Second Asian Legal Network Round-table
Aug 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.…
DOT orders blockage of porn websites
Aug 04, 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 "…
Session on "Software and the Law : A primer"
Jul 21, 2015
SFLC.in in collaboration with the International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS), is organizing a session on "Software and the law: A Primer" on July 23, 2015 from 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm…
Instituting the Freedom to Share
Jul 21, 2015
Prof. Eben Moglen and Mishi Choudhary wrote an op-ed that appeared in The Hindu on March 20, 2015, discussing the need for a national innovation policy rather than a National IPR policy. The op-ed…
Edx.org course on "Innovation and IT Management"
Jul 20, 2015
Prof. Rahul De, Board member, SFLC.in and Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, is offering a course on "Innovation and IT Management", starting July 21st, 2015 at Edx.org. Edx.…
Core recommendations of the DOT Committee on net-neutrality
Jul 17, 2015
In light of the emergence of net-neutrality and regulation of Over-the-Top (OTT) services as popular topics in national policy debates, in January 2015, the Department of Telecommunications under the…
Mishi Choudhary named as Asia 21 Young Leader by Asia Society
Jul 15, 2015
Mishi Choudhary, Executive Director, SFLC.in has been selected by Asia society to be part of the Class of 2015 Asia 21 Young Leaders, the preeminent network of young leaders from across the Asia…
SC refuses to issue interim order blocking pornographic content on the Internet; says it would violate Article 21
Jul 10, 2015
A writ petition filed by an Indore-based lawyer - Kamlesh Vaswani - seeking to prohibit and criminalize the viewing of Internet porn was taken up for hearing by a three-judge bench of the Supreme…
Subramaniam Swamy v. Union of India [W.P. (Crl) 184 of 2014]
Jul 08, 2015
Subramaniam Swamy, petitioner, is a politician from the State of Tamil Nadu. The petitioner has challenged provisions of the Indian Penal Code that criminalize defamation in India, namely Section 499…
Foss News- June 2015
Jul 04, 2015
How open software has become a source of grief for tech majors like Cisco, IBM & Oracle
Read more : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/47521852.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&…
An overview of Standard Essential Patent litigations in India [Updated]
Jun 29, 2015
Standards are technical requirements or specifications that seek to provide a common design for a product or process. They enable improved compatibility, interoperability, reproducibility and quality…
Telecom companies should not own content, urge net neutrality experts
Jun 24, 2015
As the government firms up its policy on ensuring net neutrality, experts urge that disallowing telecom operators from owning any proprietary content could become a direct way to ensure that no…
