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Patents and Mobile Devices in India: An Empirical Survey: by Rohini Lakshané — published Mar 31, 2016 — last modified Mar 29, 2017 04:03 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
Though India has the second-largest wireless subscriber base in the world, with more than 150 mobile device vendors, it has, until recently, remained relatively unaffected by the global smartphone wars. Over the past three years, however, a growing number of patent enforcement actions have been brought by multinational firms against domestic Indian producers. These actions, which have largely resulted in judgments favoring foreign patent holders, have given rise to a variety of proposals for addressing this situation.
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Report of the 30th Session of the WIPO SCCR by the Centre for Internet & Society: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Mar 23, 2016 — last modified Apr 04, 2016 02:39 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright, Access to Knowledge, WIPO
This report was edited by Nehaa Chaudhari, Programme Officer; compiled with assistance from Nisha S.K., Administrator, and, Aarushi Bansal, Amulya P., and Saahil Dama, interns.
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IP Meetup #02: Prabir Purkayastha on the CRI Guidelines and software patenting in India: by Anubha Sinha — published Mar 20, 2016 — last modified Mar 29, 2016 05:06 PM — filed under: Open Source, Access to Knowledge, Software Patents, Intellectual Property Rights, FOSS
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Fueling the Affordable Smartphone Revolution in India: by Anubha Sinha — published Mar 16, 2016 — filed under: Featured, Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge, Pervasive Technologies
Smartphones have emerged as the exemplar of mankind's quest for shrinking technologies. They embody the realization of a simple premise – that computing devices would do more and cost less. This realization has been responsible for modern society's profound transformations in communication, governance, and knowledge distribution.
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IP Meetup #01: Prof. Biswajit Dhar on 'Intellectual Property issues: The Way Forward post Nairobi WTO Ministerial': by Anubha Sinha — published Feb 04, 2016 — last modified Feb 04, 2016 01:25 PM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Event, Access to Knowledge, Learning
Prof. Biswajit Dhar will deliver a short talk on what the WTO Nairobi Ministerial means for intellectual property issues, and the way forward, on Sunday, February 7, 2016 at the Centre for Internet & Society's Delhi office, at 4 p.m.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Events
Pre-Budget Consultation 2016 - Submission to the IT Group of the Ministry of Finance: by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Jan 12, 2016 — last modified Jan 12, 2016 01:34 PM — filed under: Open Standards, Open Source, Cybersecurity, Open Data, Intellectual Property Rights, Open Government Data, Featured, Patents, Openness, Open Innovation, Encryption Policy
The Ministry of Finance has recently held pre-budget consultations with different stakeholder groups in connection with the Union Budget 2016-17. We were invited to take part in the consultation for the IT (hardware and software) group organised on January 07, 2016, and submit a suggestion note. We are sharing the note below. It was prepared and presented by Sumandro Chattapadhyay, with contributions from Rohini Lakshané, Anubha Sinha, and other members of CIS.
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4th Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest: Statement of Conclusion for the IP and Development track: by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Dec 25, 2015 — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Global Congress, Copyright, Access to Knowledge
The 4th Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest was held from December 15 to 17, 2015 in New Delhi. This post provides a summary of the event.
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Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions in abeyance: by Anubha Sinha — published Dec 21, 2015 — last modified Dec 23, 2015 10:06 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, FOSS, Software Patents, Access to Knowledge
The CRI Guidelines were heavily criticised for their failure to address the ambiguities created by Section 3(k) and for expanding the scope of software patent eligibile subject-matter, inter alia. Following several representations and submissions by interested stakeholders, the Controller General has moved the Guidelines into abeyance, until discussions with stakeholders are complete and contentious issues are resolved, and is a welcome step.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Jayashree Watal: by Job Michael Mathew — published Dec 15, 2015 — last modified Jan 31, 2016 09:00 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
The fifth discussion in our pre-GCIP discussion series is with Jayashree Watal.
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Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Shamnad Basheer: by Job Michael Mathew — published Dec 13, 2015 — last modified Jan 31, 2016 08:57 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Access to Knowledge
The next discussion in our pre-GCIP discussion series is with Prof. Shamnad Basheer.
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