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Access to Knowledge
Copyright, patents and Indian-language Wikimedia projects. 1,320 items.
23 Nov 2017
News
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
News
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?
19 Nov 2017
Blog post
Marathi Wikipedia workshop for Sandarbh Science magazine writersA Marathi Wikipedia workshop was recently conducted for the writers at Sandarbh Science magazine.
19 Nov 2017
Blog post
35th SCCR: CIS' Question to Dr. Rostama on her Study on the Impact of the Digital Environment on Copyright LegislationAnubha Sinha, attending the 35th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (“SCCR”) at Geneva from 13 November, 2017 to 18 November, 2017, posed this question on the …
17 Nov 2017
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35th SCCR: CIS Statement on GRULAC Proposal for Analysis of Copyright in the Digital EnvironmentAnubha Sinha, attending the 35th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (“SCCR”) at Geneva from 13 November, 2017 to 18 November, 2017, made this statement on the …
15 Nov 2017
Event
Gender Equality in the WorkplaceThe workshop was conducted by Samvada at the Centre for Internet & Society's office in Bengaluru on November 15, 2017.
15 Nov 2017
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35th SCCR: CIS Statement on Limitations and Exceptions for Libraries and ArchivesAnubha Sinha, attending the 35th Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (“SCCR”) at Geneva from 13 November, 2017 to 18 November, 2017, made this statement on the …
10 Nov 2017
8 Nov 2017
News
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 …
8 Nov 2017
24 Oct 2017
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Wikimedia Workshop at Ismailsaheb Mulla Law College, SataraA Wikimedia Workshop was on 4 August 2017 at the Ismailsaheb Mulla Law College in Satara to introduce the Wikipedia and its sister projects to the students.
24 Oct 2017
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Orientation Program at Kannada University, HampiA Kannada Wikipedia Orientation Program was conducted at Kannada University Hampi on 31 August and 1 September 2017.
24 Oct 2017
24 Oct 2017
Blog post
Marathi Wikipedia Workshop at MGM Trust's College of Journalism and Mass Communication, AurangabadA Marathi Wikipedia Workshop was recently held at the MGM Trust's College of Journalism and Mass Communication on 11 August 2017.
24 Oct 2017
24 Oct 2017
Blog post
Discussion on Creation of Social Media Guidelines & Strategy for Telugu WikimediaBetween 1 to 16 September, an online discussion took place on the creation of social media guidelines and strategy for Telugu Wikimedia handles online.
22 Oct 2017
Blog post
Odia Wikisource Turns 318 Oct 2017
News
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.
8 Oct 2017
9 Sep 2017
Blog post
RTI request to Indian Patents Office for Form 27 (Statement of Working of patents), March 2016The Centre for Internet and Society filed this request under the Right to Information Act in March 2016 as part of research for the paper: Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products: An Empirical Assessment of India's Form 27 Practice …
9 Sep 2017
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RTI request to Indian Patents Office for Form 27 (Statement of Working of patents), 2015The Centre for Internet and Society filed this request under the Right to Information Act in 2015 as part of research for the paper: Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products: An Empirical Assessment of India's Form 27 Practice and …
28 Aug 2017
17 Aug 2017
Blog post
Dataset for "Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products: An Empirical Assessment of India's Form 27 Practice and Compliance"Dataset of the first comprehensive and systematic analysis of 4,916 valid Statements of Working (Form 27) corresponding to 3,126 patents pertaining to mobile technology in India. Licensed CC-BY-SA 4.0.
10 Aug 2017
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Wikipedia Workshop on Template Creation and Modification Conducted in BengaluruA Wikipedia workshop on template creation, modification was conducted in Bengaluru on 30 July 2017. Here is a report.
1 Aug 2017
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RCEP IP Chapter: A Serious Threat to Access to Knowledge/ Cultural Goods?Negotiators from sixteen countries are currently meeting in Hyderabad for discussing a free trade agreement titled Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
1 Aug 2017
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Marathi Wikipedia Workshop in Sangli, MaharashtraA Marathi Wikipedia workshop was recently held in Sangli, Maharashtra
1 Aug 2017
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CIS-A2K Co-Facilitates Punjabi Wikimedians Wikimedia Strategy MeetingOn 15 July 2017, Punjabi Wikimedia User Group, conducted Punjabi Wikimedia Strategy Meeting at Patiala. CIS-A2K members Tanveer Hasan and Tito Dutta attended the event as co-facilitator and resource person. The event was followed by a …
28 Jul 2017
News
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.
24 Jul 2017
Blog post
Telugu Wikisource WorkshopRecently, a Telugu Wikisource Workshop was conducted in Hyderabad between 22- 23 July, 2017
17 Jul 2017
Blog post
Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products: An Empirical Assessment of India's Form 27 Practice and ComplianceIndia requires every patentee to file an annual statement, also known as “Form 27”, describing the working of each of its issued Indian patents. If a patent is not locally worked within three years of its issuance, any person may request a …