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Blog Entry 'We Need to Proactively Ensure that People Can't File Patents Representative of the Creativity of a FOSS Community'
by Rohini Lakshané published Aug 23, 2015 last modified Sep 27, 2015 11:51 AM — filed under: , , , ,
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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Blog Entry Patents and Mobile Devices in India: An Empirical Survey
by Rohini Lakshané published Mar 31, 2016 last modified Mar 29, 2017 04:03 AM — filed under: , ,
Though India has the second-largest wireless subscriber base in the world, with more than 150 mobile device vendors, it has, until recently, remained relatively unaffected by the global smartphone wars. Over the past three years, however, a growing number of patent enforcement actions have been brought by multinational firms against domestic Indian producers. These actions, which have largely resulted in judgments favoring foreign patent holders, have given rise to a variety of proposals for addressing this situation.
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Blog Entry Dataset for "Patent Working Requirements and Complex Products: An Empirical Assessment of India's Form 27 Practice and Compliance"
by Rohini Lakshané published Aug 17, 2017 last modified Sep 10, 2017 03:11 PM — filed under: ,
Dataset of the first comprehensive and systematic analysis of 4,916 valid Statements of Working (Form 27) corresponding to 3,126 patents pertaining to mobile technology in India. Licensed CC-BY-SA 4.0.
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Blog Entry Report: Global Intellectual Property Convention 2015
by Rohini Lakshané published May 22, 2015 last modified Jun 21, 2015 01:36 PM — filed under: ,
The 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.
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5G Technologies Workshop by IEEE
by Rohini Lakshané published May 23, 2015 last modified Aug 29, 2015 02:10 PM — filed under:
The workshop was organized by IEEE Communications Society, Bangalore Chapter, at Bangalore on May 22 and 23, 2015. Rohini Lakshané attended the workshop.
Located in Telecom / News & Media
Blog Entry Joining the Dots in India's Big-Ticket Mobile Phone Patent Litigation (Updated)
by Rohini Lakshané published May 31, 2015 last modified May 06, 2018 03:51 AM — filed under: , ,
An analysis of the significant commonalities and differences in various big-ticket lawsuits in India over the alleged infringement of mobile device patents.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Blog Entry Women's Safety? There is an App for That
by Rohini Lakshané published May 19, 2016 last modified Jan 10, 2017 02:48 AM — filed under: ,
“After locking ourselves in a room for more than 6 days, this is what we came out [sic] with. Join us in helping make WOMEN feel SAFE,” read a gloating press release about a smartphone app for women to notify their near ones that they were in distress. It was one among many such PRs frequently landing in my mailbox after the rape and murder of a young student on board a private bus in Delhi in 2012.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Tweak the Make in India Recipe
by Rohini Lakshané published Jun 04, 2016 — filed under: ,
As an erstwhile journalist covering electronics technologies and IT a few years ago, I was privy to a litany of manufacturers' woes and their causes: Tangled tax laws and regulations, red tape, corruption, licence raj, unreliable infrastructure such as power and roads, and lack of skilled labour.
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Blog Entry Sub$-100 Phones: Browser Compatibility Tests
by Rohini Lakshané published Jul 09, 2016 last modified Feb 16, 2017 04:47 PM — filed under: , ,
This post documents the results of browser compatibility tests conducted on six out of eight specimen mobile phones being studied under the Pervasive Technologies project. These phones are Internet-enabled and cost the equivalent of USD 100 or less in India. Rohini Lakshané and CIS volunteer Dhananjay Balan carried out the tests. Intern Shreshth Wadhwa provided assistance.
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