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Blog Entry FAQ: CIS' Proposal for Compulsory Licensing of Critical Mobile Technologies
by Rohini Lakshané — published Sep 25, 2015 — last modified Feb 14, 2016 04:40 AM — filed under: ,
Earlier this year, the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) had proposed that the Government of India (GoI) initiate the formation of a patent pool of critical mobile technologies and mandate a five percent compulsory license. The proposal was made in light of ongoing litigation in India over standard essential patents pertaining to mobile technology, and the government's own “Make in India” and “Digital India” programmes.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Software Freedom Pledge
by Pranesh Prakash — published Sep 25, 2015 — last modified Sep 25, 2015 12:26 PM — filed under: , , , , , , ,
On September 19, 2015, celebrated globally as Software Freedom Day, a number of enthusiasts got together and collectively took a pledge.
Located in Openness
Open letter from CIS to PM Modi on Intellectual Property Rights issues on his Visit to US
by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 24, 2015 — filed under: ,
Centre for Internet and Society, through its Policy Director Mr. Pranesh Prakash and Programme Officer Nehaa Chaudhari has addressed an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the intellectual property right issues concerning his visit to the United State of America in September, 2015.
Located in Access to Knowledge / News & Media
Blog Entry Open Letter to PM Modi on Intellectual Property Rights issues on His Visit to the United States of America in September, 2015
by Pranesh Prakash and Nehaa Chaudhari — published Sep 23, 2015 — last modified Sep 25, 2015 06:43 AM — filed under: , , , ,
This is an open letter by CIS to the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi in light of his impending visit to the USA. This letter asks the Prime Minister to urge the USA to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty; and asks that India not be a party to TPP negotiations, in light of recent reports on a study encouraging India to join the TPP.
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Blog Entry Comments on the Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs)
by Anubha Sinha — published Sep 21, 2015 — last modified Oct 27, 2015 02:46 PM — filed under: , , , ,
Recently, the Indian Patents Office released the Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (“2015 Guidelines/ Guidelines”) in an attempt to clarify examination of software related patents in India. This post is a pure analysis of the 2015 Guidelines. The new Guidelines, essentially, narrow the exclusions of secttion 3(k), thereby enlarging the scope of software related applications eligible for a patent grant. More alarmingly, there is low emphasis on the application of the subject matter test, increased ambiguity on the nature of subject matter and an exclusionary list of examples appended to the document. In the following post, CIS highlights these concerns and presents solutions, and also proposes a definition of "computer programme per se". Read on to understand how the new guidelines will potentially lead to an increase in software patenting activity by expanding the scope of patentable subject matter – in negation of the legislative intent of section 3(k) of the Indian Patents Act, 1970.
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Blog Entry Transformaking 2015 : International Summit on Critical and Transformative Making, Yogyakarta
by Sharath Chandra Ram — published Sep 20, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:00 PM — filed under: ,
Transformaking 2015 brought together makers, scientist, hackers, bricoleurs, researchers, artists, designers and other interdisciplinary practitioners from across the globe in a series of Residency and Research Program, Symposium, Exhibition, Fair, and Satellite Projects. It was held from August 10 to September 20, 2015. Transformaking 2015 was organized by HONF Foundation & CATEC (Culture Arts Technoloy Empowerment Community) in partnership with the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS), Common Room, Crosslab, and Nicelab.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Tulu Wikipedia edit-a-thon in Mangalore
by U.B.Pavanaja — published Sep 14, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:06 PM — filed under: , ,
This edit-a-thon is aimed to encourage more Tulu speakers to contribute to Tulu Wikipedia which is currently in incubator. The edit-a-thon is being organised by the Tulu Wikimedia community in Mangalore.
Located in Openness / Events
Blog Entry Pervasive Technologies: Working Document Series - Research Questions and a Literature Review on the Actor-Network Theory
by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Sep 05, 2015 — filed under: ,
This document is divided into two parts - the first part lays out a series of research questions, potentially seeking to apply actor-network theory as a research methodology. The second part seeks to map literature around the Actor-Network Theory ("ANT") as a research methodology.
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Blog Entry CIS brings Nadustunna Charithra magazine under by CC BY SA licence
by Tanveer Hasan — published Sep 02, 2015 — last modified Jun 18, 2016 06:07 PM — filed under: , , ,
As a part of its content donation initiative, the Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) has brought all issues of Nadustunna Charithra magazine under Creative Common Licence.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
August 2015 Bulletin
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 31, 2015 — last modified Oct 27, 2015 12:25 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Located in About Us / Newsletters
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