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Domestic patent filings surpass international ones after 11 years

Total of 19,796 patent applications filed, 10,706 54% were filed by Indian applicants as compared to 9,090 by non-Indian applicants

Govt wants India to lead the global tech movement: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Union Minister of State for Entrepreneurship, Skill Development, Electronics & Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday said the government wants India to lead the global tech movement. The Minister was speaking at the India Global Forum's annual summit on the topic 'The New India Inc' here. "...we would like India to be less of just being a fuel for global tech companies, but to also lead the global tech movement," Chandrasekhar said in response to a question on impact of global tech companies investing and creating a strong base here. Noting that companies like Volvo, Uber, Intel and many others are creating an ecosystem where the talent is out there and there is critical mass, he said, "Into that mix when you toss in the desire for entrepreneurship, along with the capital and encouragement by the government to support innovation, we will see in the next coming years a large number of India origin innovation." "It is the government's ambition and vision that we want more and

Ensure effective, useful outcome of TRIPS waiver discussions at WTO: SJM

India should not agree to any text until it has been fully vetted and endorsed by technical experts: RSS-affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM)

What's hindering Covid-19 vaccine IP waiver?

With humanity still in the dark about the pandemic's future, should a few vaccine makers and countries cling on to their IP rights and deny the tech to produce vaccines at a mass scale? Let's ponder

TMS Ep73: Hospitality sector, CP Gurnani, RBL Bank, Vaccine IP waiver

Will Omicron affect the recovery of the hospitality sector? What's CP Gurnani's plan for TechM? Should you be caution about RBL Bank stock? What's hindering Covid-vaccine IP waiver? All answers here

China threatens to ban e-commerce companies that flout IP laws

E-commerce platforms will be restricted from online business operations or even have their licenses revoked if they fail to deal with serious violations of IP rights by vendors on their platforms

80% fee cut for recognised institutes applying for patents: Piyush Goyal

Total fee - filing, publication, and renewal - for an institute, which is around Rs 4.24 lakh now, will be reduced to Rs 84,900

Amazon starts IP accelerator to help Indian businesses protect their brands

Offering small and medium-sized sellers easy access to services from trusted intellectual property experts and law firms

Amazon launches IP Accelerator programme in India for businesses

E-commerce major Amazon on Sunday announced the launch of its Intellectual Property Accelerator (IP Accelerator) programme in India to provide sellers with access to services from IP expert, law firm.

India gets wide support on TRIPS waiver for Covid-19 vaccines at G-7 meet

Cyberspace should not be a venue for subverting democratic values: PM

Powerful lobbying in US against India's Covid vaccine IP waiver push

While big pharma has vehemently opposed India's move on compulsory licensing, even non-pharma influencers such as Bill Gates are against sharing vaccine technology without patenting

Inheritance of ideas

In the midst of a raging debate over IP rights, the million-dollar question is who owns the vaccine? Is it the pharma firms, the country origin, the university they are developed in or the people?

Gates Foundation supports 'narrow waiver' of IP on Covid-19 vaccines

In a significant shift of stance, Gates Foundation has followed the line taken by the Biden administration to back the temporary waiver of intellectual property on Covid-19 vaccines

US will do its best to end Covid, says White House about IP rights waiver

Biden administration engaged in steps to increase vaccine production, says official.

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

FB introduces Rights Manager for images to protect intellectual property

In a bid to help creators and publishers manage their intellectual property related to images, Facebook has introduced Rights Manager for images.

Tech-sharing deals put Indian start-ups in fix with China's new controls

Beijing has added 23 technologies to its list of regulated exports; move could affect start-ups that have IP co-creation as part of investment deal with Chinese VC investors, say experts

No, thanks: Mobile device makers say to DoT on source code demand

They oppose the proposal on the grounds that source codes are 'commercially valuable, confidential, and sensitive information'

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