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25 Dec 2015
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4th Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest: Statement of Conclusion for the IP and Development trackThe 4th Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest was held from December 15 to 17, 2015 in New Delhi. This post provides a summary of the event.
21 Dec 2015
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Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions in abeyanceThe CRI Guidelines were heavily criticised for their failure to address the ambiguities created by Section 3(k) and for expanding the scope of software patent eligibile subject-matter, inter alia. Following several representations and …
17 Dec 2015
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Press Release: Users’ rights and interests should be balanced with those of IP rights-holders: Global CongressThe Global Congress on Intellectual Property and Public Interest is being held at the National Law University, Delhi, on 15-17 December 2015. The global event is jointly organized by CIS, NLU Delhi, Open A.I.R., CREATe, Columbia University …
17 Dec 2015
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Press Release: Medicines should not bankrupt patients or public health systems: Access to medicines at the Global CongressThe Global Congress on Intellectual Property and Public Interest is being held at the National Law University, Delhi, on 15-17 December 2015. The global event is jointly organized by CIS, NLU Delhi, Open A.I.R., CREATe, Columbia University …
17 Dec 2015
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GCIP2015: Notes from the Inaugural SessionThe 2015 Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest kicked off with its inaugural plenary session, on 14th December, 2015. With over 400 registered participants, ranging from established academics to activists to students gathered in the …
17 Dec 2015
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GCIP15 Day 2: Fixing the problems in Trade NegotiationsThis post documents the interesting discussions that took place in the Trade Negotiations Panel at day 2 of the GCIP 2015.
17 Dec 2015
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GCIP Day 1 Session 3: Challenges in Re-Articulating Public InterestAt the third plenary session of GCIP15, the discussion revolved around challenges in re-articulating ‘public interest’ dimension in IP law and policy.
17 Dec 2015
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GCIP 15 Day 2: Discussions on Health Technology, Innovation and AccessThe Global Congress is a confluence of academics, policy advocates and activists working in the sphere of IP and Public Interest.
15 Dec 2015
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Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Jayashree WatalThe fifth discussion in our pre-GCIP discussion series is with Jayashree Watal.
14 Dec 2015
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Press Release: India to Host 4th Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public InterestThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is happy to announce that 4th edition of the Global Congress will be held at the National Law University, New Delhi (NLU-D) on 15-17 December 2015. The Congress is jointly organised by CIS, NLU-D, …
13 Dec 2015
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Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Shamnad BasheerThe next discussion in our pre-GCIP discussion series is with Prof. Shamnad Basheer.
12 Dec 2015
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Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Zakir ThomasWith only a few more days to go for the 4th Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest 2015 (“Congress”), we will be putting out a number of blog posts as a precursor of things to come. In this first series, Job …
12 Dec 2015
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Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Susan K. SellAfter Mr. Zakir Thomas and Dr. Michael Geist, our third discussion is with Prof. Susan K. Sell.
12 Dec 2015
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Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Michael GeistContinuing the lead-up to the GCIP, the following discussion is with Dr. Michael Geist.
12 Dec 2015
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Intellectual Property Rights & TRIPS: An OverviewThe Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations of the General Agreement on Trade and Tariff began in 1986 with a Ministerial Deceleration in Punta del Este.
9 Dec 2015
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Abuse of Dominant Position in Indian Competition Law: A Brief GuideEvery car owner would give a knowing nod when spoken to about the struggle of finding reasonably priced spare parts for their cars. While original parts can only be found at limited dealerships (which would invariably be miles away from …
8 Dec 2015
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Sau Dhuni Teen Project: December Edit-a-thonAs part of the "Sau Dhuni Teen Project" a multilingual Wikipedia Wikipedia edit-a-thon was organised at the Women's Studies Centre, University of Pune.
5 Dec 2015
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TTT 2015The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) conducted a four day training workshop for Wikimedians all over India in order to facilitate conducting and organising outreach activities for promotion of Wikimedia …
5 Dec 2015
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Touch Point Report: Department of Tourism Studies, Christ University and St. Aloysius College, ManagaloreCIS-A2K conducts Wikipedia in Education programme at St. Aloysius colege, Mangalore. This partnership is unique as it provides to us a pool of editors for three Wikimedia projects, i.e: Kannada, Tulu and Konkani.
5 Dec 2015
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Community Prioritisation of Content Donation: Kannada WikisourceCIS-A2K has initiated a community consultation in order to prioritise and streamline the work on Wikisource projects across FLA. Due to the commitment of volunteers from the respective FLA and the institutional partnerships that A2K has …
5 Dec 2015
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Analysis of Institutional Partnerships: University of Mysore and Guru G Learning LabsUniversity of Mysore considered to be one of the most prestigious institutions in the country has been famous for its innovative pedagogic techniques and opening up for students various avenues of knowledge acquisition.
4 Dec 2015
3 Dec 2015
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Open access in the Marathi language expands by a thousand booksAs the Maharashtra Granthottejak Sanstha (MGS) celebrated its 121st anniversary recently, the organization re-licensed 1000 books under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license so that the books could be digitized and be made available on the Marathi …
3 Dec 2015
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Guru-G Learning Labs and CIS A2K Institutional PartnershipIncorporated in 2013, Guru-G is the world’s first gamified platform for teaching and teacher training.
1 Dec 2015
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ORF India-UK Technology Partnership ConferenceAs the consequence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s much anticipated visit to the United Kingdom, representatives from stakeholder groups such as government and industry came together at Observers Research Foundation, Delhi, to deliberate …
25 Nov 2015
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Guerrilla GLAMː An alternate way of doing GLAM in indie-wayI have been working on a concept called the Guerrilla GLAM. Here is a very quick summary about the concept that was published in the GLAM-wiki newsletter for November.
24 Nov 2015
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The Procedure of CCI in cases of Anti-Competitive Agreements and Abuse of Dominant Position: A Flow-ChartThe Competition Act, 2002 defines and prohibits two things- Anti-Competitive Agreements, and Abuse of Dominant Position. The cases under the Competition Act are adjudicated upon by a special tribunal called the Competition Commission of …
24 Nov 2015
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National IPR Policy: Mapping the Stakeholders’ ResponseThe first draft of the National IPR Policy was released last December. Following that, a plethora of comments and suggestions was submitted to the DIPP on the same. In this post, I will focus on the comments that were available online and …
23 Nov 2015
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Summary Report Internet Governance Forum 2015Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), India participated in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) held at Poeta Ronaldo Cunha Lima Conference Center, Joao Pessoa in Brazil from 10 November 2015 to 13 November 2015. The theme of IGF 2015 was …
19 Nov 2015
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A Study of J. Sai Deepak's Comments on Competition Law in IndiaIn his blog, 'The Demanding Mistress', J. Sai Deepak has commented on the competition law in India, using provisions of different acts, case judgments and amendments to these acts. He has also included a comment on India’s patent law. This …