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Report of Konkani Wikipedia's progress (July-December 2015)
Konkani language is one of the 22 languages recognized by Indian union in 8th schedule. As per the 2007 census there are about 7.4 million Konkani speakers.[1] Konkani language has its own Wikipedia created on 15th June 2015. This blog post will try to put out Konkani Wikipedia's growth from a perspective based on Wikimedia stats.
Odia Wikipedia progress from July to December, 2015
Odia Wikipedia, one of the very active Wikipedias in Indian languages has been showing a negative rate of growth for the last 6 months. We will try to analyse, what has been happening and how can that be improved.
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପାଠାଗାର
Odia newspaper Sambad carried this featured column of mine yesterday in their Sunday supplement "Sambada Rabibara" on December 6, 2015.
4th Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest: Statement of Conclusion for the IP and Development track
The 4th Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest was held from December 15 to 17, 2015 in New Delhi. This post provides a summary of the event.
Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions in abeyance
The CRI Guidelines were heavily criticised for their failure to address the ambiguities created by Section 3(k) and for expanding the scope of software patent eligibile subject-matter, inter alia. Following several representations and submissions by interested stakeholders, the Controller General has moved the Guidelines into abeyance, until discussions with stakeholders are complete and contentious issues are resolved, and is a welcome step.
GCIP15 Day 2: Fixing the problems in Trade Negotiations
This post documents the interesting discussions that took place in the Trade Negotiations Panel at day 2 of the GCIP 2015.
GCIP Day 1 Session 3: Challenges in Re-Articulating Public Interest
At the third plenary session of GCIP15, the discussion revolved around challenges in re-articulating ‘public interest’ dimension in IP law and policy.
GCIP 15 Day 2: Discussions on Health Technology, Innovation and Access
The Global Congress is a confluence of academics, policy advocates and activists working in the sphere of IP and Public Interest.
GCIP2015: Notes from the Inaugural Session
The 2015 Global Congress on IP and the Public Interest kicked off with its inaugural plenary session, on 14th December, 2015. With over 400 registered participants, ranging from established academics to activists to students gathered in the auditorium in National Law University, Delhi, Phet Sayo, a Senior Fellow at IDRC and a panelist at the session rightly observed that if a bomb were to go off at this venue, "there goes IP activism".
Press Release: Users’ rights and interests should be balanced with those of IP rights-holders: Global Congress
The Global Congress on Intellectual Property and Public Interest is being held at the National Law University, Delhi, on 15-17 December 2015. The global event is jointly organized by CIS, NLU Delhi, Open A.I.R., CREATe, Columbia University and American University. Below is the Press Release from Day 2 of the Global Congress.
Press Release: Medicines should not bankrupt patients or public health systems: Access to medicines at the Global Congress
The Global Congress on Intellectual Property and Public Interest is being held at the National Law University, Delhi, on 15-17 December 2015. The global event is jointly organized by CIS, NLU Delhi, Open A.I.R., CREATe, Columbia University and American University. Below is the Press Release from Day 1 of the Global Congress.
Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Jayashree Watal
The fifth discussion in our pre-GCIP discussion series is with Jayashree Watal.
Press Release: India to Host 4th Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is happy to announce that 4th edition of the Global Congress will be held at the National Law University, New Delhi (NLU-D) on 15-17 December 2015. The Congress is jointly organised by CIS, NLU-D, Open A.I.R., CREATe, Columbia University and American University.
Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Shamnad Basheer
The next discussion in our pre-GCIP discussion series is with Prof. Shamnad Basheer.
Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Michael Geist
Continuing the lead-up to the GCIP, the following discussion is with Dr. Michael Geist.
Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Zakir Thomas
With only a few more days to go for the 4th Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest 2015 (“Congress”), we will be putting out a number of blog posts as a precursor of things to come. In this first series, Job Michael Mathew approaches some of our keynote speakers for their thoughts on their work areas and contemporary developments in their fields.
Leading Up To The GCIP: A Chat With Susan K. Sell
After Mr. Zakir Thomas and Dr. Michael Geist, our third discussion is with Prof. Susan K. Sell.
Intellectual Property Rights & TRIPS: An Overview
The Uruguay Round of multilateral trade negotiations of the General Agreement on Trade and Tariff began in 1986 with a Ministerial Deceleration in Punta del Este.
Abuse of Dominant Position in Indian Competition Law: A Brief Guide
Every car owner would give a knowing nod when spoken to about the struggle of finding reasonably priced spare parts for their cars. While original parts can only be found at limited dealerships (which would invariably be miles away from home), once found, a small block of plastic would be worth a proverbial fortune.
TTT 2015
The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge team (CIS-A2K) conducted a four day training workshop for Wikimedians all over India in order to facilitate conducting and organising outreach activities for promotion of Wikimedia activities within Indian language communities. Wikimedians from 21 language communities had participated in this training workshop including Wikipedians working for Nepali and Maithili Wikipedia.
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