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FAQ: CIS' Proposal for Compulsory Licensing of Critical Mobile Technologies
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by
Rohini Lakshané
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published
Sep 25, 2015
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last modified
Feb 14, 2016 04:40 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
Earlier this year, the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) had proposed that the Government of India (GoI) initiate the formation of a patent pool of critical mobile technologies and mandate a five percent compulsory license. The proposal was made in light of ongoing litigation in India over standard essential patents pertaining to mobile technology, and the government's own “Make in India” and “Digital India” programmes.
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Software Freedom Pledge
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Sep 25, 2015
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last modified
Sep 25, 2015 12:26 PM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Open Source,
Access to Knowledge,
FLOSS,
Open Content,
FOSS,
Event,
Technological Protection Measures
On September 19, 2015, celebrated globally as Software Freedom Day, a number of enthusiasts got together and collectively took a pledge.
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Open letter from CIS to PM Modi on Intellectual Property Rights issues on his Visit to US
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 24, 2015
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
Centre for Internet and Society, through its Policy Director Mr. Pranesh Prakash and Programme Officer Nehaa Chaudhari has addressed an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the intellectual property right issues concerning his visit to the United State of America in September, 2015.
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Open Letter to PM Modi on Intellectual Property Rights issues on His Visit to the United States of America in September, 2015
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by
Pranesh Prakash and Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Sep 23, 2015
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last modified
Sep 25, 2015 06:43 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Accessibility,
Featured,
Homepage
This is an open letter by CIS to the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi in light of his impending visit to the USA. This letter asks the Prime Minister to urge the USA to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty; and asks that India not be a party to TPP negotiations, in light of recent reports on a study encouraging India to join the TPP.
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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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Transformaking 2015 : International Summit on Critical and Transformative Making, Yogyakarta
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by
Sharath Chandra Ram
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published
Sep 20, 2015
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last modified
Jun 18, 2016 06:00 PM
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filed under:
Openness,
Access to Knowledge
Transformaking 2015 brought together makers, scientist, hackers, bricoleurs, researchers, artists, designers and other interdisciplinary practitioners from across the globe in a series of Residency and Research Program, Symposium, Exhibition, Fair, and Satellite Projects. It was held from August 10 to September 20, 2015. Transformaking 2015 was organized by HONF Foundation & CATEC (Culture Arts Technoloy Empowerment Community) in partnership with the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), Common Room, Crosslab, and Nicelab.
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Tulu Wikipedia edit-a-thon in Mangalore
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by
U.B.Pavanaja
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published
Sep 14, 2015
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last modified
Jun 18, 2016 06:06 PM
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
Tulu Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
This edit-a-thon is aimed to encourage more Tulu speakers to contribute to Tulu Wikipedia which is currently in incubator. The edit-a-thon is being organised by the Tulu Wikimedia community in Mangalore.
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Events
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Pervasive Technologies: Working Document Series - Research Questions and a Literature Review on the Actor-Network Theory
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Sep 05, 2015
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
This document is divided into two parts - the first part lays out a series of research questions, potentially seeking to apply actor-network theory as a research methodology. The second part seeks to map literature around the Actor-Network Theory ("ANT") as a research methodology.
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CIS brings Nadustunna Charithra magazine under by CC BY SA licence
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by
Tanveer Hasan
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published
Sep 02, 2015
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last modified
Jun 18, 2016 06:07 PM
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filed under:
Telugu Wikipedia,
Creative Commons,
Access to Knowledge,
Open Access
As a part of its content donation initiative, the Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) has brought all issues of Nadustunna Charithra magazine under Creative Common Licence.
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August 2015 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 31, 2015
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last modified
Oct 27, 2015 12:25 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Researchers at Work
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