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India slips to 43rd rank in US intellectual property rights index

India has slipped to the 43rd spot in the US Chamber of Commerce's latest International Intellectual Property Rights index

Facebook vs Facebake is only the latest in a series of trademark wars

IPR laws in India and the challenge of staying ahead of violators

DoT debates a strategy road map to promote IPR in telecom sector

India's share in global supply chain for telecom equipment is less than 1%

Setback for PepsiCo as India revokes patent for Lay's potatoes

Withdrawing the lawsuits the same year, the New York-based company said it wanted to settle the issue amicably

MC12 delay gives time for entrenched positions' review

The dispute settlement mechanism at the WTO is rendered dysfunctional by the failure of the United States to endorse the appointment of enough judges at the appellate body

FM Nirmala Sitharaman meets top WTO official amid push for vax IPR waiver

The meeting between Sitharaman and Iweala took place on the sidelines of the World Bank and IMF annual meetings

Jaishankar welcomes USTR Katherine Tai's positive stance on IPR issues

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday welcomed the positive stance of US Trade Representative Katherine Tai on issues related to intellectual property rights of COVID-19 vaccines and her support for efficient and robust supply chains. Jaishankar, 66, on Thursday had a meeting with Tai to discuss a wide range of bilateral trade issues. The minister described it as good discussions. "Welcomed her positive stance on IPR issues & support for efficient and robust supply chains," he said in a tweet after the meeting. Early this month, Tai, after consultations with various stakeholders, had announced support to the move of India and South Africa to waive certain IP aspects of COVID-19 vaccines at the World Trade Organization (WTO). This step is likely to help in a big way in the fight against the pandemic. "Our trade, technology and business cooperation are at the core of our strategic partnership. Enhancing them is vital to post-Covid economic recovery," Jaishankar said in .

Patent waver for Covid vaccine without tech transfer won't speed up supply

Intellectual property rights (IPR) on drugs and vaccine formulae give creators an exclusive right over inventions for a certain period of time, and prevent pharmaceutical companies from making it.

Pressure on WTO to consider India's proposed IPR waiver on COVID vaccines

ressure on the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is mounting to seriously consider a proposal by India and South Africa for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) waiver

India, Denmark sign MoU on Intellectual Property cooperation

To further the objectives of National IPR Policy and become a major player in global innovation, India on Saturday entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Denmark in the field of Intellectual Property (IP) Cooperation.

Land compensation rule to pharma trademark case, here're key court orders

The Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a provision in the National Highways Act

Govt to step up IPR enforcement with toolkit for Police

While govt provided material to 7 batches of Andhra Police, it has also trained a team of UP Police

Stakeholders flag challenges to IPR-led innovation growth

A large part of the IPR policy depends on popularising registration of intellectual property

Govt will suggest states to frame own IPR policies

To promote innovation and giving a boost to state economies

EPO sees large margin of improvement for Indian IPR regime

European Patent Office President Benoit Battistelli said that intellectual property can be a very efficient way to develop India's economy

IPR policy to promote R&D, bring down waiting period: Nirmala Sitharaman

Commerce Minister says it qould help create capacities and institutions to further enhance robustness of IPR regime

Register trademarks in just one month

Cabinet clears intellectual property rights policy to boost innovation

Cabinet approves national IPR policy, gives innovation a push

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also let out that by 2017, the window for trademark registration will be brought down to one month