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Comments to the MHRD on WIPO Broadcast Treaty (March 2013)
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Apr 23, 2013
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Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
The Centre for Internet and Society would like to make the following comments on the draft legal text of SCCR/24/10 (Working Document for a Treaty on the Protection of Broadcasting Organizations) at the stakeholders meeting to be held on March 21, 2013.
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CIS Intervention on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired at SCCR/SS/GE/2/13
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Apr 25, 2013
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Apr 25, 2013 11:57 AM
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filed under:
Copyright,
Accessibility,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
The informal session and special session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights was organised by WIPO in Geneva from April 18 to April 20, 2013. Pranesh Prakash participated in the session and spoke about the rights of the visually impaired. An abridged version of this was read out during the meeting on Saturday, April 20, 2013, at 22:15 due to time restrictions.
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On the Unfortunate Rise of the Indian SLAPP Suit
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by
Ujwala Uppaluri
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published
May 27, 2013
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last modified
Jun 05, 2013 06:55 AM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
It is not news in this country when the law or other institutions of the state, are used as tools by which to threaten or intimidate citizens into submission to a particular course of action or to a particular point of view. Unfortunate as that is, today’s post will deal with the rising incidence of SLAPP suits, an abuse of the adjudicatory process that is also a feature in a number of jurisdictions elsewhere.
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India- EU FTA: A Note on the Copyright Issues
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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Jun 18, 2013
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last modified
Jul 03, 2013 06:47 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Accessibility,
Intermediary Liability,
Technological Protection Measures
In this blog post, Nehaa Chaudhari gives us an overview of some of the provisions of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the copyright issues identified therein.
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Primer on the Treaty for the Visually Impaired
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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Jun 25, 2013
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Copyright,
Accessibility,
Access to Knowledge,
WIPO
In this primer, Pranesh Prakash and Puneeth Nagaraj explain what effects a WIPO Treaty for the Visually Impaired can have and who's opposing it.
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Pervasive Technologies: Patent Pools
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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Jun 27, 2013
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last modified
Jul 03, 2013 06:57 AM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Publications,
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
In this research paper, Nehaa Chaudhari gives an analysis of patent pools. She discusses the working of a patent pool, study patent pool in other areas of technology, and patenting in telecom and related technology.
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Letter for Establishment of Patent Pool for Low-cost Access Devices through Compulsory Licenses
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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published
Jun 27, 2013
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last modified
Jun 27, 2013 08:06 AM
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Intellectual Property Rights,
Patents,
Access to Knowledge
On June 27, 2013, CIS sent a letter for establishment of a patent pool for low cost access devices through compulsory licenses.
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CIS's Closing Statement at Marrakesh on the Treaty for the Blind
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jun 28, 2013
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last modified
Jul 03, 2013 12:01 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Featured,
WIPO
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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Indian Language Wikipedia Statistics (September 2012 – April 2013)
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by
T.Vishnu Vardhan, Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Jun 30, 2013
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last modified
Aug 23, 2013 01:48 AM
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filed under:
Statistics,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Featured,
Openness
The Access to Knowledge team carried out a quantitative analysis to identify trends and growth patterns in Indian Language Wikipedias over the time period from September 2012 to April 2013.
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CIS Signs MOU with TISS, Mumbai
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 31, 2013
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last modified
Jul 04, 2013 04:15 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
The Access to Knowledge (A2K) team from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has signed a MOU with the Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS), Mumbai.
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