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Blog Entry Ambiguity in the App Store: Understanding India’s emerging IT sector in light of IP
by Samantha Cassar — published Oct 24, 2013 — last modified Apr 15, 2014 08:24 AM — filed under: ,
Mobile applications hold immense potential for India but are not fully understood by even their own developers in the context of India’s intellectual property (IP) regime. This is the first in a series of blog posts introducing CIS's new access to knowledge research initiative that seeks to understand how stakeholders encounter India’s IP law and what this means for the mobile app ecosystem, and in turn, the Indian mobile user. This research also aims to address problematic policy areas for innovation and protection for developers, as well as to comment on India’s regime with respect to the emerging mobile app sector.
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Blog Entry App Developers Series: Products-Services Dichotomy & IP (Part I)
by Samantha Cassar — published Apr 10, 2014 — last modified Jul 21, 2014 01:43 AM — filed under: ,
Recently, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) held a series of interviews in attempts to better understand the ecosystem in which India's mobile app industry is emerging, how it is governed by India's current laws, and how mobile app developers are affected as a result. The following written series maps out the given responses and presents our findings from these interviews and accompanying conversations.
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
File CIS Original Open Letter to the Vatican: Request for Holy See to Comment on IPR
by Samantha Cassar — published Jan 31, 2014 — last modified Jan 31, 2014 07:05 AM
Due to the Holy See’s demonstrated pro-access position to medicines and published materials for persons with disabilities, CIS has requested for His Excellency, Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, to also consider copyrights, patents or IPR more generally, as the Holy See’s Permanent Observer at WIPO. The following is the original letter sent by CIS.
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Blog Entry Cultural Interests vs. Modernization: Robert Shapiro on IPR & Innovation in India
by Samantha Cassar — published Mar 31, 2014 — last modified Apr 03, 2014 10:54 AM — filed under: , ,
Last Friday March 28, 2014, prominent economist and chairman of Sonecon, llc, Dr. Robert Shapiro, lead a discussion on the roles of IPR and FDI in innovation. Within his research findings, Shapiro argues for India to adopt a stricter IP regime in order to attract higher rates of FDI in pharmaceuticals and other industries, and in turn, to spur a more successful economy.
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by Samantha Cassar — last modified Apr 15, 2014 07:22 AM
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
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by Samantha Cassar — last modified Apr 09, 2014 05:36 AM
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by Samantha Cassar — last modified Jul 21, 2014 01:36 AM
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Blog Entry Institute for Internet & Society 2014, Pune
by Samantha Cassar — published Mar 07, 2014 — last modified Apr 07, 2014 11:31 AM — filed under: , , , , , , , , , ,
Last month, activists, journalists, researchers, and members of civil society came together at the 2014 Institute for Internet & Society in Pune, which was hosted by CIS and funded by the Ford Foundation. The Institute was a week long, in which participants heard from speakers from various backgrounds on issues arising out of the intersection of internet and society, such as intellectual property, freedom of expression, and accessibility, to name a few. Below is an official reporting summarizing sessions that took place.
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Blog Entry Interviews with App Developers: [dis]regard towards IPR vs. Patent Hype – Part II
by Samantha Cassar — published Aug 14, 2014 — last modified Aug 19, 2014 03:51 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The following is a second post within a series reporting on interviews conducted with 10 of Bangalore's mobile app developers and other industry stakeholders. Within this research, CIS attempts to understand how they engage with the law within their practice, particularly with respect to IP. Here we examine how these developers responded to a question on legal protection for their works.
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Blog Entry Interviews with App Developers: Name of the Game (Part IV)
by Samantha Cassar — published Mar 24, 2015 — last modified Apr 03, 2015 08:58 AM — filed under:
The following is a concluding piece in a series reporting on interviews conducted with 10 of Bangalore's mobile app developers and other industry stakeholders. Within this research, CIS attempts to understand how they engage with the law within their practice, particularly with respect to IP. Here we examine responses given across interviews regarding instances of infringement of IP within their work.
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