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Copyright, patents and Indian-language Wikimedia projects. 1,320 items.
17 Dec 2015
News
CODE SessionCODE Project is an IDRC funded project, and CIS is a partner institution, along with PIJIP at American University Washington College of Law, USA, Karisma Foundation, Colombia, Derechos Digitale, Chile, American Assembly, Columbia …
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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Strategy Meeting on Global Copyright Policy and AdvocacySunil Abraham and Pranesh Prakash participated in the meeting held on December 14, 2015 at National Law School in Delhi.
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
News
Works of Odisha litterateur JP Das to be available online freeThe works of bureaucrat-turned-writer from Odisha, Jagannath Prasad Das, can be accessed free online after the digitisation process is complete.
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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Sau Dhuni Teen Project: December Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at Women's Studies Centre, University of PuneAs part of the "Sau Dhuni Teen Project" a multilingual Wikipedia edit-a-thon is being organised at the Women's Studies Centre, University of Pune.
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 …
30 Nov 2015
News
शंभर वर्षांपूर्वीच्या पुस्तकांचे होणार डिजिटायझेशनLokmat (newspaper) covered Maharashtra Granthottejak Sanstha's Project news.
30 Nov 2015
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Open Source India 2015The twelfth Open Source India event organized by EFY Group was held at NIMHANS Convention Centre in Bangalore on November 19 and 20, 2015. Subhashish Panigrahi attended the event for the first day.
29 Nov 2015
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29 Nov 2015
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Second Meeting of the Expert Committee on WIPOThe second meeting of the Expert Committee on WIPO was held in the Committee Room (6th floor) of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi on November 2, 2015. The meeting was held under the chairmanship of Special …
29 Nov 2015
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International Conference on Evolving Regime in Intellectual Property ProtectionJawaharlal Nehru University organized a conference from 2 to 4 November 2015 at its campus in New Delhi. Pranesh Prakash was a speaker in the session "IP Enforcement".
29 Nov 2015
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Community Discussion for Making Tulu Wikipedia LiveCIS-A2K Programme Officer Rahmanuddin Shaik visited Mangalore on October 28 and 29 and again on November 5 and 6, 2015. During his visit he interacted with Wikipedians for making the Tulu Wikipedia live.
28 Nov 2015
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'महाराष्ट्र ग्रंथोत्तेजक' होणार लोकाभिमुख, महाराष्ट्र टाईम्सCoverage of Marathi Wikipedia in Maharashtra Times.
27 Nov 2015
News
भाषाई कंप्यूटिंग के मानक बनाने के लिए चेन्नई में हुआ तीसरा फ्यूल जिल्ट“मूसलाधार बारिश से जूझ रही चेन्नई में तीसरा फ़्यूल ज़िल्ट कॉन्फरेंस 2015 सफलतापूर्वक रविवार 22 नवंबर को संपन्न हुआ। भाषाई कंप्यूटिंग के लिए मानक भाषाई संसाधन और औज़ार बनाने में पिछले सात सालों से जुटी फ़्यूल परियोजना के द्वारा 2013 में आरंभ …