Open Standards
Statement by the EU and its Member States on the preliminary study on standards and patents (SCP/13/2)
Submitted by thiru on 14. October 2010 - 7:45STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LAW OF PATENTS
15th Session
(Geneva, 11 to 15 October 2010)
Statement by the EU and its Member States on the preliminary study on standards and patents (SCP/13/2)Mr. Chairman,
Zotero
Submitted by James Love on 20. June 2009 - 16:12Zotero is an open source citation and bibliography manager. The project has been managed by George Mason University’s Center for History and New Media (CHNM), and supported by the Andrew Melon Foundation and other donors. There are several alternative citation managers, including the popular but pricey commercial product Endnote, owned by Thomson Reuters, the publishing giant that was created in 2008 by a merger of Thomson and Reuters.* The Zotero product has been around for a few years, steadily adding features, improving performance, and attracting users.
President Obama picks David Kappos as USPTO Director, first open source fan to run USPTO
Submitted by James Love on 19. June 2009 - 11:08Our impressions about this appointment are positive, but we would like to hear from others. IBM has been very smart on IPR issues lately, recognizing that knowledge is often more valuable when shared. Coming from a successful technology firm, he will have both credibility and insight into innovation policy. He brings more balance to the job than anyone we can remember. Below are some interesting quotes from various articles.
The 1991 Improvement of Information Access Act
Submitted by James Love on 26. March 2009 - 6:43At the COMMUNIA workshop at the London School of Economics, I mentioned a legislative proposal from 1991 that was designed to open up and improve the management of government databases, promote open standards and interoperability, limit prices, and to give the public regular opportunities to engage agencies on policies. Here is a copy of the bill, from the 102nd Congress. In reading the bill, remember it was introduced in 1991, the same year the first web site was built at CERN, and three years before the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) was created.
The 41 proposed COMMUNIA recommendations for Accessing, Using, Reusing Public Sector Content and Data
Submitted by James Love on 26. March 2009 - 4:20In London’s, at the 5th COMMUNIA workshop held at the London School of Economics, speakers here are asked to suggest recommendations on the topic of “Accessing, Using, Reusing Public Sector Content and Data.” Here are the 41* that have been proposed in advance, including 9 from KEI.
5th COMMUNIA Workshop:
Accessing, Using, Reusing Public Sector Content and Data
26-27th March 2009, London School of Economics
Policy Recommendations
DCOS Agreement on Procurement in Support of Interoperability and Open Standards emerges at 3rd IGF, Hyderabad
Submitted by thiru on 6. December 2008 - 6:076 December 2008
At the close of the final day of the 3rd Internet Governance Forum in Hyderabad, India, the Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS) released an agreement entitled the “Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS) Agreement on Procurement in Support of Interoperability and Open Standards.”
Under the procurement agreement, governments, publicly funded and non-profit institutions agree to promote interoperability and accessibility through the use of open standards.
Update on DCOS events at IGF, Hyderabad
Submitted by Malini Aisola on 5. December 2008 - 1:02The Dynamic Coalition on Open Standards (DCOS) convened two events during the first two days of the Internet Governance Forum in Hyderabad, India (3-6 Dec 2008).
Workshop 21 : “Knowledge as a Global Public Good: How Fair Use, Open Source and ICT Standards Can Expand Digital Inclusion”
4:30-6:00pm, December 3, Room 5
Moderator: Malini Aisola, Knowledge Ecology International
Speakers:
Patents and Standards
Submitted by Malini Aisola on 27. October 2008 - 22:00On Monday, KEI hosted this event.
Profile of open standards ramped up at Rio IGF
Submitted by thiru on 14. November 2007 - 14:39At the first Internet Governance Forum launched in Athens in the winter of 2006, the prevailing perception of open standards was that of an arcane, technical subject confined to obscure standard setting organizations staffed by computer scientists, engineers and technologists. It is perhaps testament to the efforts of the Dynamic Coalition of Open Standards (DCOS), created in Athens in 2006 that open standards has come to the fore of the 2nd Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro.
Chile spearheads change at WIPO patent committee
Submitted by thiru on 16. July 2007 - 16:07In the wake of the recently concluded broadcasting negotiations at WIPO in June 2007 (Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights) where a proposed instrument for the protection of broadcasting organizations was put on cold storage but not terminated, a Chilean proposal on the examination of limitations and exceptions in the copyright area has come to the fore.
