Approximately 35,000 patent applications (those with a validity of 20 years from their filing date, once granted) were filed at the Indian Patent Office (IPO) during the 2007-08 fiscal year, which indicates a 21 percent growth over the previous year. ..
A new competition law passed in 2002, further amended in 2007, will be operational soon. One of its active agenda will be to curb abusive monopolistic practices by businessesContestability of markets is the adrenaline of all economies. While countrie ..
Wi-LAN Inc. is suing Motorola, Research in Motion and UTStarCom for alleged infringement of the Ottawa patent-licensing company's intellectual property.The company announced Friday it had filed the suit in a Texas court that is a favourite of patent- ..
In one of the landmark judgments on patents which would benefit HIV patients, Indian Patent Office on Thursday rejected a patent application filed by multinational pharma company Boehringer Ingelheim on paediatric form of anti-AIDS drug nevirapine. T ..
Science and Technology Minister Kapil Sibal has said India's emerging intellectual property regime will not only uphold the interests of pharmaceutical companies but shall also match their investment on a 50:50 basis to develop collaborative initiati ..
Out-of-court settlements are increasingly the order of the day with pharma companies, and yet, Ranbaxy’s settlement with Pfizer on its estimated $13-billion cholesterol drug is a global show stopper. Over the last couple of years, more innovative dru ..
The German sportwear maker Adidas has launched legal proceedings against the world's biggest retailer, Wal-Mart, charging that it copied some of Adidas' products, a company spokeswoman said. The second-biggest global sportswear group after Nike, Adi ..
Kerala Government on Saturday approved a state-specific Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) policy seeking to protect traditional knowledge and inventions. Disclosing this after a Cabinet meeting, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan claimed that Kerala w ..
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs), which have taken big strides in developing new products, can look forward to central assistance in securing intellectual property rights. The prospect of getting assistance is looking up with the micro, small and ..
The weavers of Gopalpur in Jajpur district have demanded patentry of their handloom products, made of tussar fabric.At a workshop, jointly organized by the Institute of Socio-Economic Research and Training, Indian Merchants’ chamber, UNCTAD and the U ..
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