Blogs by SFLC India

Infographic: Timeline of Software Patent Law in India

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by sflc_admin | October 17, 2015 Though computer programs per se are excluded from patentability as per Section 3(k) of the Patents Act, 1970, the “Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions” issued by the Indian Patent Office in August 2015 is expected to change this to a large exten...

New patent guidelines may spell trouble for Indian software developers

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by sflc_admin | October 17, 2015 Every city or town, big or small, is seeing a spurt of startups that do path-breaking work in the area of software products, mobile apps and embedded products. However, these firms could soon be threatened by the dark-clouds looming large over the technology horizon ...
by sflc_admin | October 10, 2015 The Aadhaar – privacy debate witnessed a heated battle of words in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, October 6, when the Union of India, along with the State Governments of Gujarat, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh, and Government agencies including ...

FOSS news – September 2015

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by sflc_admin | October 5, 2015 Mishi Choudhary on FOSS and the sharing economy Mishi Choudhary says that Free and open source software (FOSS) is a technical and political movement that will make it possible that every brain on earth will have a chance to be educated and not just those who can affor...

FOSS news – September 2015

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by sflc_admin | October 5, 2015 Mishi Choudhary on FOSS and the sharing economy Mishi Choudhary says that Free and open source software (FOSS) is a technical and political movement that will make it possible that every brain on earth will have a chance to be educated and not just those who can affor...
by sflc_admin | September 15, 2015 SFLC.in, along with several civil society organizations and citizens, penned a joint letter to the Prime Minister of India on September 15, 2015 expressing concerns over the “Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs)” issued by the Office of ...

FOSS news – August 2015

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by sflc_admin | September 4, 2015 Croatian policy encourages open source adoption Earlier this year, Croatian political party Sustainable Development of Croatia ( ORaH ) published a new policy that encourages the government to pursue open source solutions, addresses the dangers of vendor lock-in, an...

How the news media is accessing Indrani Mukherjea’s entire virtual life..

by SFLC India on in Technology, Media & Telecommunications
by sflc_admin | August 31, 2015 Indrani Mukherjea is on the cover page of every news website today, in pictures where she is hugging her husband, Peter Mukherjea, or posing solo, or in a selfie. Her entire virtual life is flashing on news websites alongside the story of murder allegations against he...

Do you know what you’re agreeing to when you sign-up to use Facebook?

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Solution to online privacy issues soon

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by sflc_admin | August 19, 2015 New Version of FreedomBox Offers private, secure, Fault-Tolerant Internet Access At a time when privacy in internet is becoming a concern world over, free software pioneer, futurist and activist Prof Eben Moglen says a convincing answer to privacy issues will be ready...

Lecture on “Software and the law”

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by sflc_admin | August 14, 2015 You want to build a business and Software Law for you, seems to be about avoiding danger. Could the law of software really be a subject that could make you save money instead of cost you money? On August 17, from 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm, Professor Eben Moglen of Columbia l...

Second Asian Legal Network Round-table

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by sflc_admin | August 11, 2015 SFLC.IN in association with Open Invention Network is organizing the Second Asian Legal Network round-table at the Oberoi Hotel, Bangalore on Wednesday, 12th August 2015 from 12:00 PM to 6:30 PM. The event will be structured as a round-table between 40 to 50 participa...

DOT orders blockage of porn websites

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by sflc_admin | August 4, 2015 A leaked order from the Department of Telecommunications (DOT) has revealed that Indian Internet Service Providers (ISP) have been directed to block access to a list of 857 porn websites as they “relate to morality, decency as given in Article 19(2) of the Constitution...