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Blog Entry Interviews with App Developers: [dis]regard towards IPR vs. Patent Hype – Part II
by Samantha Cassar — published Aug 14, 2014 — last modified Aug 19, 2014 03:51 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The following is a second post within 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 within their practice, particularly with respect to IP. Here we examine how these developers responded to a question on legal protection for their works.
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Blog Entry Preventive Detention for Copyright Violation: Karnataka Amends the 'Goondas' Act
by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Aug 13, 2014 — filed under: ,
Last week, the Government of Karnataka amended the Karnataka Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Bootleggers, Drug-Offenders, Gamblers, Goondas, Immoral Traffic Offenders and Slum Gamblers Act, 1985 (“the Karnataka Goondas Act”). The Karnataka Goondas Act would now also apply to offences under the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 and the Information Technology Act, 2000. This article presents an overview on the various provisions of this law and discusses the potential impact of the amendment.
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Blog Entry Update on Publisher’s Copyright Infringement Suit Against Sci-Hub and LibGen in India
by Anubha Sinha — published Apr 28, 2021 — filed under: , , ,
Anubha Sinha provides a summary of the progress of the copyright infringement suit against Sci-Hub and LibGen in India. This article was first published in InfoJustice on March 8, 2021.
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Zero Project Conference on Accessibility: Innovative Policies and Practices for Persons with Disabilities
by Prasad Krishna — published Feb 28, 2014 — last modified Mar 06, 2014 08:44 AM — filed under: , ,
Essl Foundation, the World Future Council and the European Foundation Centre convened an international conference at the United Nations Office in Vienna, Austria on February 27 and 28, 2014. Pranesh Prakash participated in the conference as a speaker. On February 27 he spoke on e-speak and on the following day (February 28) he spoke in a session on Copyright & the Marrakesh Treaty: Opportunities and Challenges.
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Blog Entry Pervasive Technologies Project Presentations at the 4th Global Congress, 2015
by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Jan 20, 2016 — last modified Jan 21, 2016 04:33 PM — filed under: , ,
These are the presentations made by the members of the PT Project team at the 4th Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest, 2015 at National Law University, New Delhi.
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Blog Entry Copyright Amendments – Empowering the Print Disabled
by Rahul Cherian — published May 29, 2012 — last modified Sep 07, 2012 11:11 AM — filed under: ,
The much anticipated Copyright Amendment Bill, 2012 was passed with a few changes in the Rajya Sabha on 17th May 2012 after a very spirited debate and passed by the Lok Sabha on the 22nd May 2012 with unanimous consensus.
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Blog Entry Report of the 30th Session of the WIPO SCCR by the Centre for Internet & Society
by Nehaa Chaudhari — published Mar 23, 2016 — last modified Apr 04, 2016 02:39 PM — filed under: , , ,
This report was edited by Nehaa Chaudhari, Programme Officer; compiled with assistance from Nisha S.K., Administrator, and, Aarushi Bansal, Amulya P., and Saahil Dama, interns.
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Blog Entry Copyright Madness
by Lawrence Liang and Achal Prabhala — published May 24, 2012 — last modified May 30, 2012 03:46 AM — filed under: ,
Prompted by courts and piracy-fearing businesses, Indian ISPs have taken down popular, legitimate websites. This Op-ed by Lawrence Liang and Achal Prabhala was published in the Indian Express on May 22, 2012.
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Blog Entry Privacy and the Indian Copyright Act
by Prasad Krishna — published Aug 28, 2010 — last modified Aug 06, 2013 01:37 PM — filed under: ,
India's Copyright Act was established in 1957, and is in the process of being placed before the Parliament in 2010. The provisions in the proposed Bill will work to make the Act WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) compliant. When looking at privacy in the context of copyright four key questions arise, says Elonnai Hickock as she analyses privacy in the context of the Indian Copyright Act.
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WIPO reaches agreement on treaty for blind
by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 01, 2013 — filed under: , , ,
Officials at the World Intellectual Property Organisation have reached an agreement to provide wider access to books for the visually impaired in different countries, a long-pending demand of the World Blind Union and activist groups.
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