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Blog Entry Arguments Against Software Patents in India
by Pranesh Prakash published Feb 22, 2010 last modified Mar 13, 2012 10:43 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
CIS believes that software patents are harmful for the software industry and for consumers. In this post, Pranesh Prakash looks at the philosophical, legal and practical reasons for holding such a position in India. This is a slightly modified version of a presentation made by Pranesh Prakash at the iTechLaw conference in Bangalore on February 5, 2010, as part of a panel discussing software patents in India, the United States, and the European Union.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Time Out Bengaluru - Software Patenting
by Pranesh Prakash published Jan 11, 2010 last modified Jan 16, 2013 06:39 AM — filed under: , ,
An article by Akhila Seetharaman published as a precursor to the national public meeting on software patents held on 4th in Bangalore.
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World Day Against Software Patents
by Pranesh Prakash published Jan 10, 2010 last modified Jan 16, 2013 07:15 AM — filed under: ,
A global coalition of more than 80 software companies, associations and developers has declared the 24th of September to be the "World Day Against Software Patents". The Hindu, a national daily dedicated one page of its Bangalore edition to software patents and software freedom. Deepa Kurup contributed written two articles titled "Will patenting take the byte out of IT here?" and "How would it be if you read only one type of book?" which reflects some of the concerns of the Free/Libre/Open Source Software community.
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Second Response to Draft National Policy on Open Standards for e-Governance
by Pranesh Prakash published Jul 07, 2009 last modified Jul 07, 2009 04:49 PM — filed under: , ,
Another draft (labelled "version 2", dated May 26, 2009) of the draft national policy on open standards for e-governance was made available to Fosscomm, while many software companies were speaking out against NASSCOM's position on the policy. CIS drafted a second response addressing both the allegations against NASSCOM as well as the few shortcomings we perceive in the draft policy.
Located in Openness / Publications / Open Standards
Blog Entry Lecture by Eben Moglen and Mishi Choudhary
by Pranesh Prakash published Dec 13, 2008 last modified Aug 23, 2011 02:55 AM — filed under: , ,
The Software Freedom Law Center, National Law School, and the Centre for Internet and Society organised a lecture by Mishi Choudhary and Eben Moglen for students of NLS on Saturday, December 13, 2008.
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Blog Entry The National Public Meeting on Software Patents
by Pranesh Prakash published Oct 04, 2008 last modified Aug 23, 2011 03:02 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
On Saturday, October 4, 2008, the Centre for Internet and Society, with the support of eighteen other organization, held a meeting on the National Public Meeting on Software Patents in the United Theological College campus. The aim of the event was to explore various issues surrounding software patents, especially from the perspective of the draft Patent Manual.
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