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India's Opening Statement on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired at SCCR 24: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jul 22, 2012 — last modified Jul 23, 2012 03:24 PM — filed under: Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
This was the opening statement of the Indian delegation, delivered by G.R. Raghavender, on Thursday, July 19, 2012, at the 24th meeting of the SCCR at WIPO in Geneva. The statement called upon all countries to conclude textual work on the treaty and call for a Diplomatic Conference to finalize it. This statement received applause, which is highly unusual at the SCCR.
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India's Ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty Celebrated; Accessible Books Consortium Launched: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jul 01, 2014 — last modified Jul 01, 2014 11:09 AM — filed under: Featured, Homepage, Accessibility, Access to Knowledge
On Day 1 of the 28th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (“SCCR”), the WIPO organized an event to mark India’s ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled, 2013 (“Marrakesh Treaty”), and to launch the Accessible Books Consortium (“ABC”).
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India- EU FTA: A Note on the Copyright Issues: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jun 18, 2013 — last modified Jul 03, 2013 06:47 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Copyright, Accessibility, Intermediary Liability, Technological Protection Measures
In this blog post, Nehaa Chaudhari gives us an overview of some of the provisions of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the copyright issues identified therein.
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India’s Indigenous Languages Drive Wikipedia’s Growth: by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 08, 2013 — last modified Aug 09, 2013 09:58 AM — filed under: Telegu Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness
Despite accommodating the world’s second largest English-speaking population behind the United States, it is India’s indigenous language speakers that are creating and consuming the content that is driving Wikipedia’s growth on the subcontinent.
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Indian businesses crave IP certainty, but better patent values are tempting them overseas: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 28, 2015 — last modified May 05, 2015 02:27 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge
Indian corporate leaders view a strong and sustainable IP system as key to furthering their country’s economic development and attracting continued foreign investment, a recent study suggests. A lack of confidence that this is currently the case – and the perceived higher value attached to IP assets in other markets – is driving some of the brightest high tech prospects to build their businesses abroad rather than at home.
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Indian Copyright Act, 1957 (as amended by Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010): by admin — last modified Aug 24, 2011 06:58 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
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Indian Copyright Act, 1957 (as amended by the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010): by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Aug 22, 2011 01:28 PM — filed under: Copyright, Access to Knowledge
This is a version of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, as it would appear if the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010, were adopted in toto. This has been produced to aid commentators, and is not meant to serve any other purpose. Errors may remain in it, despite my best efforts. If you find any, please e-mail <[email protected]>. (Version 0.96 / Last updated: Friday, May 28, 2010)
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Indian Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion Discussion Paper on Standard Essential Patents: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published May 10, 2016 — filed under: DIPP, Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
India’s Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (“DIPP”) released in March, earlier this year, a discussion paper on standard essential patents and their availability on fair, reasonable and non discriminatory terms.
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Indian English Wikipedian Nvvchar completes 1500 Did You Know articles: by Tito Dutta — published May 09, 2016 — last modified Jun 28, 2017 10:03 AM — filed under: Wikimedia, CIS-A2K, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge
Indian English Wikipedian Nvvchar has completed 1500 Did you know articles. This is the second highest on English Wikipedia.
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Indian Govt looks to provide free access to publicly-funded research works: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 28, 2014 — filed under: Openness, Open Access, Access to Knowledge
Sunil Abraham gave his inputs to the blog entry published in Medianama on July 23, 2014.
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