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Open Letter to PM Modi on Intellectual Property Rights issues on His Visit to the United States of America in September, 2015
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Pranesh Prakash and Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Sep 23, 2015
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last modified
Sep 25, 2015 06:43 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Accessibility,
Featured,
Homepage
This is an open letter by CIS to the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi in light of his impending visit to the USA. This letter asks the Prime Minister to urge the USA to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty; and asks that India not be a party to TPP negotiations, in light of recent reports on a study encouraging India to join the TPP.
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Open Letter to Prime Minister Modi
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by
Rohini Lakshané
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published
Feb 10, 2015
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last modified
Feb 14, 2016 04:39 AM
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Featured,
Homepage,
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
After the government introduced the "Make in India" and "Digital India" programmes, the air is thick with the promise of reduced imports, new jobs, and goods for the domestic market. In light of the patent wars in India, the government can ill-afford to overlook the patent implications in indigenously manufactured mobile phones. CIS proposes that the Government of India initiate the formation of a patent pool of critical mobile technologies and a five percent compulsory license.
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Open Letter to the Vatican: Request for Holy See to Comment on IPR
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by
Samantha Cassar
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published
Jan 31, 2014
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last modified
Jan 31, 2014 07:14 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Public Accountability,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Open Content
Due to the Holy See’s demonstrated pro-access position to medicines and published materials for persons with disabilities, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) requested for His Excellency, Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, to also consider copyrights, patents or IPR more generally, as the Holy See’s Permanent Observer at WIPO. We strongly encourage other organizations and civil society groups to modify this letter, as needed, and to contact the Holy See Mission to the United Nations (and WIPO) in Geneva in order to help us prompt His Excellency to contribute to the international dialogue on IPR.
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Open Movement in India (2013-23): The Idea and Its Expressions
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by
Soni Wadhwa
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published
Feb 12, 2024
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last modified
Feb 13, 2024 02:57 AM
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CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
A2K Research,
Openness
This report identifies some broad patterns that have materialized in the Open Movement in the country in the last decade. The report is based on a reading of the available literature on selected projects and conversations with academicians and advocates of the Open. The rough outline of the Open initiatives is accompanied by reflections on the nature of the Open here and the need to envision it differently from what it currently is.
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Open source effort gives indigenous language an official typeface
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Jul 09, 2016
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last modified
Aug 03, 2016 02:00 AM
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CIS-A2K,
Open Source,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia
Santali, an aboriginal South Asian language, has a brand new freely licensed font and set of cross-platform open source input tools on the way.
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Open Source India 2015
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 30, 2015
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last modified
Dec 15, 2015 07:46 AM
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CIS-A2K,
Open Source,
Access to Knowledge
The twelfth Open Source India event organized by EFY Group was held at NIMHANS Convention Centre in Bangalore on November 19 and 20, 2015. Subhashish Panigrahi attended the event for the first day.
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News & Media
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Open Source Project Brings 11th Century Kannada Verses Online
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Mar 19, 2014
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last modified
Apr 06, 2014 06:00 AM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
The post was co-authored by Pavithra Hanchagaiah, Omshivaprakash H L and Subhashish Panigrahi and published in the March issue of Foss Force.
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Blog
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OpenGLAM at Wikimania 2014
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Aug 27, 2014
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last modified
Oct 06, 2014 05:09 AM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
GLAM activities in the last two months have been quite happening!
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Blog
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Opening Comments by India on Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and Archives at WIPO SCCR 28
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Jul 07, 2014
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last modified
Jul 21, 2014 05:55 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
This was the statement made by the Indian delegation at the 28th session of the World Intellectual Property Organization Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights on July 2, 2014.
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Openness
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by
Subbiah Arunachalam and Anirudh Sridhar
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published
May 30, 2014
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filed under:
Openness,
Open Access,
Access to Knowledge
The philosophy of openness is one that concerns itself with shifting power from centralized authorities of knowledge like owners to the community with its varied components like users, producers or contributors.
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Telecom
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Knowledge Repository on Internet Access