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Access to Knowledge
Copyright, patents and Indian-language Wikimedia projects. 1,320 items.
17 Apr 2018
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In a first, Indian Singers Rights' Association distributes royaltyWhile singers say this benefits out of job artistes, the transparency in distribution remains questionable.
28 Feb 2018
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RightsCon 2018Rohini Lakshané, Anubha Sinha, Vidushi Marda, and Amba Kak will be participating in the seventh event in the RightsCon Summit Series to be held in Toronto from May 16 - 18, 2018 as speakers.
22 Dec 2017
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[Updated] Exclusive: OnePlus 5T’s Face Unlock feature may have infringed upon SensibleVision’s face recognition patentsThe blog post by Nachiket Mhatre was published by mysmartprice on December 22, 2017.
7 Dec 2017
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Meeting with IP StakeholdersAnubha Sinha attended a DIPP meeting with stakeholders on December 7, 2017 in New Delhi. The meeting was organized by the Government of India.
5 Dec 2017
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2nd Law Economics Policy Conference 2017The 2nd Law Economics Policy Conference is being organized by National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi and Institute for New Economic Thinking, New York from December 4 to 6, 2017 at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi.
27 Nov 2017
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6th Annual International Conference on Law & Policy issues "68th Constitution Day"Anubha Sinha attended the 68th Constitution Day on November 25, 2017 at Shangri-La's Eros. Indian National Bar Association in association with “Make in India” organized this event.
24 Nov 2017
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WTO-MC11 in Buenos Aires: What is at Stake for India and its PeopleOn November 21, 2017, Anubha Sinha attended a civil society workshop on "WTO-MC11 in Buenos Aires: What is at Stake for India and its People". The workshop was co-organised by the Third World Network, Focus on the Global South, …
23 Nov 2017
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TrainingThe Rotary Club of Salem in association with the Centre for Internet and Society – Access to Knowledge, India and Salem Tamil Sangam is organising series of “Wikimedia training and orientation” programme for the youth on December 9 and 10 …
23 Nov 2017
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Helping Institutions Embrace Open AccessWorld over, a large number of universities and institutions are making way for open access repositories. Why have Indian researchers shied away from it?
10 Nov 2017
8 Nov 2017
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Indian Women Bureaucrats: Wikipedia Edit-a-thonWe are all aware of the large reach and popularity of Wikipedia. However, what most people don’t know is that, according to a study conducted in 2011, globally only 9% of the editors on Wikipedia were women. And the percentage for India is …
18 Oct 2017
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Online bid for Science in MarathiPune scientists hold a workshop with Marathi Vishwakosh to thrash out how to provide more vocabulary for scientific discourse in the language, to cater to a vast majority that is not comfortable looking up info in English.
28 Jul 2017
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19th RCEP MeetingAnubha Sinha participated in the 19th RCEP Meeting organized by the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India in Hyderabad between July 17 to July 28, 2017.
6 Jul 2017
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Plagiarism is rampant in Indian food writing – but finally, bloggers have a way to fight it“We have been cheated,” declared the headline of the blog post making the rounds of social media on April 25.
2 Jul 2017
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Second Annual Roundtable on Innovation, Intellectual Property and CompetitionRohini Lakshane attended the round-table organized by CIIPC, National Law University, Delhi, in Bangalore on July 2, 2017.
29 Jun 2017
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Preliminary Findings: Working Requirements for Complex Products under the Indian Patent SystemProf. Jorge L. Contreras gave a talk on a forthcoming paper "Preliminary Findings: Working Requirements for Complex Products under the Indian Patent System" at the "2nd International Conference on Standardisation, Patents and Competition …
30 May 2017
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Fixing Copyright for Education (SCCR34 Side Event)This event, hosted by Communia, EIFL, Creative Commons, and PIJIP, provided an overview of legal trends and developments concerning education, and presented the reality of education today. Anubha Sinha was a speaker.
27 Apr 2017
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After SPB-Ilaiyaraaja, Sony Music and Sun Network lock horns over copyrightsIn what seems to be the latest in an increasing number of cases of copyright violations, Sun Network on Friday was banned by the Madras High Court from using Sony Music copyrighted work.
12 Apr 2017
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National Conference on Intellectual Property Rights and Public InterestIndian Law Institute organized a conference on intellectual property rights on April 7 and 8 in New Delhi. Maggie Huang took part in the conference.
29 Mar 2017
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CUSAT Workshop: "Rethinking IPR: Fourth Annual National Workshop for Law Students"The workshop was organized by the Inter University Centre for IPR Studies in association with Cochin University of Science and Technology from February 8 to 10, 2017 in Cochin. Pranesh Prakash was the resource person for a copyright …
22 Mar 2017
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Review Meeting for the Pervasive Technologies ProjectThe Centre for Internet & Society in partnership with Beijing Normal University Institute for Internet Policy & Law organized a review meeting of the Pervasive Technologies project in Macau on February 20 - 21, 2017.
20 Mar 2017
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Pervasive Technologies Project in Hong KongDigital Asia Hub and the United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society (UNU-CS) held a new networking initiative. Digital Asia Hub and the United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society co-hosted a series of …
14 Mar 2017
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First Asia Pacific Workshop on Empirical Methods in Innovation, Intellectual Property and CompetitionRohini Lakshané took part in a workshop organized by Centre for Innovation Intellectual Property & Competition in New Delhi from March 9 to 11, 2017.
20 Dec 2016
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విజ్ఞాన నిధి వికీపీడియా..The article about Telugu Wikipedia appeared in Namaste Telangana on December 11, 2016.
20 Dec 2016
20 Dec 2016
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पीजी जूलॉजी विभाग में एक दिवसीय समागम का आयोजनरांची विश्वविद्यालय के पीजी जूलॉजी विभाग में शनिवार को इंटरनेट एक्सेस पर आधारित संगोष्ठी ‘ओपनकॉन हुई। कुलपति डॉ रमेश कुमार पांडेय ने इसकी अध्यक्षता की। कार्यक्रम में डीएसडब्ल्यू डॉ सतीश चंद्र गुप्ता, प्रो संजय मिश्रा, प्रो अभिजीत दत्ता और …
20 Dec 2016
20 Dec 2016
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Changing the typographic landscape of a country: one letter at a timeMy interest in designing typefaces in Indian scripts grew out of years of disappointment with the way most Hindi books I came across looked. Apart from a few exceptions, they looked like poor cousins of English books. Whether it was a …
17 Dec 2016
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Wikipedian Pavan Santhosh says Telugu Wikipedians are creating Knowledge revolution (in Telugu)Pavan Santhosh said that Telugu Wikipedians are creating a knowledge revolution in Telugu. On Sunday, December 12, 2016, in Golden Threshold, Abids, Telugu Wikipedians celebrated Telugu Wikipedia day. Telugu Wikipedians Pranay Raj and Meena …
17 Dec 2016
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Wikipedia is a NewspaperCoverage about Mini MWT and TTT first day. News item also explains about Telugu Wikipedia and its growth. Mentioned some of the participants and organizers Pranay, Katta Srinivasa Rao, Kasyap, etc.