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Comments on the Draft Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions
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Puneeth Nagaraj
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Jul 31, 2013
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Aug 02, 2013 08:27 AM
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Patents,
Access to Knowledge
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) submitted the below comments to the office of the Controller General of Patents Designs & Trademarks, Mumbai on July 26, 2013.
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Do You Have the Right to Unlock Your Smart Phone?
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by
Puneeth Nagaraj
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published
Aug 07, 2013
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last modified
Aug 07, 2013 07:32 AM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge
In this blog post Puneeth Nagaraj looks at the recent controversy over the expiration of the exemption granted by the US Library of Congress for unlocking phones and compares the Indian position as per a 2005 Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment.
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Are Indian Consumer Laws Ready for the Digital Age?
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by
Vipul Kharbanda
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Aug 08, 2013
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Aug 08, 2013 11:52 AM
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Consumer Rights,
Featured,
Access to Knowledge
The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, recognizing the need for protection of the rights of consumers, drafted a set of model guidelines on consumer protection which were adopted by the General Assembly in 1985. The United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection (UNGCP) act as an international reference point of the consumer movement, however since it has been over a quarter of a century since they were first drafted, there is a strong argument for revising them to bring them in line with new developments in technology and business practices.
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India's Obligations under Bilateral Investment Treaties (Part A): “Bilateral Inhibiting Treaty?” — Investigating the Challenges that Bilateral Investment Treaties pose to the Compulsory Licensing of Pervasive Technology Patent Pools
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Gavin Pereira
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published
Aug 31, 2013
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last modified
Sep 02, 2013 02:45 PM
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Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
In this blog post, the first of a series of three, Gavin Pereira attempts to address the challenges that India's obligations under Bilateral Investment Treaties may pose to the establishment of a patent pool in the country. The author thanks Puneeth Nagaraj for his guidance and inputs on this paper.
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Konkani Wikipedia — Climbing up the Indian Language Ladder?
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Subhashish Panigrahi
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Aug 31, 2013
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last modified
Oct 25, 2013 07:16 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Workshop,
Video,
Openness
Konkani as a language has seen geographical, political and religious conflicts. Being the official language of Goa and spoken widely in the Indian states of Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra it is still trying to strengthen its base. Recently CIS-A2K in collaboration with Goa University organized a four-day workshop for MA, Konkani language students. This workshop involved 38 students creating 43 new articles on Konkani Wikipedia which is incubation. We’re hoping that these efforts will contribute towards bringing this 7 year old project out of incubation to a live Wikipedia project.
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Copyrights and Copywrongs Why the Government Should Embrace the Public Domain
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Aug 21, 2013
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last modified
Sep 06, 2013 04:56 AM
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Copyright,
Access to Knowledge
Each of you reading this article is a criminal and should be jailed for up to three years. Yes, you. "Why?," you may ask.
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Mobile Phone Patents: Prior Art Survey
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Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Oct 23, 2013
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last modified
Oct 24, 2013 10:33 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
In this blog post, Nehaa Chaudhari discusses a study on a portion of the patent landscape around mobile phone patents, commissioned by CIS earlier this year. This prior art search was undertaken by Rohan George of Samvad Partners, who worked as a Consultant with CIS.
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The Fight for Digital Sovereignty
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by
Sunil Abraham
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Oct 25, 2013
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Oct 25, 2013 07:29 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Surveillance
It is time to incorporate free software principles to address the issue of privacy. Thanks to the revelations of Edward Snowden, a former contractor to the United States (US) National Security Agency (NSA) who leaked secrets about the agency’s surveillance programmes, a 24-year-old movement aimed at protecting the rights of software users and developers has got some fresh attention from policymakers.
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Ambiguity in the App Store: Understanding India’s emerging IT sector in light of IP
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by
Samantha Cassar
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Oct 24, 2013
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last modified
Apr 15, 2014 08:24 AM
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Telecom,
Access to Knowledge
Mobile applications hold immense potential for India but are not fully understood by even their own developers in the context of India’s intellectual property (IP) regime. This is the first in a series of blog posts introducing CIS's new access to knowledge research initiative that seeks to understand how stakeholders encounter India’s IP law and what this means for the mobile app ecosystem, and in turn, the Indian mobile user. This research also aims to address problematic policy areas for innovation and protection for developers, as well as to comment on India’s regime with respect to the emerging mobile app sector.
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History of Creative Commons in India
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by
Priyank Dwivedi
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Nov 13, 2013
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Access to Knowledge
This blog-post discusses the potential for Creative Commons in India, in light of imminent Creative Commons Re-launch, by highlighting the history of works licensed under Creative Commons in the country.
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