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Problems Remain with Standing Committee's Report on Copyright Amendments
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Pranesh Prakash
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Dec 16, 2010
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Access to Knowledge,
Copyright,
Intellectual Property Rights,
Intermediary Liability,
Technological Protection Measures
The Rajya Sabha Standing Committee on Human Resource Development (under which ministry copyright falls) recently tabled their report on the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2010 before Parliament. There is much to be applauded in the report, including the progressive stand that the Committee has taken on the issue of providing access by persons with disabilities. This post, however, will concern itself with highlighting some of the problems with that report, along with some very important considerations that got missed out of the entire amendment debate.
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November 2010 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 24, 2010
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last modified
Aug 07, 2012 11:46 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
CISRAW
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society!
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Statement of CIS on the Work of the Committee in the 21st SCCR
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by
Nirmita Narasimhan
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published
Nov 23, 2010
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last modified
May 29, 2014 06:57 AM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
The twenty-first session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights was held in Geneva from 8 to 12 November 2010. Nirmita Narasimhan attended the conference and represented the Centre for Internet and Society.
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We’ve All Got Some Baggage
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by
Lawrence Liang
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published
Nov 13, 2010
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last modified
May 29, 2014 07:22 AM
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Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
America’s newest trade agreement is not going to kill only iPods. The article appeared in the Tehelka Magazine Vol 7, Issue 45, Dated November 13, 2010
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October 2010 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 23, 2010
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last modified
Aug 07, 2012 12:02 PM
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Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
CISRAW,
Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society!
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September 2010 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Sep 23, 2010
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Aug 10, 2012 07:22 AM
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Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! In this bulletin we bring you updates of our research, news and media coverage and announcement of events organised in the month of September 2010.
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Seminar on Software Patent and the Commons
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 02, 2010
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last modified
Oct 23, 2011 02:22 PM
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Intellectual Property Rights,
Software Patents,
Access to Knowledge
A pre-grant opposition has been filed against a software patent application filed in the patent office by Certicom, a wholly owned subsidiary of Research in Motion (RIM), manufacturers of Blackberry. The opposition was filed on August 31, 2010 by the Software Freedom Law Centre which has recently expanded its operations to India. This exciting development was announced by Mishi Choudhary from SFLC on the lines of the seminar on “Software Patents and the Commons” organised on 1 September 2010 in Delhi jointly by SFLC, the Centre for Internet and Society, the Society for Knowledge Commons and Red Hat. Filing more such oppositions to software patents in India was in the pipeline and this is just the beginning of a movement to take on monopolisation of knowledge and ideas through patenting software, the organisers said.
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August 2010 Bulletin
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 25, 2010
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Aug 10, 2012 10:40 AM
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Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society. We bring you news and media coverage, research and event updates for the month of August 2010
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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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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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The Bilski Case - Impact on Software Patents
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Aug 24, 2010
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Aug 23, 2011 03:24 AM
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Access to Knowledge
The Supreme Court of the United States gave its decision in Bilski v Kappos on 28 June, 2010. In this case the petitioners’ patent application sought protection for a claimed invention that explains how commodities buyers and sellers in the energy market can protect, or hedge, against the risk of price changes. The Court in affirming the rejection by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit also held that the machine- or-transformation test is not necessarily the sole test of patentability. The Court’s ruling of abstract ideas as unpatentable and its admission that patents do not necessarily promote innovation and may sometimes limit competition and stifle innovation have provided a ray of hope. In the light of the developments, the Bilski decision as far as patentability of software is concerned may not be totally insignificant, says Krithika Dutta Narayana.
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