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First Post-Bilski Decision - Software Patent Rejected
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 24, 2010
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last modified
Aug 23, 2011 03:24 AM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
In the first decision post-Bilski, the Board of Patents Appeals and Interferences (BPAI) rejected a software patent claimed by Hewlett-Packard. The ruling in this case has buttressed the fact that the Bilski decision furthered the cause of narrowing the patentability of software even though the Supreme Court of the United States totally avoided mentioning software patents or the applicability of the machine or transformation test for software patents in its decision.
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First Pune Odia Wikipedia Workshop Organized!
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Oct 31, 2012
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last modified
Nov 30, 2012 12:44 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Workshop,
Video,
Openness
The first Pune Odia Wikipedia workshop was organized in Pune on October 27, 2012. Subhashish Panigrahi recollects his experience about the events through this report.
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First Round-table on Innovation, IP and Competition
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Apr 24, 2016
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last modified
Apr 25, 2016 07:42 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
The First Annual Roundtable on Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition was organized by the recently established Centre for Innovation, Intellectual Property & Competition (CIIPC) at the National Law University, Delhi. Dr. Arul George Scaria and Prof. Yogesh Pai are the co-directors of this Centre. The event was held on April 1 and 2, 2016 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. Nehaa Chaudhari and Anubha Sinha participated in the event.
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First Urdu Wikipedia Workshop at Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad
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by
Syed Muzammiluddin
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published
Mar 04, 2014
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last modified
Apr 07, 2014 01:06 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Workshop,
Urdu Wikipedia,
Openness
During the second week of February, Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Bangalore received a call from Dr Faheemuddin, Assistant Professor, Department of Translation Studies, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad requesting an Urdu Wikipedia Workshop in University. We were informed of special interest of Dr Zafaruddin , Head, Department of Translation studies in holding the event as any effort aimed at expanding the Urdu Wikipedia will benefit the Urdu language community across the world.
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Fixing Copyright for Education (SCCR34 Side Event)
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 30, 2017
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last modified
Jun 07, 2017 12:48 AM
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filed under:
Copyright,
Access to Knowledge
This event, hosted by Communia, EIFL, Creative Commons, and PIJIP, provided an overview of legal trends and developments concerning education, and presented the reality of education today. Anubha Sinha was a speaker.
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Focus on India—WikiConference produces new apps; state government adopts free licenses
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 20, 2016
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last modified
Aug 22, 2016 03:15 AM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
WikiConference India and its productive hackathon
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Follow up to Wikipedia Introductory Session at Bharati Vidyapeeth — More Interested and More Involved Participants
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by
Nitika Tandon
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published
Nov 19, 2012
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last modified
Oct 30, 2013 09:17 AM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Workshop,
Openness
A Wikipedia introductory session was organised at Bharati Vidyapeeth Engineering College in Delhi early this year and a follow up session was organised by CIS on November 19, 2012. About 12 to 15 participants attended the follow up session. Although most of the participants had attended the introductory session there were a few who were coming over for the first time.
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Font problem hits Odia
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 25, 2014
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filed under:
Openness,
Odia Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
Focus on search for solution to lack of compatibility.
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For the love of Konkani: Preserving Goa's official language
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 30, 2013
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Konkani Wikipedia,
Openness
With many local dialects on the brink of extinction, Joanna Lobo meets the language conservationists who have taken it upon themselves to preserve Goa's official language.
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FOSS, Wikimedia and Mozilla Under One Roof at GNUnify 2013, Pune
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Feb 28, 2013
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last modified
Jul 17, 2013 06:55 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
GNUnify 2013 organized in the campus in Pune from February 15 to 17, 2013. The event was organized by Pune Linux/Unix User Group (PLUG) and Symbiosis Institute of Computer Studies & Research (SICSR). Subhashish Panigrahi reports the outcomes in this blog post.
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