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Jio Platforms, the technology arm of Reliance Industries, has entered into the global top 20 in the latest Patent Co-operation Treaty (PCT) rankings released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) recently, a release said on Sunday. Jio Platforms (JPL) climbed 320 places on the list for the year 2025, making it one of the fastest-rising innovators globally and securing it a place among an elite group of global technology leaders, including Huawei, Samsung, Qualcomm, LG, Panasonic, Nokia, Google, Apple and Microsoft. With this, JPL has become the only Indian technology innovator to break into the Global Top-20 coveted list. The report ranks top PCT applicants based on published data, Jio said in the release. Jio's patent portfolio focuses sharply on next-generation digital technologies, including 5G, 5G advanced, 6G, artificial intelligence, AI-native networks, cloud-native platforms, intelligent automation, radio access, core network software, edge intelligence, fix

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Members of Geneva-based World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have concluded an agreement under which it will be mandatory for patent applicants to disclose country of origin or source of genetic resources if the claimed invention is based on those materials or associated traditional knowledge. The treaty will provide additional protection for Indian genetic resources and traditional knowledge. Although these are currently protected within India, they are prone to misappropriation in countries, which do not have disclosure obligations. The current patent legislation does not have a mandatory provision requiring patent applicants to disclose the country of origin or source in case where the invention is based on genetic resources. At present, only 35 countries have some form of disclosure obligations, most of which are not mandatory and do not have appropriate sanctions or remedies in place for effective implementation. The new treaty was adopted on May 24 at the WIPO ...

Underlining the vision of "Atmanirbhar Bharat", Union minister S Jaishankar has said a mindset itself is undergoing a transformation in the country with a "new India" that invents its COVID-19 vaccines and also lands near the south pole of the Moon. In a recorded video message played during an event here, the external affairs minister also said during India's G20 presidency last year, "we deliberated on structural issues" that are at the heart of the predicament of the Global South today. Key among those are various concentrations, created by last three-four decades of globalisation, for a variety of reasons that range from scales, subsidies, technology, human resources and strategic choices, he said. "The Global South was largely reduced to being a consumer rather than a producer. India's response to this situation is articulated in Atmanirbhar Bharat, that is self-reliant India," Jaishankar said. At its core is the "Make in India" initiative, one that "not only focuses on our own

On trademark filings, India was in the top four with 467,918 filings in 2022, behind the US, Turkey, and Germany

India's Global Innovation Index ranking has improved 26 places from 66th in 2013 to 40th in 2023

The UN agency said that despite the disruption of the coronavirus pandemic, this bucked previous economic downturn trends.

This was mainly due to an improvement in information and communication technologies (ICT) services exports, venture capital recipients' value as well as finance for start-ups.

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Country maintains stable or improved rankings across all pillars, with most significant improvements in Human capital and research, up 40 spots and Business sophistication