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Conflict of interest cloud over CCI chief
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 23, 2015
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Access to Knowledge
The chairperson of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and three of the six commission members are participating in a conference organised by Assocham and sponsored by private companies like Ericsson, trade associations and two legal firms specialising in intellectual property cases. This, civil society organisations argue, raises issues of conflict of interest in a quasi-judicial body like CCI participating in a conference organised by private parties that have cases before the commission.
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Letter questions the propriety of CCI’s participation in ASSOCHAM conference
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 23, 2015
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Access to Knowledge
Serious concerns relating to conflict of interest have been raised against participation of CCI at the ASSOCHAM IP conference to be held soon.
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'We Need to Proactively Ensure that People Can't File Patents Representative of the Creativity of a FOSS Community'
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Rohini Lakshané
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Aug 23, 2015
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Sep 27, 2015 11:51 AM
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Open Source,
Access to Knowledge,
Open Innovation,
FOSS,
Patents
Rohini Lakshané attended “Open Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Our Digital Culture” in Bangalore on August 13, 2015. Major takeaways from the event are documented in this post.
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Edit-a-thon to improve Kannada-language science-related Wikipedia articles
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U.B.Pavanaja
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Aug 21, 2015
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Sep 04, 2015 08:25 AM
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Language,
Kannada Wikipedia,
Event,
Access to Knowledge
A three-day Kannada Wikipedia edit-a-thon was conducted for science lecturers of institutions who gathered at the District Institute of Education and Training (DIET), Bengaluru this August 18. The idea of this event was to improve science-related articles that are part of the Government of Karnataka's high school syllabus.
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Talamaddale on August 23
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 16, 2015
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Sep 20, 2015 03:57 PM
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Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
A talamaddale ‘Karna Chedana’ and ‘Shalya Nirgamana’ will be organised at Abhisheka mandira on the premises of Manjunatha temple at Kadri on August 23 at 2.30 p.m. Yakshagana playback singers Balipa Narayana Bhagawatha and Puttige Raghurama Holla will take part.
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ಬೆಳ್ತಂಗಡಿ:ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಕಾಲಕ್ಕೂ ಲಭ್ಯ ಇರುವ ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ಹಾಗೂ ಮುಕ್ತ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾ-ಪವನಜ
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by
U.B.Pavanaja
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Aug 14, 2015
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Sep 06, 2015 12:09 PM
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Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Kannada Wikipedia
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS-A2K) has ongoing partnership with SDM College, Ujire. Students of Masters in Communication and Journalism will be writing articles in Kannada Wikipedia. This academic year’s programme was inaugurated on August 12. It was followed by hands-on workshop. SahilOnline has reported this on August 14, 2015.
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ವಿಕಿಪಿಡಿಯಾ ಬಳಕೆಯಿಂದ ನಮ್ಮ ಭಾಷೆ ಮತ್ತು ಶೈಲಿ ಸುಧಾರಣೆಯಾಗುತ್ತದೆ - ಡಾ. ಯು.ಬಿ. ಪವನಜ
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by
U.B.Pavanaja
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published
Aug 13, 2015
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last modified
Jun 18, 2016 06:21 PM
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filed under:
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Kannada Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS-A2K) has ongoing partnership with SDM College, Ujire. Students of Masters in Communication and Journalism will be writing articles in Kannada Wikipedia. This academic year’s programme was inaugurated on August 12. It was followed by hands-on workshop. Mangalorean.com, a Karnataka portal has reported this on August 13, 2015.
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National IPR Policy Series: What Have the Sectoral Innovation Councils Been Doing on IPR
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by
Nehaa Chaudhari
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Aug 13, 2015
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Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
In this post, Nehaa Chaudhari and Varun Baliga delve into the question of what the mandate of the Sectoral Innovation Councils is, what its activities are, and what vision for IPR development in India has it put forth. An RTI Application has been filed by CIS to attain information on these issues.
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MHRD IPR Chair Series: Introduction
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by
Amulya Purushothama
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Aug 10, 2015
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Sep 03, 2015 03:17 PM
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Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
In this blog post, Amulya Purushothama announces our new MHRD IPR Chair Series and charts the sequence of events, starting from the establishment of the MHRD IPR Chairs, to discussions surrounding their purpose and functioning, to concerns surrounding the lack of information about the IPR Chairs, the first round of RTIs CIS had filed in regard to this and the responses received. This series will document and analyze further RTIs filed and responses received in this regard.
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Telugu Wikipedia edit-a-thon at Annamacharya library to preserve rare Telugu literature text
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by
Rahmanuddin Shaikh
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Aug 07, 2015
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last modified
Jun 18, 2016 06:12 PM
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Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Event,
Access to Knowledge
Telugu Wikipedia Community and the Centre for Internet & Society are conducting the Annamaya Library edit-a-thon on August 6, 2015 at Andhra Loyola College, Vijaywada.
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