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Statement of CIS, India, on the WIPO Broadcast Treaty at the 22nd SCCR: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 22, 2011 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:41 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, Broadcasting, Technological Protection Measures
The twenty-second session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights is being held in Geneva from June 15 to June 24, 2011. Nirmita Narasimhan and Pranesh Prakash are attending the conference. CIS delivered its statement, on the Broadcast Treaty, and made it available in print form as well.
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Lecture by Eben Moglen and Mishi Choudhary: by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 13, 2008 — last modified Aug 23, 2011 02:55 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Software Patents, Access to Knowledge
The Software Freedom Law Center, National Law School, and the Centre for Internet and Society organised a lecture by Mishi Choudhary and Eben Moglen for students of NLS on Saturday, December 13, 2008.
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Civil Society Letter Against TRIPS-Plus IP Enforcement: by Pranesh Prakash — published Aug 18, 2009 — last modified Sep 22, 2011 12:48 PM — filed under: Access to Medicine, Consumer Rights, Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
This open letter was sent to the president of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and high-level government officials on the eve of the Third International Conference on Counterfeiting & Piracy organized by CII. This conference aims to strengthen the enforcement of intellectual property rights and thus creating an imbalance in the protection that intellectual property offers to both those who own it as well as those who don't.
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World IT Forum 2009: by Pranesh Prakash — published Sep 08, 2009 — last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:44 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
At the World IT Forum, Pranesh Prakash made a brief presentation on intellectual property rights, how ill-suited they are to be considered "property" rights, and how they have been foisted upon the developing world.
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Don't Shoot the Messenger: Speech on Intermediary Liability at 22nd SCCR of WIPO: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jul 08, 2011 — last modified Jun 01, 2012 03:01 PM — filed under: Intermediary Liability, Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
This is a speech made by Pranesh Prakash at an side-event co-organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Internet Society on intermediary liability, to coincide with the release of Prof. Lillian Edwards's WIPO-commissioned report on 'Role and Responsibility of the Internet Intermediaries in the Field of Copyright'.
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We’ve All Got Some Baggage: by Lawrence Liang — published Nov 13, 2010 — last modified May 29, 2014 07:22 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
America’s newest trade agreement is not going to kill only iPods. The article appeared in the Tehelka Magazine Vol 7, Issue 45, Dated November 13, 2010
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Statement of CIS on the Work of the Committee in the 21st SCCR: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Nov 23, 2010 — last modified May 29, 2014 06:57 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
The twenty-first session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights was held in Geneva from 8 to 12 November 2010. Nirmita Narasimhan attended the conference and represented the Centre for Internet and Society.
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Problems Remain with Standing Committee's Report on Copyright Amendments: by Pranesh Prakash — published Dec 16, 2010 — last modified Sep 06, 2011 07:50 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, Intermediary Liability, Technological Protection Measures
The Rajya Sabha Standing Committee on Human Resource Development (under which ministry copyright falls) recently tabled their report on the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010 before Parliament. There is much to be applauded in the report, including the progressive stand that the Committee has taken on the issue of providing access by persons with disabilities. This post, however, will concern itself with highlighting some of the problems with that report, along with some very important considerations that got missed out of the entire amendment debate.
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Seminar on Software Patent and the Commons: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 02, 2010 — last modified Oct 23, 2011 02:22 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Software Patents, Access to Knowledge
A pre-grant opposition has been filed against a software patent application filed in the patent office by Certicom, a wholly owned subsidiary of Research in Motion (RIM), manufacturers of Blackberry. The opposition was filed on August 31, 2010 by the Software Freedom Law Centre which has recently expanded its operations to India. This exciting development was announced by Mishi Choudhary from SFLC on the lines of the seminar on “Software Patents and the Commons” organised on 1 September 2010 in Delhi jointly by SFLC, the Centre for Internet and Society, the Society for Knowledge Commons and Red Hat. Filing more such oppositions to software patents in India was in the pipeline and this is just the beginning of a movement to take on monopolisation of knowledge and ideas through patenting software, the organisers said.
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New Release of IPR Chapter of India-EU Free Trade Agreement: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 12, 2011 — last modified Sep 22, 2011 12:34 PM — filed under: Access to Medicine, Intellectual Property Rights, Intermediary Liability, Access to Knowledge
A draft of the IPR chapter of the EU-India FTA, made publicly available now for the first time, provides insight into India's response in July 2010 to several EU proposals on intellectual property protection and enforcement.
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