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May 2019 Newsletter
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 31, 2019
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last modified
Jun 26, 2019 01:40 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Access to Knowledge
The Centre for Internet & Society Newsletter for the month of May 2019
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Indian Patent Office updates Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions, yet again
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Jul 02, 2017
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last modified
Jul 05, 2017 07:42 AM
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filed under:
Indian Patents Act Section 3(k),
Patents,
Access to Knowledge,
Software Patents
By discarding a test brought into force last year, the updated Guidelines take no concrete position to help clarify the ambiguity around patentability of software inventions in India.
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Preliminary Findings: Working Requirements for Complex Products under the Indian Patent System
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 29, 2017
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last modified
Aug 22, 2017 01:48 PM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
Prof. Jorge L. Contreras gave a talk on a forthcoming paper "Preliminary Findings: Working Requirements for Complex Products under the Indian Patent System" at the "2nd International Conference on Standardisation, Patents and Competition Issues" held on June 10 and 11, 2017 in New Delhi. The conference was organized by O.P. Jindal Global University.
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Tallapaka Pada Sahityam is now on Wikisource
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by
Pavan Santhosh
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published
Jun 10, 2017
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last modified
Jul 10, 2017 01:44 PM
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filed under:
Telugu Wikisource,
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Telugu Wikipedia,
Openness
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Thematic Edit-a-thon at Yashawantrao Chavan Institute of Science, Satara
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by
Subodh Kulkarni
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published
Jun 11, 2017
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last modified
Jul 11, 2017 09:35 AM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Marathi Wikipedia,
Openness
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Course Packs for Education Ruled Legal in India
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Jul 14, 2017
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
On 9 May 2017, a five year court battle between publishers and universities finally came to an end when the Supreme Court of India dismissed an appeal by the Indian Reprographic Rights Organization (IRRO) challenging an earlier judgment of Delhi High Court that ruled course packs in India legal for educational purposes.
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Christ University Wikipedia Education Program Faculty Orientation Report
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by
Ananth Subray
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published
Jul 07, 2017
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last modified
Aug 03, 2017 04:45 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikipedia Education Program,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness
Christ University faculty were given an orientation for the upcoming year on the Wikipedia Education Program
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Access to Knowledge Bulletin — October 2012 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 29, 2012
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last modified
Dec 14, 2012 08:19 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Newsletter
This is the second bulletin from the Access to Knowledge team of CIS in Delhi. This issue features education program updates of the Assamese, Malayalam and Gujarati Wiki communities, a hackathon held at BITS, Hyderabad, press coverage of the Odia Wikipedia workshop in Pune, and reports of workshops organised in Bangalore, Ghaziabad and Pune during the month of October.
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Fueling the Affordable Smartphone Revolution in India
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Mar 16, 2016
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filed under:
Featured,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
Smartphones have emerged as the exemplar of mankind's quest for shrinking technologies. They embody the realization of a simple premise – that computing devices would do more and cost less. This realization has been responsible for modern society's profound transformations in communication, governance, and knowledge distribution.
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FAQ: CIS' Proposal for Compulsory Licensing of Critical Mobile Technologies
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by
Rohini Lakshané
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published
Sep 25, 2015
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last modified
Feb 14, 2016 04:40 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
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.
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