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Blog Entry CIS' Submission on Statement of Working of Patents
by Anubha Sinha published Apr 10, 2018 last modified Apr 21, 2018 03:32 PM — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) made a submission to the Indian Patent Office on the issue of Statement of Working as per Form 27 under the Patents Act, 1970.
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Blog Entry CIS' Submission to DIPP and CGPDTM at meeting with IP Stakeholders
by Anubha Sinha published Dec 13, 2017 last modified Dec 13, 2017 02:31 PM — filed under: , , ,
The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks held a meeting with IP stakeholders on December 7, 2017, chaired by the Secretary, DIPP, to take suggestions on improving procedures and functioning of the Office. Anubha Sinha attended the meeting and requested the DIPP to improve compliance of uploading Form 27s by patentees and ensure proper enforcement of related provisions within the Indian Patent Act, 1970. Additionally, we sent a detailed submission to the Office, drawing from our recent research. Thanks to Rohini Lakshane and Aman Goyal for their inputs.
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Blog Entry CIS' submission to Indian Patent Office on Examples of Excluded Patentable subject-matter under Section 3(k) for incorporation in the yet-to-be-released Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions
by Anubha Sinha published Jan 28, 2016 last modified Feb 22, 2016 09:36 AM — filed under: ,
The Patent Office had put the Guidelines on Computer Related Inventions, 2015 in abeyance last month. This step was taken after several stakeholders including CIS made representations to the Office about serious substantive legal issues in the document. In furtherance of the consultative process, a meeting was conducted in Mumbai with various stakeholders, chaired by the Controller General of Patents Design Trademarks (“CGPTDM”). Anubha Sinha participated in the meeting, after which the CGPTDM invited submissions from stakeholders on specific examples on exclusions from patentability under section 3(k) of the Patents Act, 1970, for possible incorporation in the Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions.
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Blog Entry CIS's Closing Statement at Marrakesh on the Treaty for the Blind
by Pranesh Prakash published Jun 28, 2013 last modified Jul 03, 2013 12:01 PM — filed under: , , , ,
Pranesh Prakash read out an abridged version of this statement as his closing remarks in Marrakesh, where the WIPO Treaty for the Blind (the "Marrakesh Treaty") has been successfully concluded. The Marrakesh Treaty aims to facilitate access to published works by blind persons, persons with visual impairment, and other print disabled persons, by requiring mandatory exceptions in copyright law to enable conversions of books into accessible formats, and by enabling cross-border transfer of accessible format books.
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Blog Entry CIS's Statement at SCCR 24 on Exceptions & Limitations for Libraries and Archives
by Pranesh Prakash published Jul 25, 2012 — filed under: , , , , ,
This was the statement delivered by Pranesh Prakash on Wednesday, July 25, 2012, at the 24th session of the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyrights and Related Rights on the issue of exceptions and limitations for libraries and archives.
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Blog Entry CIS's Statement at SCCR 24 on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired
by Pranesh Prakash published Jul 22, 2012 — filed under: , , ,
This was the statement read out by Pranesh Prakash at the 24th meeting of the WIPO Standing Committee for Copyright and Related Rights in Geneva, on Friday, July 20, 2012.
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Blog Entry CIS-A2K Communication Officer position
by Tito Dutta published May 19, 2019 last modified Jun 04, 2019 06:45 AM — filed under: ,
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) is seeking applications only from prospective candidates who identify themselves as women, for the position of Programme Officer (Communications, the position is also known as Communication Officer), to support its Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Programme. The job application is open to women only because we feel that a woman communications person will contribute more towards bridging the gender gap in the Wikimedia movement by emphasising on gender-sensitive communication apart from contributing internally for bringing a gender balance in the team.
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Blog Entry CIS-A2K Finance Officer: Call for application
by Tito Dutta published Mar 07, 2019 last modified Mar 07, 2019 08:46 AM — filed under: ,
The Access to Knowledge team of the Centre for Internet and Society is seeking applications for the position of Finance Officer, to support its Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) Programme. The job application is open to women only.
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Blog Entry CIS-A2K Narrative Report (September 2012 – June 2013)
by Vishnu Vardhan, Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahi published Nov 29, 2013 last modified Nov 30, 2013 11:18 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
This narrative report captures the work done by the Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team in the first ten months of the grant. The report also throws some light on the CIS-A2K program strategy in the next one year.
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Blog Entry CIS-A2K proposal to Wikimedia Foundation for 2019-2020
by Ananth published Apr 15, 2019 — filed under: , , ,
The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) has submitted its proposal form for the year 2019 - 2020 to the Wikimedia Foundation. CIS thanks all community members who gave valuable suggestions and inputs for drafting this proposal.
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