Don’t listen to the IT giants: Eben Moglen
The Indian government has rightly rested its Digital India initiative on a series of measures to liberalise the economy. One of those measures of free-market…
Timeout 2016
The SFLC.in team went on a 3 day retreat to Rishikesh from 10th to 12th April, 2016. We had a great time making friends with…
Comments on DIPP Discussion Paper on Standard Essential Patents and Their Availability on FRAND Terms
Following a sudden surge in IPR litigation surrounding Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) in the last year, (around eight suits were filed by Swedish multi-national Ericsson…
Joint letter to the Department of Commerce expressing concerns over software-patent-friendly clauses in the RCEP
Indian law on patentability of computer programmes is abundantly clear in that Section 3(k) of the Patents Act 1970 explicitly excludes computer programmesper se, mathematical…
Internet Shutdown Tracker – India (2013-2016)
The number of internet blackouts in India is on a rise over the last few years. Most of these orders for internet shut down are…
Without rules, Sahibs may own your data
Now that the inevitable death of Free Basics by Facebook has happened and the dust has settled, the real outlines of the government of India’s…
How Parliament Debated the Aadhaar Bill, 2016
The Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial & Other Subsidies, Benefits & Services) Bill, 2016 (hereinafter Aadhaar Bill) was discussed, voted and passed in the Lok…
Evaluating the Aadhaar Bill against the National Privacy Principles
The Aadhaar scheme originated as an operation of the Unique Identification Authority of India that was established in 2009 as an executive body under the…
Junior Counsel
SFLC.in is inviting applications for the post of Junior Counsel at our office in New Delhi, India. Job description As a Junior Counsel, you will…
Senior Counsel
SFLC.in is inviting applications for the post of Research Fellow at our office in New Delhi, India. Those who have keen interest in civil liberties,…
Research Fellow
SFLC.in is inviting applications for the post of Research Fellow at our office in New Delhi, India. Those who have keen interest in civil liberties,…
A quick history of CRI Guidelines in India
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…