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Report on the Progress in Assamese Language Testing — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Apr 05, 2015 04:16 PM
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is doing a project on developing a text-to-speech software in 15 Indian languages. This blog post captures the key updates of the work done by CIS team for Assamese language.
Mobile App Developer Series: Terms of Agreement – Part IV — by Samantha Cassar — last modified Apr 03, 2015 08:26 AM
The following is Part Four in a series reporting on interviews conducted with 10 of Bangalore's mobile app developers and other industry stakeholders. Through this research, CIS attempts to understand how the developers interviewed engage with the law within their practice, particularly with respect to IP. Here we examine different attitudes and work practices related to contracts agreements and developer culture in the legal realm.
Conference on Standards Setting Organisations (SSOs) and FRAND — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 10, 2015 03:07 PM
Rohini Lakshané participated in this event organised by MHRD Chair on Intellectual Property Rights, Centre for Intellectual Property Rights and Advocacy (CIPRA), National Law School of India University, Bangalore, in association with Intel Technology India Pvt. Ltd on March 21 and 22, 2015.
The perils of not protecting intellectual property for new ventures — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 20, 2015 01:55 PM
Soothe Healthcare's big dilemma ahead of the launch of its affordable sanitary napkin was whether or not to patent the technology and design.
India's plan to offer citizens digital lockers poses a privacy threat, say experts — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 03, 2015 06:32 AM
The Indian government launched a test version of a service called the digital locker last month that allows citizens to store scanned versions of important documents online, something that experts say poses a serious threat to people’s privacy.
Intellectual Property Rights — Open Access for Researchers — by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Mar 24, 2015 01:22 AM
In the year 2013, Nehaa Chaudhari had worked on a module on Intellectual Property Rights for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s Open Access Curriculum (Curriculum for Researchers) as part of a project for the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia. UNESCO published the module this year. Nehaa Chaudhari and Varun Baliga were among the Module preparation team. Nehaa Chaudhari was the writer for Units 1, 2 and 3: Understanding Intellectual Property Rights, Copyright and Alternative to a Strict Copyright Regime.
Tech Law Form @ NALSAR — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 03, 2015 04:36 PM
The event was organized by NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad on March 7 and 8, 2015. Geetha Hariharan participated as a speaker. She gave a lecture on Perspectives on Internet Governance.
Announcing the dates, theme and tentative tracks for the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest 2015 — by Anubha Sinha — last modified Mar 19, 2015 06:34 AM
We are pleased to announce that the Global Congress will be held from 15th-17 December 2015. The theme of the 2015 Global Congress is Three Decades of Openness; Two Decades of TRIPS. The four tentative tracks include Openness, User Rights, Access to Medicines, and Intellectual Property and Development.
TRAI-ing Times: The Story So Far — by Tarun Krishnakumar — last modified Mar 30, 2015 01:32 PM
24th December, 2014 marked a pivotal moment in the Indian experience with network neutrality. On this date, one of India’s largest telecom players, Bharti Airtel, announced the introduction of a new ‘VoIP’ usage policy for its mobile users.
Delhi Govt Sets Up WiFi Task Force — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 03, 2015 07:06 AM
Delhi government is believed to have set up a task force to enable WiFi in the city. The task force, which has been recently constituted, includes entrepreneur and start-up advisor Mahesh Murthy, Medianama founder Nikhil Pahwa and Center for Internet Society director Pranesh Prakash, as per a report by PTI.
eGovWatch: Delhi Dialogue Commission forms WiFi task force — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 03, 2015 06:37 AM
In a step towards making Delhi a WiFi city, the Delhi Dialogue Commission (DDC) has taken onboard Mahesh Murthy, Nikhil Pahwa and Pranesh Prakash who will form the DDC’s task-force on WiFi.
Live Chat: Aadhaar: An identity crisis? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 03, 2015 06:54 AM
The Aadhaar card is not compulsory for citizens and "no person should be denied any benefits or ‘suffer’ for not having the Aadhaar cards issued by Unique Identification Authority of India," the Supreme Court ruled on Monday.
If you thought India is a country where freedom of speech and expression are fundamental rights, think twice! — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 04, 2015 03:52 PM
Having contributed significantly in growing pollution and corruption indices, there's one place where India seems to hold the top spot is: imposing restrictions on social media contents. There have been over 5,800 restriction requests recorded in the second half of 2014, as per Facebook's Government Requests Report.
Digital Activism in Asia Reader: Announcement — by Puthiya Purayil Sneha — last modified Oct 24, 2015 02:22 PM
The CIS-RAW programme organized an editorial workshop on March 6-7, 2015, as part of its project on a Digital Activism in Asia Reader. The project is a collaborative effort of the Centre for Internet and Society and the Centre for Digital Cultures, Leuphana University, Germany, which aims to bring together local knowledge, debates and conversations around Digital Activism in Asia.
India tops list of content restrictions requests, says Facebook — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 03, 2015 05:01 PM
India has again topped the list of content restriction requests in the second half of 2014 with over 5,800 requests recorded in Facebook's Government Requests Report released on Sunday.
DIDP Request #8: ICANN Organogram — by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Mar 17, 2015 11:39 AM
CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking details of its oragnisational structure and headcount of all staff. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below.
DIDP Request #7: Globalisation Advisory Groups — by Geetha Hariharan — last modified Mar 17, 2015 10:07 AM
CIS sent ICANN a request under its Documentary Information Disclosure Policy, seeking information regarding the creation and dissolution of the President's Globalisation Advisory Groups. The GAGs were created to advise the ICANN Board on its globalisation efforts, and to address questions on Affirmation of Commitments (AOC), policy structures, legal structure, root server system, the IANA multistakeholder accountability, and Internet governance. CIS' request and ICANN's response are detailed below.
What Does Facebook's Transparency Report Tell Us About the Indian Government's Record on Free Expression & Privacy? — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Apr 05, 2015 05:08 AM
Given India's online population, the number of user data requests made by the Indian government aren't very high, but the number of content restriction requests are not only high on an absolute number, but even on a per-user basis.
Compilation of Mobile Phone Patent Litigation Cases in India — by Rohini Lakshané — last modified Feb 08, 2018 02:41 PM
This working paper is an attempt to chronicle information about big-ticket lawsuits pertaining to mobile technology patents filed in India. All information presented in this paper has been gathered from publicly available sources. Interns Nayana Dasgupta, Sampada Nayak and Suchisubhra Sarkar (in alphabetical order) provided invaluable research assistance. This paper was first published as a blog post on the CIS website on March 15, 2015. It was periodically updated till October 31, 2017 to reflect new developments in the different lawsuits at the Delhi High Court and the cases with the Competition Commission of India.
Roundtable on ICANN Accountability — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Apr 03, 2015 04:54 PM
The roundtable was organised by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), National Internet Exchange of India and Centre for Communication Governance, National Law University, Delhi at the Indian International Centre, New Delhi on 13 March 2015. Geetha Hariharan participated in the roundtable.
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