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October 2010 Bulletin
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 23, 2010
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last modified
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
CISRAW,
Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society!
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September 2010 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 23, 2010
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last modified
Aug 10, 2012 07:22 AM
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Digital Natives,
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Internet Governance,
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Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! In this bulletin we bring you updates of our research, news and media coverage and announcement of events organised in the month of September 2010.
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Seminar on Software Patent and the Commons
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Prasad Krishna
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Sep 02, 2010
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Oct 23, 2011 02:22 PM
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Intellectual Property Rights,
Software Patents,
Access to Knowledge
A pre-grant opposition has been filed against a software patent application filed in the patent office by Certicom, a wholly owned subsidiary of Research in Motion (RIM), manufacturers of Blackberry. The opposition was filed on August 31, 2010 by the Software Freedom Law Centre which has recently expanded its operations to India. This exciting development was announced by Mishi Choudhary from SFLC on the lines of the seminar on “Software Patents and the Commons” organised on 1 September 2010 in Delhi jointly by SFLC, the Centre for Internet and Society, the Society for Knowledge Commons and Red Hat. Filing more such oppositions to software patents in India was in the pipeline and this is just the beginning of a movement to take on monopolisation of knowledge and ideas through patenting software, the organisers said.
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August 2010 Bulletin
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 25, 2010
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Aug 10, 2012 10:40 AM
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Digital Natives,
Telecom,
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Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society. We bring you news and media coverage, research and event updates for the month of August 2010
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First Post-Bilski Decision - Software Patent Rejected
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 24, 2010
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Aug 23, 2011 03:24 AM
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Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
In the first decision post-Bilski, the Board of Patents Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) rejected a software patent claimed by Hewlett-Packard. The ruling in this case has buttressed the fact that the Bilski decision furthered the cause of narrowing the patentability of software even though the Supreme Court of the United States totally avoided mentioning software patents or the applicability of the machine or transformation test for software patents in its decision.
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The Bilski Case - Impact on Software Patents
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 24, 2010
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Aug 23, 2011 03:24 AM
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The Supreme Court of the United States gave its decision in Bilski v Kappos on 28 June, 2010. In this case the petitioners’ patent application sought protection for a claimed invention that explains how commodities buyers and sellers in the energy market can protect, or hedge, against the risk of price changes. The Court in affirming the rejection by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit also held that the machine- or-transformation test is not necessarily the sole test of patentability. The Court’s ruling of abstract ideas as unpatentable and its admission that patents do not necessarily promote innovation and may sometimes limit competition and stifle innovation have provided a ray of hope. In the light of the developments, the Bilski decision as far as patentability of software is concerned may not be totally insignificant, says Krithika Dutta Narayana.
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July 2010 Bulletin
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 23, 2010
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Aug 10, 2012 09:41 AM
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Greetings from the Centre for Internet & Society. We bring you updates of our research, news and media coverage, information on our events and other updates for the month of July 2010.
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Privacy and the Indian Copyright Act, 1857 as Amended in 2010
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Aug 20, 2010
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Aug 23, 2011 03:25 AM
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Intellectual Property Rights,
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge
In this post the author examines the issue of privacy in light of the Indian Copyright Act, 1857 as amended by the Copyright Amendment Bill in 2010. Four key questions are examined in detail and the author gives suitable recommendations for each of the questions that arise.
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June 2010 Bulletin
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Prasad Krishna
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Jul 23, 2010
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Aug 10, 2012 09:38 AM
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Greetings from the Centre for Internet & Society. We bring you updates of our research, news and media coverage, information on events for the month of June 2010.
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Analysis of the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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Jul 18, 2010
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last modified
Sep 21, 2011 06:01 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Consumer Rights,
Copyright,
Fair Dealings,
Public Accountability,
Intellectual Property Rights,
RTI,
Featured,
Broadcasting,
Publications,
Submissions,
Technological Protection Measures
CIS analyses the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010, from a public interest perspective to sift the good from the bad, and importantly to point out what crucial amendments should be considered but have not been so far.
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