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Over the Last Decade India has Spent Rs. 1,00,000 crores on Scientific Research with No Transparency: Time to Resuscitate the PUPFIP?

SpicyIP

The answer to this can be found only in individual contracts between these public institutions/grantees and the private sector. Except, these contracts are not proactively published by most of these institutions and are not shared even under the RTI Act. crores for CSIR (2012-22); Rs. of Ayush (2012-22); Rs 10,209.2

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COVID-19 and electronic contracting

Barry Sookman

To consummate transactions and to otherwise engage in contractual activities, organizations have increasingly relied on electronic means of contracting using everything from webwraps and clickwraps (and hybrid variations of these forms of agreements) and electronic documents executed using electronic signatures. Nardi , 2012 BCPC 318; R v.

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Plagiarism as a Social Norm

Plagiarism Today

In some types of programming, especially when there’s only one correct way to do something, copying code isn’t just a shortcut, it’s the norm. Many lawyers also copy and paste heavily in the legal documents in a bid to meet the criteria there. However, this issue is not limited to the classroom.

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Dropbox’s TOS Amendment Fails (And If This Opinion Stands, Yours Will Too)–Sifuentes v. Dropbox

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

In 2020, Sifuentes sued Dropbox for a 2012 data breach. NB: there always should be someone at the company who can easily answer just how many times the TOS has been amended and provide definitive copies of each amendment and the date they occurred. Anarchy Has Ensued In Courts’ Handling of Online Contract Formation (Round Up Post).

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Copyright-A Bane For The Students Or A Boon For Copyright Owners?

IP and Legal Filings

Among the other solutions, the most easy and feasible way to come out of the problem of unavailability and unaffordability was to start copying the books, study materials, and video lectures with the help of different mechanisms. Lack of good libraries even within an institution is the most common problem seen across our country.

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Movie Companies Sue Lawyer in Dispute Over Piracy Settlement Cash

TorrentFreak

The movie companies allege a breach of contract but note that due to the defendants’ alleged accounting deficiencies, they are unable to put an exact figure on the amount Hierl and his law firm failed to pay. Overall, Millennium believes that there is an enforceable contract and it’s owed $130,000 in collected settlements.

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Canadian IP Scholars Submit their Recommendations to the Federal Government on AI, the Internet of Things, and the Modernization of the Copyright Act- Part 2

IPilogue

In 1395804 Ontario Limited (Blacklock’s Reporter) v Canadian Vintners Association (CVA) , a small claims court in Ontario was tasked with deciding whether forwarding an email and receiving a forwarded email, including copy and pasted material constitutes Copyright infringement. The scope and effect of TPMs.