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Are Indian Consumer Laws Ready for the Digital Age?
— by Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Aug 08, 2013 11:52 AMThe Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, recognizing the need for protection of the rights of consumers, drafted a set of model guidelines on consumer protection which were adopted by the General Assembly in 1985. The United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection (UNGCP) act as an international reference point of the consumer movement, however since it has been over a quarter of a century since they were first drafted, there is a strong argument for revising them to bring them in line with new developments in technology and business practices.
Do You Have the Right to Unlock Your Smart Phone?
— by Puneeth Nagaraj — last modified Aug 07, 2013 07:32 AMIn this blog post Puneeth Nagaraj looks at the recent controversy over the expiration of the exemption granted by the US Library of Congress for unlocking phones and compares the Indian position as per a 2005 Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment.
A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Sagara
— by U.B.Pavanaja — last modified Mar 25, 2014 08:51 AMOn Sunday, July 28, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Sagara, Shimoga Dist, Karnataka by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. In this post, I share with you the happenings from the workshop.
Comments on the Draft Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions
— by Puneeth Nagaraj — last modified Aug 02, 2013 08:27 AMThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) submitted the below comments to the office of the Controller General of Patents Designs & Trademarks, Mumbai on July 26, 2013.
A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Hubli
— by U.B.Pavanaja — last modified Jul 31, 2013 09:28 AMOn Sunday, July 21, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Hubli by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. This blog post throws more light on the workshop.
The ASSOCHAM International Conference on the "Interface between Intellectual Property and Competition Law"
— by Nehaa Chaudhari — last modified Jul 22, 2013 05:54 AMAn international conference on interface between intellectual property and competition law was organized by ASSOCHAM on July 12, 2013 in New Delhi. In this post, Nehaa Chaudhari shares select notes from the conference.
A Telugu Wiki Meetup @ CIS, Bangalore
— by SJ Veera — last modified Aug 19, 2013 06:53 AMOn June 2, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) hosted a Telugu wiki meetup in its Bangalore office. Updates from the meetup is shared in this blog post.
CIS Signs MOU with TISS, Mumbai
— by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 04, 2013 04:15 AMThe Access to Knowledge (A2K) team from the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) has signed a MOU with the Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS), Mumbai.
Indian Language Wikipedia Statistics (September 2012 – April 2013)
— by T.Vishnu Vardhan, Nitika Tandon and Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Aug 23, 2013 01:48 AMThe Access to Knowledge team carried out a quantitative analysis to identify trends and growth patterns in Indian Language Wikipedias over the time period from September 2012 to April 2013.
A 'Kannada' Wikipedia Workshop for Bloggers
— by U.B.Pavanaja — last modified Jul 03, 2013 10:19 AMOn Sunday, June 23, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Suchitra, Bengaluru for Kannada bloggers by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. This blog post gives a report on the workshop.
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