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Blog Entry 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 07:14 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Due 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 consider copyrights, patents or IPR more generally, as the Holy See’s Permanent Observer at WIPO. We strongly encourage other organizations and civil society groups to modify this letter, as needed, and to contact the Holy See Mission to the United Nations (and WIPO) in Geneva in order to help us prompt His Excellency to contribute to the international dialogue on IPR.
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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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by Samantha Cassar — last modified Jan 31, 2014 08:19 AM
IPR-Chair for FICCI, Narendra Sabharwal, explains the immense value of IPR in technology, arts and culture, while serving as protection ....
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Blog Entry The Game of IPR: Insights from the 6th Global Intellectual Property Convention in Hyderabad
by Samantha Cassar — published Jan 31, 2014 — last modified Jan 31, 2014 09:56 AM — filed under: , , ,
IP 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 economic value of innovation & IPR in the global market” while attending numerous talks and sessions that were held over the course of the convention’s three days.
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by Samantha Cassar — last modified Jan 31, 2014 08:33 AM
IPR-Chair for FICCI, Narendra Sabharwal, explains the immense value of IPR while serving as protection and collateral for investors.
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by Samantha Cassar — last modified Jan 31, 2014 08:39 AM
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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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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.
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Blog Entry Online Survey for Indian Mobile App Developer Startups & Enterprises
by Samantha Cassar — published Apr 09, 2014 — last modified Apr 15, 2014 08:33 AM — filed under:
The 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 research initiative, CIS hopes to better understand the dynamics of India's mobile app ecosystem amongst stakeholders, and how developers are directly or indirectly affected by the laws in place governing this ecosystem.
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by Samantha Cassar — last modified Apr 15, 2014 07:22 AM
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