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28,091 patents granted till March 15 this financial year: Govt tells Parl

India's import of edible oils stood at 1,35,40,020.94 tonnes in 2020-21

IPR plays important role in strengthening growth, focus on development: FM

The Finance Minister mentioned that 28,000 patents were granted last year as opposed to 4,000 in 2013-2014 and last year also witnessed registration of 2.5 lakh trademarks and over 16,000 copyrights

Huawei ranks 5th in US patents in sign of Chinese growth: Study

Huawei received 2,770 U.S. patents last year, putting it at No. 5 behind perennial top patent-getter International Business Machines Corp.

Top headlines: Quarantine for flyers from abroad, CCI probe against Google

India climb up the ladder of emerging tech patents, shows data. More in today's top headlines

One man's quest to get an AI machine a patent gathers momentum

South Africa and Australia's decision that an AI machine can be listed as inventor on a patent is putting pressure on the US, Europe to resolve the issue

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

Prices of oral diabetes drugs set to fall as patents near expiry date

The diabetes segment has been growing faster than the country's overall drug market

Mphasis granted US patent for AI-driven app, infra management solution

The newly issued patent provides a solution for enterprises worldwide to optimise their technology investments through in-depth data analysis

Huawei inks largest 4G automative deal with Volkswagen supplier

Chinese conglomerate Huawei has reached a patent license agreement with a supplier of Volkswagen Group

BPCL's R&D centre bags 80 patents in 20 years; over 50 more pending

State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has bagged as many as 80 national and international patents in the past two decades, and approvals for 53 more filings are pending, for various innovations including the world's cheapest and the fastest crude oil assaying tool BP Marrk. Its research and development (R&D) centre, located at a 68-acre sprawling campus at Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh, has won 18 patents in the past 12 months alone. BPCL has an annual budget of Rs 80-100 crore for R&D. "Over the past two decades, we have won as many as 80 patents, and 53 more are pending for approvals. Between July last year and now, we have secured 18 patents," Arun Kumar Singh, director (refineries and marketing) at BPCL, told PTI on Sunday. One of the most notable patented innovations of the centre is BPMarrk, which is an intelligent tool for advanced assaying of crude oil that characterises and evaluates the crude at a fraction of the time taken by traditional assaying ...

Sun Pharma settles patent dispute with US-based Celgene Corporation

Pharma major Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. on Tuesday said it along with one of its subsidiaries have reached an agreement with Celgene Corporation (Celgene) to resolve a patent litigation.

WTO members should start text-based talks on patent waiver proposal: India

WTO members must infuse some certainty during this crisis by agreeing to initiate text-based talks on the proposed patent waiver proposal to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, India has said

US backs TRIPS waiver: More to the story than just vaccine patents

Patents for complex biologics like vaccines is often governed by multiple patents, which may be owned by different entities.

Samsung in patent infringement suit for LG tech sold to patent troll

Samsung Electronics was recently involved in a patent infringement lawsuit in the United States related to smartphone wireless charging

Explainer: Covid-19 vaccine patents dominate global trade talks

WTO members will assess on Wednesday signs of progress in talks on a proposal by South Africa and India to waive patent rights on Covid-19 vaccines in order to boost supply to developing countries

Nokia settles multi-year patent fight with Lenovo across all jurisdictions

Finland's Nokia has settled a multi-year patent fight with China's Lenovo Group, the world's biggest PC maker, resolving all pending litigation across all jurisdictions, the companies said

US Jury tells Apple to pay $308.5 million for patent infringement

A federal jury in Texas said Apple Inc must pay about $308.5 million to Personalized Media Communications LLC (PMC) for infringing a patent associated with digital rights management

LG wins mobile technology-related patent infringement suit against TCL

LG Electronics said on Tuesday that it has won a patent infringement suit against Chinese electronics giant TCL over mobile technology-related patent infringement

Next Covid-19 vaccine challenge: Crossing the economic and patent barrier

India's proposed WTO waiver faces stiff opposition from the US and EU

Won't enforce Covid vaccine patents during pandemic, says Moderna

Holding a drug patent usually assures a company an extended period of exclusivity, and the profits that can come with having a market to itself