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Comments on the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly’s Overall Review of the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes (WSIS+10)
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by
Geetha Hariharan
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published
Nov 18, 2015
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last modified
Nov 18, 2015 06:33 AM
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filed under:
ICT4D,
Call for Comments,
WSIS+10,
Access to Knowledge,
Accessibility,
Human Rights Online,
Internet Governance,
ICANN,
IANA Transition,
Open Source,
Open Access
Following the comment-period on the Zero Draft, the Draft Outcome Document of the UN General Assembly's Overall Review of implementation of WSIS Outcomes was released on 4 November 2015. Comments were sought on the Draft Outcome Document from diverse stakeholders. The Centre for Internet & Society's response to the call for comments is below.
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Blog
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Comments on the Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs)
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Sep 21, 2015
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last modified
Oct 27, 2015 02:46 PM
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filed under:
Software Patents,
Access to Knowledge,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Indian Patents Act Section 3(k),
Patents
Recently, the Indian Patents Office released the Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (“2015 Guidelines/ Guidelines”) in an attempt to clarify examination of software related patents in India. This post is a pure analysis of the 2015 Guidelines. The new Guidelines, essentially, narrow the exclusions of secttion 3(k), thereby enlarging the scope of software related applications eligible for a patent grant. More alarmingly, there is low emphasis on the application of the subject matter test, increased ambiguity on the nature of subject matter and an exclusionary list of examples appended to the document. In the following post, CIS highlights these concerns and presents solutions, and also proposes a definition of "computer programme per se".
Read on to understand how the new guidelines will potentially lead to an increase in software patenting activity by expanding the scope of patentable subject matter – in negation of the legislative intent of section 3(k) of the Indian Patents Act, 1970.
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Comments on the Open Licensing Policy Guidelines of the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
May 29, 2014
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last modified
Jun 30, 2014 11:26 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Access to Knowledge
The Centre for Internet and Society submitted its comments on the Open Licensing Policy Guidelines to the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, on May 28, 2014. The comments were prepared by Sunil Abraham and Nehaa Chaudhari.
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Blog
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Comments on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations: Technical Background Paper Prepared by the WIPO Secretariat
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari and Amulya Purushothama
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published
Jun 28, 2015
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last modified
Sep 03, 2015 01:47 AM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
Technical Background Paper prepared by the WIPO Secretariat in relation to the Broadcast Treaty (“Technical Background Paper) provides information on new and emerging technologies and on legal developments in the broadcasting sector. This Technical Background Paper will be discussed at the upcoming 30th session of the SCCR in Geneva on 29th June- 3rd July 2015. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India had called for comments on the same. This is a submission made by Nehaa Chaudhari and Amulya Purushothama on behalf of the Centre for Internet and Society in this regard.
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Comments on the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (Draft)
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by
Snehashish Ghosh
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published
Nov 26, 2012
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last modified
Dec 01, 2012 03:36 PM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
The Department of Science and Technology invited public comments on the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (Draft). Accordingly, the Centre for Internet and Society has made the following comments on the draft policy document.
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Comments to the MHRD on WIPO Broadcast Treaty (March 2013)
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Apr 23, 2013
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
The Centre for Internet and Society would like to make the following comments on the draft legal text of SCCR/24/10 (Working Document for a Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations) at the stakeholders meeting to be held on March 21, 2013.
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Comments to the Ministry on WIPO Broadcast Treaty (March 2011)
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Mar 21, 2011
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last modified
Dec 14, 2012 10:29 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Broadcasting,
Submissions,
Technological Protection Measures
As a follow up to a stakeholder meeting called by the MHRD on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty, CIS provided written comments on the April 2007 Non-Paper of the WIPO Broadcast Treaty, emphasising the need for a signal-based approach to be taken on the Broadcast Treaty, and making it clear that India should continue to oppose the creation of new rights for webcasters.
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Community Capacity Building Workshop at KIIT University
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 30, 2014
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last modified
Apr 08, 2014 05:22 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Odia Wikipedia,
Openness,
Event
The Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team is organizing a workshop for community capacity building at KIIT University on March 30, 2014.
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Openness
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Events
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Community celebrates birthday of Odia Wikipedia and Odia Wiktionary
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Jul 09, 2016
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last modified
Jul 09, 2016 03:25 AM
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
This June, Odia Wikipedia turned 14 and Odia Wiktionary turned 11. Odia Wikimedia community member Chinmayee Mishra, CIS-A2K Programme Associate Sailesh Patnaik and I co-authored this blog in the Wikimedia Blog. The blog chronicles several major activities of the community and features quotes from many old and new community members.
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Community Digest—Estonians working on a new feedback system for Wikipedia articles
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Feb 27, 2016
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Community digest is a weekly publication on Wikimedia Blog. This week, I have authored a section on the Kannada Wikipedia's 13th anniversary that is being celebrated today. It includes a small section from a longer interview with Kannada Wikipedian Vasanth S.N. The two blogs on creating Odia-language character encoding converters I had written before in the Huffington Post and the DNA are also featured in the digest.
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