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Blog Entry Second Draft of Open Access Policy of the Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science released
by Anubha Sinha published Oct 19, 2014 last modified Oct 30, 2014 12:33 AM — filed under: ,
The Department of Biotechnology and the Department of Science, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India drafted an Open Access Policy (“Policy”) in consultation with several open access experts, government officials and CIS. The second draft of the Policy released last week and is open for comments till 17th November, 2014.
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Blog Entry CIS' Comments on the Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science Open Access Policy
by Anubha Sinha published Aug 22, 2014 last modified Aug 22, 2014 03:46 PM — filed under:
In July 2014, the Department of Biotechnology and the Department of Science, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India released a draft Open Access Policy. CIS participated in discussions along with experts brought on board by the Drafting Committee to develop and review the open access policy. As a follow-up, CIS prepared comments to the draft Policy. This post makes available CIS' comments to the draft Policy.
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File CIS Comments to the Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science Open Access Policy
by Anubha Sinha published Aug 22, 2014
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Blog Entry Announcing the Tracks for the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest 2015
by Anubha Sinha published Aug 22, 2014 last modified Aug 22, 2014 09:47 AM — filed under: , ,
CIS recently announced that the Centre for Internet and Society will be hosting the fourth edition of the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest at New Delhi, India, tentatively in the first two weeks of December, 2015. This post declares the track events to be conducted, seeks your participation and invites contributions from potential funders.
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Blog Entry Analysing Alice Corporation Pty Ltd v CLS Bank International Et Al
by Anubha Sinha published Aug 01, 2014 — filed under: ,
The US Supreme Court delivered a unanimous decision in Alice Corporation Pty Ltd v CLS Bank International Et Al last month. The decision concerning software related inventions (with respect to carving an exception to “abstract ideas” patent eligibility category) was the most awaited and the final patent ruling of the US’ Supreme Court’s term. This post presents an analysis of the decision and a timeline of landmark US judicial decisions on software patents.
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Blog Entry Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest, 2015
by Anubha Sinha published Jul 30, 2014 last modified Jun 24, 2015 04:45 PM — filed under: ,
We are pleased to announce that the Centre for Internet and Society will be hosting the fourth edition of the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest at New Delhi, India, tentatively in the first two weeks of December, 2015. This post seeks your participation and invites your queries and suggestions for the event.
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Blog Entry Department of Biotechnology and Department of Science, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, release first draft of Open Access Policy
by Anubha Sinha published Jul 18, 2014 last modified Dec 26, 2014 11:20 AM — filed under:
The Department of Biotechnology and the Department of Science, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, recently published a draft Open Access Policy in consultation with several open access experts, government officials and CIS. This post discusses open access and the exercise undertaken to draft this policy.
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Blog Entry Delhi High Court Orders Blocking of Websites after Sony Complains Infringement of 2014 FIFA World Cup Telecast Rights
by Anubha Sinha published Jul 08, 2014 last modified Jul 08, 2014 07:02 AM — filed under: , , ,
Of late the Indian judiciary has been issuing John Doe orders to block websites, most recently in Multi Screen Media v. Sunit Singh and Others. The order mandated blocking of 472 websites, out of which approximately 267 websites were blocked as on July 7, 2014. This trend is an extremely dangerous one because it encourages flagrant censorship by intermediaries based on a judicial order which does not provide for specific blocking of a URL, instead provides for blocking of the entire website.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Image Breakdown of the list in the July 23rd Order
by Anubha Sinha last modified Jul 08, 2014 05:35 AM
Image Breakdown of the list in the July 23rd Order
by Anubha Sinha last modified Jul 08, 2014 05:31 AM