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Fab to Fabless: Understanding the Process of Chip Manufacturing (Interviews with Semiconductor Industry - Part 2): by Maggie Huang — published Sep 30, 2014 — last modified Dec 26, 2014 12:06 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
This is the second of a four-part blog series highlighting findings from a small sample of interviews with fabless semiconductor industry professionals in Taiwan. These industry insiders was approached for the intent of understanding expert knowledge on the process of integrated circuit design. This post explores the process of chip manufacturing and the foundry business model.
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Changing Usage Models: Desktops to Ubiquitous Cloud-Based Mobile Computing (Interviews with Semiconductor Industry - Part 1): by Maggie Huang — published Sep 26, 2014 — last modified Dec 26, 2014 12:08 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
This is the first of a four-part blog series highlighting findings from a small sample of interviews with fabless semiconductor industry professionals in Taiwan. These industry insiders was approached for the intent of understanding expert knowledge on the process of integrated circuit design. However, the conversations resulted in leanings far beyond that scope. This post explores the trends of personal computing technology, which provides the pretext for the narrowing of the Pervasive Technologies project scope to a focus on the mobile phone.
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Review Meeting for the Pervasive Technologies Project: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 22, 2017 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
The Centre for Internet & Society in partnership with Beijing Normal University Institute for Internet Policy & Law organized a review meeting of the Pervasive Technologies project in Macau on February 20 - 21, 2017.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
The two-faced FRAND: Licensing and injunctive relief in ICTs: by Rohini Lakshané — published Jan 15, 2016 — last modified Mar 16, 2016 02:37 AM — filed under: Pervasive Technologies
Important takeaways from the Indo-Europe Conference on Building a Sustainable IPR-ICT Ecosystem for Promoting Innovation, held in Bangalore in November 2015. Ericsson and the Indian Cellular Association presented an interesting set of views on FRAND licensing as well as injunctive relief, from seemingly opposite ends of the spectrum.
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Conference on Standards Settings Organizations (SSO) and FRAND, NLSIU: by Rohini Lakshané — published Apr 05, 2015 — last modified Apr 02, 2016 06:12 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
Rohini Lakshané attended the Conference on Standards Settings Organizations (SSO) and FRAND held at NLSIU, Bengaluru on March 21 and 22, 2015. It was organised by the MHRD Chair on Intellectual Property Rights, Centre for Intellectual Property Rights and Advocacy (CIPRA), National Law School of India University, Bengaluru in association with Intel Technology India. This post is a compilation of notes from the conference.
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Ubiquity, Mobility, Globality: Charting Directions in Mobile Phone Studies: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 09, 2014 — last modified Dec 04, 2014 04:27 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
Nehaa Chaudhari made a presentation at the Ubiquity, Mobility, Globality : Charting Directions in Mobile Phone Studies Conference. This was organized by the Center for Global Communication Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia on November 6 and 7, 2014. Nehaa was on a panel titled Mobile and its Effects on Global Markets and made a presentation on Pervasive Technologies: Access to Knowledge in the Workplace.
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Methodology: Patent Landscaping in the Indian Mobile Device Market: by Rohini Lakshané — published Nov 10, 2014 — last modified Feb 15, 2017 02:05 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
Through the patent landscaping exercise, we have identified patents pertaining to Internet-enabled mobile devices sold in India for USD 100 or less. The findings from this exercise are being used to develop legal strategies to reduce patent-based impediments to the widespread and rapid proliferation of this beneficial technology throughout India. The research methodology adopted for the patent landscaping exercise has been delineated here. This document is a work in progress.
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“Copyright Management in the Age of Mobile Music” - Living Methodology Document: by Maggie Huang — published Dec 26, 2014 — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
This blog post outlines the research methodology for a chapter in the Pervasive Technologies: Access to the Marketplace project, in which access to the mobile phone hardware, software, and content is assessed within the intellectual property framework in India and China. This chapter focuses on copyright and access to music content in India.
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Beyond Alcohol and Angel Investors: Building Business Models in an Age of Mobile Music Streaming (Conference Learnings): by Maggie Huang — published Jan 20, 2015 — last modified Feb 23, 2015 12:39 PM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
This blog post is the first of a series of blogs to document, synthesize, and analyze learnings from attending various music industry trade conferences. This first post introduces the research question, and highlights learnings about the various business models which can be accessible via the mobile, and broadly how the music industry is attempting to respond to monetization challenges.
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Open Letter to Prime Minister Modi: by Rohini Lakshané — published Feb 10, 2015 — last modified Feb 14, 2016 04:39 AM — filed under: 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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