Access to knowledge in India : new research on intellectual property, innovation and development /
edited by Subramanian, Ramesh
Access to knowledge in India : new research on intellectual property, innovation and development / edited by Ramesh Subramanian and Lea Shaver - India Bloomsbury 2011 - 172 p.
This is the third volume in our Access to Knowledge series. India is a $1 trillion economy that nevertheless struggles with a very high poverty rate and very low access to knowledge for almost seventy per cent of its population which lives in rural areas.
This volume features four parts on current issues facing intellectual property, development policy (especially rural development policy) and associated innovation, from the Indian perspective. Each chapter is authored by scholars taking an interdisciplinary approach and affiliated with Indian or American universities and Indian think tanks. Each examines a policy area that significantly impacts access to knowledge. These include information and communications technology for development; the Indian digital divide; networking rural areas; copyright and comparative business models in music; free and open source software; patent reform and access to medicines; and the role of the Indian government in promoting access to knowledge internationally and domestically.
9789389351323
India
Intellectual property
Knowledge management
Information networks--Law and legislation
Access to knowledge movement
Patent laws and legislation
Research and development projects
338.954 SUB-R
Access to knowledge in India : new research on intellectual property, innovation and development / edited by Ramesh Subramanian and Lea Shaver - India Bloomsbury 2011 - 172 p.
This is the third volume in our Access to Knowledge series. India is a $1 trillion economy that nevertheless struggles with a very high poverty rate and very low access to knowledge for almost seventy per cent of its population which lives in rural areas.
This volume features four parts on current issues facing intellectual property, development policy (especially rural development policy) and associated innovation, from the Indian perspective. Each chapter is authored by scholars taking an interdisciplinary approach and affiliated with Indian or American universities and Indian think tanks. Each examines a policy area that significantly impacts access to knowledge. These include information and communications technology for development; the Indian digital divide; networking rural areas; copyright and comparative business models in music; free and open source software; patent reform and access to medicines; and the role of the Indian government in promoting access to knowledge internationally and domestically.
9789389351323
India
Intellectual property
Knowledge management
Information networks--Law and legislation
Access to knowledge movement
Patent laws and legislation
Research and development projects
338.954 SUB-R