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Copyright, patents and Indian-language Wikimedia projects. 1,320 items.
28 May 2015
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How to do GuerillaGLAMA proposal titled How to do GuerrillaGLAM" that I had submitted for the Wikimania 2015 has been accepted. I will be presenting this on July 18.
26 May 2015
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National IPR Policy Series - CIS Letter to IPR Think TankWe sent this letter to the IPR Think Tank following responses that we received from the DIPP, to our RTI requests.
22 May 2015
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Report: Global Intellectual Property Convention 2015The Global Intellectual Property Convention was held in January 2015 in Mumbai. Interns Anna Liz Thomas and Nayana Dasgupta assisted with the making of this report.
21 May 2015
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National IPR Policy Series : Who is a 'public authority' under the RTI Act?In this blog post, CIS intern Devrupa Rakshit examines case law with respect to the understanding of a 'public authority' under the Right to Information ("RTI") Act, 2005.
14 May 2015
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Call for Participation: Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public InterestWe are pleased to announce the call for participation for the fourth edition of the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest (“Global Congress”), being hosted at New Delhi from December 15 to 17, 2015.
13 May 2015
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Odia Wikipedia Set to Celebrate 13 Years of Volunteer ContributionsOdia Wikipedia, one of the first of several Indian language Wikipedia projects, is ready to celebrate 13 glorious years of free knowledge contribution on June 3.
11 May 2015
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2015 USTR Report: Old Wine in New BottleEvery year, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) undertakes an elaborate exercise to castigate countries' domestic intellectual property (IP) law and policy. The criticisms and recommendations are presented in a …
29 Apr 2015
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Pervasive Technologies Project Working Document Series: Literature Review on IPR in Mobile app developmentThis post is literature survey of material exploring and analysing the role of Application Platforms in the Mobile Applications Development ecosystem, albeit from an intellectual property perspective. The document is a work in progress.
28 Apr 2015
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Indian businesses crave IP certainty, but better patent values are tempting them overseasIndian corporate leaders view a strong and sustainable IP system as key to furthering their country’s economic development and attracting continued foreign investment, a recent study suggests. A lack of confidence that this is currently the …
18 Apr 2015
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Now you can search Google in Kannada, in your handwritingAll you need to do is to make changes in settings on your phone or tablet.
16 Apr 2015
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Better intellectual property values luring Indian startups abroadPrime Minister Narendra Modi says Make in India. But anyone who wants to, finds that their intellectual property is valued much more if the patent is filed in the US, or anywhere else, but India.
15 Apr 2015
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ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ପାଇଁ ଡିଜିଟାଲ ଅସୁବିଧାThis paper was presented at the 2nd National Language Seminar by CIS-A2K Pogramme Officer Subhashish Panigrahi. In the paper, Panigrahi discusses about the hindrances of mass use of Odia language on the internet and how that is impacting in …
15 Apr 2015
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National IPR Policy Series: RTI Requests by CIS to DIPP + DIPP ResponsesIn earlier blog posts, we have discussed the development of India’s National IPR Policy (“the Policy”); comments by the Centre for Internet and Society (“CIS”) to the IPR Think Tank before the release of the first draft of the Policy and …
13 Apr 2015
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Patterns of Gender Aggression and Harassment in Open Tech and Open Culture Communities OnlineReport on the talk delivered by me at Adacamp held in Montreal, Canada on April 13-14, 2015.
10 Apr 2015
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One reason startups are moving out of IndiaPrime Minister Narendra Modi says Make in India. But anyone who wants to, finds that their intellectual property is valued much more if the patent is filed in the US, or anywhere else, but India.
6 Apr 2015
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Odia waits for Google Translate debut - Nine Indian languages availableOdia getting the "classical" status last year was certainly a proud moment for the people of the state, but, it is yet to feature among the languages available in Google's popular translation service.
5 Apr 2015
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Conference on Standards Settings Organizations (SSO) and FRAND, NLSIURohini Lakshané attended the Conference on Standards Settings Organizations (SSO) and FRAND held at NLSIU, Bengaluru on March 21 and 22, 2015. It was organised by the MHRD Chair on Intellectual Property Rights, Centre for Intellectual …
30 Mar 2015
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2nd National Language Conference, BhubaneswarInstitute of Odia Studies and Research organised 2nd National Language Conference beginning on Monday, March 30, 2015 and ending on April 2, 2015 at the Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar. This conference was organised in collaboration with …
29 Mar 2015
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Bangla Wiki turns 10The 10th anniversary of Bengali Wikipedia was marked with a a gathering of Wikipedians of vernacular languages from across the country and beyond at Jadavpur University. Bengali is one of 20 Indian languages to have a Wikipedia presence. …
29 Mar 2015
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4th IPR Researchers ConfluenceMaggie Huang attended the event organized by Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai and National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai with support from Ministry of Human Resource …
27 Mar 2015
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Hindustani Language: We Are WikipediaIn 2014, the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) embarked on a new social media-based initiative - WeAreWikipedia. The aim of the project was "One Wikimedian every week to tell untold community stories on …
24 Mar 2015
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Interviews with App Developers: Open Source, Community, and Contradictions – Part IIIThe following is a third post within 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 …
24 Mar 2015
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Interviews with App Developers: Name of the Game (Part IV)The following is a concluding piece in a series reporting on interviews conducted with 10 of Bangalore's mobile app developers and other industry stakeholders. Within this research, CIS attempts to understand how they engage with the law …
23 Mar 2015
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Mobile App Developer Series: Terms of Agreement – Part IVThe 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 …
23 Mar 2015
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Internet becomes vernacular with relaunch of e-bhashaWith the relaunch of e-bhasha as a mission mode project, there is a fresh urgency to create content and technical solutions in Indian languages.
22 Mar 2015
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Conference on Standards Setting Organisations (SSOs) and FRANDRohini 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 …
20 Mar 2015
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The perils of not protecting intellectual property for new venturesSoothe Healthcare's big dilemma ahead of the launch of its affordable sanitary napkin was whether or not to patent the technology and design.
19 Mar 2015
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Intellectual Property Rights — Open Access for ResearchersIn 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 …
19 Mar 2015
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Announcing the dates, theme and tentative tracks for the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest 2015We 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, …
15 Mar 2015
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Compilation of Mobile Phone Patent Litigation Cases in IndiaThis 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 …