Blogs
Government of Odisha adopting Creative Commons License to Promote Transparency and Access to Knowledge
- January 17, 2018
This year started with an astonishing announcement by the Government of Odisha towards the free knowledge movement. On the Public Domain day, which is celebrated every year on 1st January, The Government of Odisha continuing its collaboration with the Odia Wikipedia community has announced to release the content of its two major departments under Creative Commons license.
Read more →Submission to DIPP at Meeting with IP Stakeholders
- January 01, 2018
Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) made a submission to the Department of Industrial Planning and Promotion (DIPP) on 7 December 2017.
Read more →Marathi Wikipedia - Vishwakosh Workshop for Science writers in IUCAA, Pune
- December 20, 2017
Marathi Wikipedia workshop for Sandarbh Science magazine writers
- December 19, 2017
A Marathi Wikipedia workshop was recently conducted for the writers at Sandarbh Science magazine.
Read more →CIS' Submission to DIPP and CGPDTM at meeting with IP Stakeholders
- December 13, 2017
The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks held a meeting with IP stakeholders on December 7, 2017, chaired by the Secretary, DIPP, to take suggestions on improving procedures and functioning of the Office. Anubha Sinha attended the meeting and requested the DIPP to improve compliance of uploading Form 27s by patentees and ensure proper enforcement of related provisions within the Indian Patent Act, 1970. Additionally, we sent a detailed submission to the Office, drawing from our recent research. Thanks to Rohini Lakshane and Aman Goyal for their inputs.
Read more →Wikipedia Orientation Program at Rotary Club of Salem
- December 11, 2017
CIS-A2K in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Salem, Tamil Nadu conducted a two-day Wikipedia orientation workshop for student members of the club.
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