by sflc_admin | February 23, 2016 On February 19 2016 the Office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade marks (Indian Patent Office or IPO) issued a revised set of Guidelines for Examination of Computer-Related Inventions (‘CRI Guidelines)’ . The Guidelines come two months after the pre...
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by sflc_admin | February 22, 2016 The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks has issued an order dated February 19, 2016 publishing the revised Guidelines for Computer Related Inventions. The current guidelines are in tune with the provisions in the Patents Act, 1970 (as amended). Sec...
Infographic on Internet Shutdowns in India by sflc_admin | February 19, 2016 We have updated the infographic on Internet Shutdowns in India. It was previously published in the Huffington Post with the piece on ‘ How are Internet Shutdowns impacting your life? ‘. The updated infographic includes the ...
by sflc_admin | February 10, 2016 India has seen numerous Internet shutdowns for various reasons in this year, all under the same provision of law – Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC). This section resides as the sole occupant under the chapter of ‘temporary measures to maint...
by sflc_admin | January 22, 2016 SFLC.in will be organizing a cryptoparty on 30th January 2016 at 3pm in its office in Jangpura, Delhi. It will be a hands-on workshop where we teach and learn basic cryptography tools to secure our digital communication, to understand data privacy and mass surveillan...
by sflc_admin | January 20, 2016 So while all of us were busy turning the consultation paper on differential pricing of data services put out by TRAI into a battle ground for Net Neutrality in India, on the sidelines, we decided to checkout Free Basics in action. So we got hold of a Reliance SIM car...
by sflc_admin | January 14, 2016 Based on the comments received by TRAI on the Consultation Paper on Different Pricing for Data Services , SFLC.in has submitted these counter comments as solicited by TRAI. Below is the full text of the counter comments submitted by TRAI.[ PDF ] Executive Summary The...
by sflc_admin | January 8, 2016 Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had published a consultation paper on 9 December 2015, seeking opinions from stakeholders on “Differential Pricing of Data Services”. Below is the full text of our submission to TRAI. ( PDF ) Introduction: We thank TRAI for...
by sflc_admin | January 6, 2016 Mozilla Wants To Split Off Its Thunderbird Email/Chat Client The Mozilla Foundation looks like it’s about to take another step in its bid to sharpen its focus on development around its Firefox browser. Mozilla now wants to once and for all hive off support for Thunder...
by sflc_admin | January 6, 2016 SFLC.in was represented on two of the panels on Global IP Congress 2015 held at National Law School, New Delhi between 15th and 17th of December 2015. Panel on Collaborative Innovations – 16 December 2015 Panelists on Collaborative Innovation at Global IP Congress The...
by sflc_admin | December 19, 2015 On 14th December 2015, the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, Mr. Om Prakash Gupta, ordered that the recently released 2015 “Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs)” shall be kept in abeyance till discussions with stakeho...
by sflc_admin | December 11, 2015 ‘What are people’s rights in the digital world? – Moving towards a digital social contract’ (Bengaluru, 4-5 December, 2015) SFLC.in participated in a 2 day workshop organized by IT for Change in Bengaluru on the theme of the changing nature of human rights in the di...
by sflc_admin | December 11, 2015 The Telecom regulatory Authority of India has issued a Consultation Paper on Differential Pricing for Data Services on November 9, 2015 and invited public comments to be sent by December 30, 2015. The paper discusses issues related to differential tariff plans of th...
by sflc_admin | December 7, 2015 The Rise of the Open-Source Platform The success of closed-source companies (like Microsoft in the early days of the digital revolution) made it easy to write off open source as a niche movement with little real-world relevance. But the concept of open source is almo...
Post image for How Have Internet Shutdowns Impacted Your Life? – The Huffington Post by sflc_admin | December 3, 2015 With the advent of the internet, the global communications landscape has undergone a number of dramatic changes. Not only has the internet made communications technology more univers...
Standard Essential Patents - Overview by sflc_admin | December 1, 2015 On 3rd November 2015, SFLC.in participated in a panel on Intellectual Property Enforcement at the International Conference on Evolving Regime on Intellectual Property, where we spoke about the recent litigation around Standard Es...
Internet Governance Forum 2015, Brazil by sflc_admin | November 30, 2015 Implementing Core Principles in the Digital Age Mishi Choudhary on the panel talking about privacy, surveillance and its role in a free democracy. She also discusses self assigned innovation by technologists which the example o...
by sflc_admin | November 24, 2015 The draft outcome document of the “United Nations General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting on the overall review of the implementation of the outcomes of the World Summit on the Information Society” scheduled for 15-16 December 2015 was published and opened for comment...
by sflc_admin | November 6, 2015 Free and open source Android framework attempts to replace Google Play Services Google’s Android operating system may be open source software, but some of the most popular Android apps including YouTube, Google Maps, and the Chrome web browser are not. Neither is Goo...