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How to do GuerillaGLAM
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified May 28, 2015 03:30 PMA proposal titled How to do GuerrillaGLAM" that I had submitted for the Wikimania 2015 has been accepted. I will be presenting this on July 18.
Creating Free Software Environment at Andhra Loyola College
— by Rahmanuddin Shaikh — last modified May 27, 2015 12:54 AMAndhra Loyola college has signed an MoU with CIS-A2K and as part of it CIS-A2K team has provided a free and open software environment at Andhra Lyola College's Computer Center. Thirty machines have been installed with free software Operating system and some useful applications such as GIMP, Inkscape, firefox, libreoffice, etc.
National IPR Policy Series - CIS Letter to IPR Think Tank
— by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified May 28, 2015 01:08 PMWe sent this letter to the IPR Think Tank following responses that we received from the DIPP, to our RTI requests.
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଭାଷା ପାଇଁ ଡିଜିଟାଲ ଅସୁବିଧା
— by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified May 27, 2015 03:22 PMThis paper was presented at the 2nd National Language Seminar by CIS-A2K Pogramme Officer Subhashish Panigrahi. In the paper, Panigrahi discusses about the hindrances of mass use of Odia language on the internet and how that is impacting in overall contribution of people in the language.
Report: Global Intellectual Property Convention 2015
— by Rohini Lakshané — last modified Jun 21, 2015 01:36 PMThe Global Intellectual Property Convention was held in January 2015 in Mumbai. Interns Anna Liz Thomas and Nayana Dasgupta assisted with the making of this report.
National IPR Policy Series : Who is a 'public authority' under the RTI Act?
— by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified May 21, 2015 05:03 PMIn this blog post, CIS intern Devrupa Rakshit examines case law with respect to the understanding of a 'public authority' under the Right to Information ("RTI") Act, 2005.
Pervasive Technologies Project Working Document Series: Literature Review on IPR in Mobile app development
— by Anubha Sinha — last modified Aug 31, 2015 01:48 PMThis post is literature survey of material exploring and analysing the role of Application Platforms in the Mobile Applications Development ecosystem, albeit from an intellectual property perspective. The document is a work in progress.
Call for Participation: Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest
— by Anubha Sinha — last modified Jun 24, 2015 04:11 PMWe are pleased to announce the call for participation for the fourth edition of the Global Congress on Intellectual Property and the Public Interest (“Global Congress”), being hosted at New Delhi from December 15 to 17, 2015.
2015 USTR Report: Old Wine in New Bottle
— by Anubha Sinha — last modified Jun 16, 2015 10:24 AMEvery year, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) undertakes an elaborate exercise to castigate countries' domestic intellectual property (IP) law and policy. The criticisms and recommendations are presented in a document called the Special 301 Report. This year's edition puts India on the Priority Watch List for the twenty-sixth time in a row. Below, I rebut the report's prejudicial claims and demands, and argue that the report puts free speech, innovation and public interest in jeopardy.
Conference on Standards Settings Organizations (SSO) and FRAND, NLSIU
— by Rohini Lakshané — last modified Apr 02, 2016 06:12 PMRohini Lakshané attended the Conference on Standards Settings Organizations (SSO) and FRAND held at NLSIU, Bengaluru on March 21 and 22, 2015. It was organised by the MHRD Chair on Intellectual Property Rights, Centre for Intellectual Property Rights and Advocacy (CIPRA), National Law School of India University, Bengaluru in association with Intel Technology India. This post is a compilation of notes from the conference.
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