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India ranks 40th on International Intellectual Property Index

India ranked 40 among 53 global economies on the latest annual edition of the International Intellectual Property (IP) Index released on Tuesday. Released annually by the US Chamber of Commerce Global Innovation Policy Centre (GIPC), the Index evaluates Intellectual Property rights in 53 global economies from patent and copyright policies to commercialisation of IP assets and ratification of international treaties. The overall global IP environment improved in 2020, with positive score increasing in 32 of the 53 economies measured by the IP Index. This is the ninth IP index released by the GIPC. "India ranked 40th in 2020, scoring 38.4 out of 100 on a set of 50 intellectual property-related indicators," the GIPC said in a media release. India's overall score has increased from 36.04 per cent (16.22 out of 45) in the seventh edition to 38.46 per cent (19.23 out of 50) in the eighth edition. India has shown real improvement over the past few years, the report said, adding that it h

Circulating newspaper PDFs illegal via social media, hurts journalism: INS

Industry body of newspaper media outlets says the practice, which gained steam following lockdown, is in total violation of IPR and is also a threat to society

Covid: WTO members discuss proposal of India, S Africa for easing IP rules

As many as 40 members of WTO have discussed a proposal submitted by India and South Africa for relaxing certain provisions in intellectual property (IP) agreement with a view to contain the pandemic

Shot of Hope: Equal access a hurdle after race to coronavirus vaccine

The second of a two-part series examines challenges linked to IPR and monopoly once Covid-19 vaccine is created

US places India on priority watch list for intellectual property protection

The US placed 10 countries, including some of its major trading partners like India and China, on the list, alleging that enforcement of the intellectual properties have deteriorated

Our IPR regime robust, in compliance with best global practices: DPIIT Secy

India continues to remain on the US 'Priority Watch List' for alleged violations of intellectual property rights and for posing new challenges that have negatively affected American right holders over

India, US to have comprehensive deal on intellectual property rights: Trump

Addressing the media here, the US President also said that he discussed an energy deal with Prime Minister Modi.

India following US model to set up computerised IPR office: Piyush Goyal

Responding during Question Hour, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said the government has brought a lot of "sanity" to the working of eight areas of IPR, be it patent, copyright or trademark

Academic institutions can retain patents if they fund research: IPR draft

However, if an institution determines that an invention was made by an individual on his or her own time and was without use of its resources, then the invention shall vest with the individual

Patently misleading: India's IP regime not as poor as made out to be

Though the report also lists some weaknesses in the Indian IP regime, these are not entirely incontrovertible

Enhancing Awareness on Intellectual Property Rights

A panel discussion on 'Enhancing Awareness on Intellectual Property Rights' was conducted under the banner of Business Standard Smart Business in association with WTC in Bhubaneswar.

Trading the fruits of intellect

An intellectual property exchange in India will create platform for buying, selling & licensing IPRs

Wait time for patent examination to be cut to 18 months by March 2018

Current wait time for patents is at 48 months

Govt launches IPR enforcement toolkit for police

Toolkit will be a ready reckoner for police officials across the country in dealing with IP crimes

India lags behind in leveraging intellectual property rights: CBEC Chief Najib Shah

According to the report, the seizures by Department of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) remained highest in five goods -- gold, cigarettes, machinery parts, fabric/silk yarn, and electronic items in last two years