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Access to Knowledge
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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 …
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 …
13 Mar 2015
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GoI body National Mission for Manuscripts has digitised 3 million manuscriptsTwelve-year-old government body National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) has digitised over thirty lakh manuscripts and 185,88,390 pages in all as of 31 December 2014, Mahesh Sharma, Union Minister of State for Culture, Tourism & Civil …
10 Mar 2015
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More articles for Tulu WikipediaIn all, 100 more articles will be uploaded to the Tulu Wikipedia by teachers and students in Udupi shortly, according to Janaki M. Brahmavara, president, Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy.
2 Mar 2015
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Train the Trainer — Report in UdayavaniAs part of the Train The Trainer program, on Feb 28, all the participants (Wikipedians from all over India) were taken to Janapada Loka, near Ramanagara. There was a report in Udayavani, Ramanagara edition on March 2, 2015 about this event.
27 Feb 2015
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Hindi Wiki Community Baithak in DelhiHindi Wikimedians met in New Delhi during February 14 and 15. This was the first meeting of the Hindi community. Subhashish Panigrahi attended the meetup.
26 Feb 2015
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Telugu Wikipedia Winter Camp at Andhra Loyola CollegeStudents of physics, statistics and Telugu departments of Andhra Loyola College spent 5 days of their Christmas vacation of 2014 to edit and enrich Telugu Wikipedia and Wikisource. They worked on their respective subject areas and came up …
21 Feb 2015
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Our Endangered LanguagesMy op-ed (in Odia) about the endangered languages was published in the Samaja this 21st on the International Mother Language Day.
20 Feb 2015
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Cultural knowledge needs to be more openSubhashish Panigrahi is an educator and open source activist based in Bangalore, India. He is currently working at the Centre for Internet and Society's Access To Knowledge program where he builds partnership with universities, language …
19 Feb 2015
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Online Free Content in Telugu WikipediaWikimedians gathered at Tirupati for a strategic meet. This was covered by the regional newspaper Andhra Jyothy
19 Feb 2015
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More online free content in Telugu Wikipedia soonWikimedians gather at Tirupati for a strategy meet.
16 Feb 2015
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Academia and Civil Society submit critical comments to DIPP on draft National IPR PolicyAs our readers may be aware, the DIPP had initiated public consultation on the drafting of India’s first National IPR policy in November 2014.
12 Feb 2015
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[OpenGLAM] Nominate an OpenGLAM project today for the 2015 Muse AwardsIt's that time of the year again to nominate projects for the Muse Awards! This is like the Oscar of GLAM awards in the USA and welcomes international submissions.
10 Feb 2015
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Open Letter to Prime Minister ModiAfter the government introduced the "Make in India" and "Digital India" programmes, the air is thick with the promise of reduced imports, new jobs, and goods for the domestic market. In light of the patent wars in India, the government can …
9 Feb 2015
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National IPR Policy Series : RTI Requests to DIPP seeking Details on the IPR Think Tank and the National IPR PolicyIn an earlier blog post titled " National IPR Policy Series : The Development of the National IPR Policy", we discussed the formation of an IPR Think Tank to draft the first National IPR Policy. Since many details about the constitution and …
9 Feb 2015
9 Feb 2015
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A Wikipedia Presentation at BITS, GoaQuark is one of India's largest science, technology and management festivals, held every February at BITS Pilani - K.K. Birla Goa Campus. This year in 2015, the event was held from February 6 to 8, 2015. This blog post captures the key …
4 Feb 2015
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National IPR Policy Series : CIS Comments to the First Draft of the National IP PolicyThe Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of India invited comments on the First Draft of India's National IPR Policy. The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) made this submission. The comments were prepared by Nehaa …