Policies, and Cases: by Adya Garg — published May 11, 2016 — last modified May 11, 2016 01:43 PM — filed under: Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, Open Data, Open Government Data, Geospatial Data, Openness
Responding to the draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill and the draft National Geospatial Policy made public recently, this post provides an overview of the present configuration of laws, policies, and guidelines that provides the legal framework in India for governance of creation and sharing of geospatial data in India. The post also studies these policies in action by describing the key legal cases around the creation and use of geospatial data. The next post of this series will document the reflections and opinions of the key geospatial industry actors in India, as well as the free and open source mapping community.
Located in Openness
Legal Issues pertaining to Cloud Computing: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 11, 2013 — last modified Feb 07, 2022 03:29 PM — filed under: Event, Internet Governance
The Law and Technology Society of National Law School of India University, Bangalore is organizing the 6th edition of its flagship conference ‘Consilience’ on December 14 and 15, 2013 at NLSIU Campus, Bangalore. The Centre for Internet and Society is supporting this event.
Located in Events
Leslie Chan Lectures in Tiruvananthapuram and Mysore: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 12, 2012 — last modified Dec 12, 2012 06:26 AM — filed under: Openness
Prof. Leslie Chan from the University of Toronto, Canada is giving a series of lectures in Tiruvananthapuram and Mysore from December 17, 2012 to December 19, 2012.
Located in News & Media
Letter for Civil Society Involvement in WCIT: by Center for Democracy & Technology — published May 24, 2012 — last modified May 24, 2012 06:55 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
This page features a letter from academics and civil society groups from around the world to International Telecommunication Union Secretary-General Dr. Hamadoun Touré regarding the lack of opportunity for civil society participation in the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) process.
Letter from Civil Society Organizations to CII: by Pranesh Prakash — published Aug 18, 2009 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:15 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights
A total of 29 groups and individuals expressed their concern about the drive by CII to introduce TRIPS-plus enforcement standards in India.
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Letter on South Africa's IPRs from Publicly Financed R&D Regulations: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jun 02, 2009 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:42 AM — filed under: Open Standards, Bayh-Dole, Intellectual Property Rights, Open Access, Open Innovation
Being interested in legislations in developing nations styled after the United States' Bayh-Dole Act, CIS responded to the call issued by the South African Department of Science and Technology for comments to the Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Regulations.
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