Trump's sweeping tariffs and penalties on China-built ships have turned global shipping into the front line of economic war, observes Shyam G Menon.
Industry experts believe that this deal will positively impact the Indian film industry, which is struggling with fewer movie releases.
The Indian Army on Thursday said it has registered the intellectual property rights of its new design and camouflage pattern uniform.
The United Kingdom extracted USD 64.82 trillion from India over a century of colonialism between 1765 and 1900 and USD 33.8 trillion of this went to the richest 10 per cent -- enough money to carpet London in notes of 50 British pound almost four times over.
Data contradict Swiss drug major's claim that India does not respect IPR.
The challenge for India will be to ensure the law does not get out of step with the demands of a country that needs foreign investment and new technologies.
After reports claimed that filings in patent offices in India, the US, and Europe did not mention ICMR or its scientists, but only BBIL and its scientists, the Hyderabad-based biotechnology (biotech) company clarified that in the "rush" to develop vaccines and file appropriate patents, BBIL had missed adding ICMR's name in the original filings.
Chief executive officers (CEOs) across sectors have expressed intentions to expand capacities, expecting the government's target to invest a record Rs 11.11 trillion on infrastructure development will act as a catalyst for a jump in consumer demand. "With the government planning a capex of Rs 11.11 trillion, private sector investment will come in a big way. Companies will be preparing for it right from today," H M Bangur, chairman of Shree Cement, told Business Standard. For the past few years, the investment scene in India has been dominated by government capital expenditures; private investments in the manufacturing sector have remained muted.
Bayer will not accept a ruling by the Intellectual Property Appellate Board in Chennai on Monday, upholding the compulsory licence granted on March 9 last year and it will appeal against the patent office order at the high court in Mumbai, a spokesperson told PTI.
'Today, let us reaffirm our commitment to strive to realise Gandhiji's dreams. His watchwords, truth and nonviolence, will continue to remain relevant for the whole world. He also taught us that rights and duties are but the two sides of the coin - indeed, the true source of rights is duty. Today we recall his lessons in compassion too - compassion not only for our human neighbours but also for our other neighbours, namely, flora and fauna, rivers and mountains.'
The US on Thursday raised concerns over India's Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill and draft non-personal data governance framework, claiming these could potentially threaten innovation and economic growth. In its latest 'Special 301' Report, the US Trade Representative (USTR) kept India on the priority watch list, maintaining the country remains one of the world's most challenging major economies with respect to protection and enforcement of intellectual property (IP). In December 2021, a joint parliamentary committee released a report recommending changes to the PDP Bill, 2019, that could undermine important IP protections in India.
The Indian government headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is known as the architect of the country's liberalisation and economic reforms, is inching towards a "protectionist" regime, top American experts have told US lawmakers.
'Trump's disregard for norms and institutions could prove very costly for America's social fabric.'
'In the audience's mind there is no urgency to go see a film in the theatre.' 'If you pay for social media buzz it does not convert into bums on seats.'
Deutsche India, which houses the largest technology centre of German investment bank Deutsche Bank, is expanding its operations in India and hiring thousands. "Since January 2023, we have hired more than 2,500 people for Deutsche India and expect a positive trend to continue for the rest of 2023," Dilipkumar Khandelwal, chief executive officer of Deutsche India and Global Head of Technology Centers told 'Business Standard'. "We will continue to hire in the similar range even for the next year." Deutsche India has about 16,000 employees in the country and most of them are engineers.
India rejects patent on Pfizer's arthritis drug
Failure to recognise the threat of India's IP abuse is a major step back: Congressman Orrin Hatch.
The US move came after the Justice Department said that hackers working with the Chinese government targeted firms developing vaccines for the coronavirus and stole hundreds of millions of dollars worth of intellectual property and trade secrets from companies across the world.
Information technology major Infosys and Liberty Global, a London-based telecom firm, signed a 1.5 billion (about $1.64 billion) deal for five years to evolve and scale up the telco's digital entertainment and connectivity platforms, the companies said in a joint statement on Tuesday. As part of the expanded collaboration agreement, the size of the contract will touch 2.3 billion (about $2.5 billion) if extended to 8 years. The collaboration allows Liberty Global to realise run-rate savings of over 100 million (about $109 million) per annum, inclusive of other savings and technology investments, Infosys said in a statement.
USTR has said India imposed several barriers in major services industries such as insurance, banking, audiovisual, accounting, legal, telecommunications, distribution services, postal and express delivery services.
For young graduates who see the $108 billion IT industry as a sure pathway to modern India's growing middle class, the transformation is unsettling.
A Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) Access Agreement signed between the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Physicist Stephen Hawking to trademark his name.
It also retained its position among the 'Big 4' most valuable IT services brand worldwide -- in the ranking carried out by Brand Finance, the world leading brand valuation firm.
India needs to surpass from being a purely back office and software programming nation to a product nation, the newly appointed Minister of State for IT and Telecommunications Jyotiraditya Scindia said.
Japan granted the maximum number of patents in 2007 and has replaced the United States from number one position, a status it was enjoying for nearly a decade, a UN agency report says.
The Uttar Pradesh Export Corporation Limited (UPECL), a state government undertaking engaged in the development and marketing of handicrafts and handloom items produced in Uttar Pradesh, is set to apply for patenting of Lucknow chikan. Once the office of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) gives its certificate, chikan would exclusively be linked with Lucknow city.
As Gates plans his transition, Ray Ozzie (founder of Lotus Notes and Groove Virtual Office) has assumed the position of chief software architect and Craig Mundie has taken the new title of chief research and strategy officer.
Patent filings in India would be more and more driven by new technologies, which are either kept secret or patented.
In 2004, the patent office in India received around 20,000 patent filings, which included resident and non-resident patent applications, according to a report released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation.
A federal body began a hearing on the impact of Indian trade policies on US businesses wherein American bodies and advocacy groups slammed India for its trade practices, alleging they hit their jobs and business.
Indian companies need not just make in India, but invent in India too
Aggarwal, in this role, will define and lead important policy development initiatives for Facebook in India on an agenda that covers user safety, data protection and privacy, inclusion and internet governance, a statement said.
A certain segment of the US pharma industry have become vocal about Indian policies on domestic content requirements and IPR.
India's IPR framework and enforcement were comparable to those in developed countries
Several Indian units of American technology companies have filed more than 1,000 patent applications with the US Patent and Trademark office, a media report said on Tuesday.
The domestic pharmaceutical industry and non-government organisations are up in arms against the first ever Indo-US tie-up on intellectual property rights
Launched in July 2006 by Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla, brothers in their 20s from Calcutta, Scrabulous has become one of the most popular games played by Facebook members and boasts nearly 600,000 daily active users.
India was among the 14 countries, including Pakistan and Russia, which remained on the 'Priority Watch Lis't of the United States for "inadequate and ineffective" enforcement of patent laws.
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