On the TRAI Consultation Paper on Differential Pricing on Data Services
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…
Info-graphic on Internet censorship in India (2012 – 2015)
A record of instances of Internet censorship in India between 2012 and 2015 is depicted in this info-graphic. Details of these instances can be accessed…
FOSS News- November 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 easyto write…
How Have Internet Shutdowns Impacted Your Life? – The Huffington Post
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…
International Conference on Evolving Regime in Intellectual Property Protection held at JNU Convention Centre, 2-4 Nov’15
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…
SFLC.in’s comments on the draft outcome document of the WSIS+10 review
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…
FOSS news- October 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…
Infographic: Timeline of Software Patent Law in India
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…
New patent guidelines may spell trouble for Indian software developers
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…
Notes from proceedings before the Supreme Court on IAs filed in the matter of K.S. Puttaswamy & Ors. v. UOI (Aadhaar petitions) on 6th October, 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…
FOSS news – September 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…
Joint letter to the PMO expressing concerns over the “Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs)”
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…