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The madness of software patents
by Prasad Krishna published Sep 07, 2010 last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:17 AM — filed under:
India’s patent law excludes software per se, yet over a thousand patents have been granted, writes Lata Jishnu in an article published in Down to Earth.
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Blog Entry The US 301 Report – A Myopic View of IP Rights
by Nehaa Chaudhari published Jun 24, 2015 — filed under: ,
Varun Baliga and Nehaa Chaudhari discuss the 2015 US 301 Report, focussing on its narrow and convenient understanding of IP rights. A farrago of contradictions, it supports a rightsholder-centric view but not when the right, Geographical Indicator, is not to their liking. Similarly, the emphasis on the rights themselves gives short shrift to critical exceptions and limitations that also enhance and incentivize innovation, the ostensible purpose of IP.
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Blog Entry Transcripts of Discussions at WIPO SCCR 27
by Nehaa Chaudhari published Apr 30, 2014 last modified May 25, 2014 04:50 AM — filed under: , , ,
We are providing archival copies of the transcripts of the 27th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, which is being held in Geneva from April 28, 2014 to May 2, 2014.
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Blog Entry Transcripts of Discussions at WIPO SCCR 24
by Pranesh Prakash published Jul 24, 2012 last modified Jul 31, 2012 12:35 PM — filed under: , , ,
We are providing archival copies of the transcripts of the 24th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights, which is being held in Geneva from July 16 to 25, 2012.
Located in Access to Knowledge
Twists and turns of the SOPA opera
by Prasad Krishna published Jan 16, 2012 — filed under: ,
Proposed DNS filtering threatens the core protocol on which the Internet's universality depends, writes Deepa Kurup in this article published in the Hindu on 15 January 2012. Sunil Abraham is quoted in this.
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Blog Entry We’ve All Got Some Baggage
by Lawrence Liang published Nov 13, 2010 last modified May 29, 2014 07:22 AM — filed under: ,
America’s newest trade agreement is not going to kill only iPods. The article appeared in the Tehelka Magazine Vol 7, Issue 45, Dated November 13, 2010
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WEBINAR: Closed for Business
by Prasad Krishna published Sep 09, 2010 last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:18 AM — filed under:
A Global Panel Discusses International Copyright Laws and Their Impact on the Open Internet
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Blog Entry When Copyright Goes Bad
by Prasad Krishna published Apr 23, 2010 last modified Aug 04, 2011 04:37 AM — filed under:
A part of the Access to Knowledge Project, this short film by Consumers International is available on DVD and online at A2Knetwork.org/film.
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Blog Entry Why Parallel Importation of Books Should Be Allowed
by Pranesh Prakash published Jan 25, 2011 last modified Feb 01, 2019 05:41 PM — filed under: , ,
There has been much controversy lately with some publishers trying to stop the government from amending s.2(m) of the Indian Copyright Act, clarifying that a parallel import will not be seen as an "infringing copy". This blog post argues that the government should, keeping in mind the larger picture, still go ahead and legalise parallel imports.
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Why piracy is tough to rein in
by Prasad Krishna published Sep 06, 2010 last modified Apr 02, 2011 10:16 AM — filed under:
“Video market is being treated as a poor cousin of the film industry”
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