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Samantha Cassar
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24 Mar 2015
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Interviews with App Developers: Open Source, Community, and Contradictions – Part IIIThe following is a third post within a series reporting on interviews conducted with 10 of Bangalore's mobile app developers and other industry stakeholders. Through this research, CIS attempts to understand how the developers interviewed …
24 Mar 2015
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Interviews with App Developers: Name of the Game (Part IV)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 …
23 Mar 2015
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Mobile App Developer Series: Terms of Agreement – Part IVThe following is Part Four in a series reporting on interviews conducted with 10 of Bangalore's mobile app developers and other industry stakeholders. Through this research, CIS attempts to understand how the developers interviewed engage …
14 Aug 2014
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Interviews with App Developers: [dis]regard towards IPR vs. Patent Hype – Part IIThe 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 …
10 Apr 2014
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App Developers Series: Products-Services Dichotomy & IP (Part I)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 …
9 Apr 2014
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Online Survey for Indian Mobile App Developer Startups & EnterprisesThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) recently released an online survey for mobile app developers to respond on their legal practices within their work, as well as their business models and familiarity with India's laws. Through this …
31 Mar 2014
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Cultural Interests vs. Modernization: Robert Shapiro on IPR & Innovation in IndiaLast 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 …
7 Mar 2014
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Institute for Internet & Society 2014, PuneLast 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 …
31 Jan 2014
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The Game of IPR: Insights from the 6th Global Intellectual Property Convention in HyderabadIP practitioners and IP creators were among the 1700 participants to gather at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre earlier this month. Here, CIS had the opportunity of listening in on perspectives around the “Optimization of …
31 Jan 2014
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Open Letter to the Vatican: Request for Holy See to Comment on IPRDue to the Holy See’s demonstrated pro-access position to medicines and published materials for persons with disabilities, the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) requested for His Excellency, Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, to also …
31 Oct 2013
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Mapping Digital Media: Broadcasting, Journalism and Activism in India: A Public ConsultationLawyers, researchers, journalists and activists gathered on Sunday, October 27, 2013 at the Bangalore International Centre in response to India’s country report on Mapping Digital Media, which examines citizen’s access to quality news and …
24 Oct 2013
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Ambiguity in the App Store: Understanding India’s emerging IT sector in light of IPMobile 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 …