News for 'Intellectual Property'

Bajaj Auto to sue TVS for IPR 'violation'

Bajaj Auto to sue TVS for IPR 'violation'

Rediff.com1 Sep 2007

Bajaj Auto's move to sue TVS comes two days after the Chennai-based company announced plans to roll out its latest 125 cc bike 'Flame' with Controlled Combustion Variable Timing Intelligent (CC-VTi) technology.

Chinese professor develops new magnetic train

Chinese professor develops new magnetic train

Rediff.com5 Nov 2004

A model train, on show at the Sixth Shanghai International Industry Fair, attracted many professional visitors.

Indian IPR laws strong, but...

Indian IPR laws strong, but...

Rediff.com8 May 2006

India has strong legislation on Intellectual Property Rights but the country still lacks adequate enforcement measures to check leakages such as piracy, a Microsoft official has said.

Swiss govt won't take Novartis case to WTO

Swiss govt won't take Novartis case to WTO

Rediff.com8 Aug 2007

The government of Switzerland will not be taking up the allegation by Novartis that Indian patent law is incompatible with the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights agreement at the dispute settlement board of the WTO.

Music download on mobile? Beware

Music download on mobile? Beware

Rediff.com29 Mar 2006

Biocon buys Nobex for $5 million

Biocon buys Nobex for $5 million

Rediff.com29 Mar 2006

Nobex, after running out of money last year, had filed for bankruptcy.

PUBG Mobile bows out of India

PUBG Mobile bows out of India

Rediff.com30 Oct 2020

Chinese company Tencent Games on Friday said it was terminating all services and access for PUBG Mobile users in India to comply with the government's order of last month.

Premji on innovation, creativity

Premji on innovation, creativity

Rediff.com16 Feb 2006

India, US eyeing to ink 5 pacts during Trump's visit

India, US eyeing to ink 5 pacts during Trump's visit

Rediff.com21 Feb 2020

Ahead of his India visit on February 24-25, Trump said that India has not treated his country 'very well' on the trade front and indicated that a 'very big' bilateral deal with New Delhi may not be signed before the American presidential election in November.

US law moots stiff penalty for spurious drugmakers

US law moots stiff penalty for spurious drugmakers

Rediff.com21 May 2007

Pharmaceutical industry experts said the US move had come as a boon for the Indian drug exporters as the law could clear the alleged doubts on the quality and the genuineness of Indian pharmaceutical and raw material products.

Britannia's Tiger row may end soon

Britannia's Tiger row may end soon

Rediff.com19 May 2007

Royalty terms with Danone for brand on the cards.

Biocon eyes insulin IP of ailing

Biocon eyes insulin IP of ailing

Rediff.com6 Dec 2005

India plans defence against IP invaders

India plans defence against IP invaders

Rediff.com5 Dec 2005

India is publishing a bulky encyclopaedia, running into 30 million pages, which would extensively cover its vast traditional knowledge as part of efforts to keep out Intellectual Property invaders from patenting its indigenous wealth.

Biocon ally files for bankruptcy in US

Biocon ally files for bankruptcy in US

Rediff.com5 Dec 2005

Leading bio-technology company Biocon Ltd on Monday said its research development partner, Nobex Corporation, has filed for bankruptcy in the US.

PM to sign 4 agreements in Moscow

PM to sign 4 agreements in Moscow

Rediff.com2 Dec 2005

Manmohan-Putin to ink four aggreements in Moscow

Biotech sector eyes $4,500 mn by '10

Biotech sector eyes $4,500 mn by '10

Rediff.com1 Dec 2005

Fuelled by growing markets and a liberalised economy, the Indian biotech industry is set to witness an exponential growth with an estimated turnover of $4,500 million by 2010.

Sitharaman to attend G-20 meet in Rome

Sitharaman to attend G-20 meet in Rome

Rediff.com28 Oct 2021

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will attend the G-20 joint finance and health ministers' meeting in Rome on October 29, which among other things will discuss COVID pandemic prevention and response. "Union Finance Minister Smt. @nsitharaman embarks on an official visit to attend #G20 Joint Finance & Health Ministers meeting in #Rome to discuss measures to strengthen #COVID19 #PandemicPrevention, #preparedness & #response. The meeting precedes #G20RomeSummit," the Finance Ministry tweeted. Finance and health ministers will discuss how to keep momentum in response to the pandemic and build on further coordination arrangements between the ministries.

Francis Gurry to be new UN patent chief

Francis Gurry to be new UN patent chief

Rediff.com15 May 2008

Francis Gurry is expected to be the new head of the World Intellectual Property Organization. Gurry, who is now a deputy director-general at WIPO from Australia, is understood to have won a nail-biting election on Tuesday to replace the agency's controversial head, Kamil Idris.

IT biggies join hands to fight fakes

IT biggies join hands to fight fakes

Rediff.com15 Mar 2004

India to be a biotech destination

India to be a biotech destination

Rediff.com26 Feb 2004

India, with its strong research and development base in life sciences, IT and pharma industries, is on the threshold of a revolution in biotechnology, scientists at the BioAsia 2004 Summit said in Hyderabad on Thursday.

Nasscom likely to set up self-regulatory body

Nasscom likely to set up self-regulatory body

Rediff.com10 Feb 2007

The initiative comes in the wake of allegations in the US and the UK that the country's call centre workers have stolen and sold data processed by local outsourcing/BPO firms.

Financial Tech buys 90% in ICX

Financial Tech buys 90% in ICX

Rediff.com10 Apr 2008

Financial Technologies India Ltd, the main promoter of India's largest commodity exchange MCX, on Thursday said it has acquired 90 per cent stake in a South Africa-based ICX Platform (Pty) Ltd for $1.5 million (about Rs 6 crore).Financial Technologies has acquired 90 per cent stake in ICX Platform (Pty) Ltd, a technology company situated at Johannesburg, South Africa, the firm said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.

US, India reach science agreement after 10 years

US, India reach science agreement after 10 years

Rediff.com2 Sep 2005

The US will help India set up a body similar to the Food and Drug Administration, to certify clinical trials for automatic acceptance in the US market

Patent tieup draws flak from NGOs

Patent tieup draws flak from NGOs

Rediff.com15 Jan 2007

The domestic pharmaceutical industry and non-government organisations are up in arms against the first ever Indo-US tie-up on intellectual property rights

US firms' Indian arms file 1,000 patents

US firms' Indian arms file 1,000 patents

Rediff.com16 Dec 2003

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.

Sensex rallies 272 points on gains in auto, IT stocks

Sensex rallies 272 points on gains in auto, IT stocks

Rediff.com6 May 2021

On the Sensex chart, Bajaj Auto, HDFC, Infosys, Tech Mahindra and ICICI bank emerged as the prominent gainers. NSE Nifty ended with a gain of 106.95 points at 14,724.80.

Price control on patent drugs likely

Price control on patent drugs likely

Rediff.com27 Jun 2005

US seeks to step up trade talks with India after WTO breakthrough

US seeks to step up trade talks with India after WTO breakthrough

Rediff.com24 Nov 2014

Direct contacts between Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi this month helped to end a deadlock that had prevented the WTO from implementing a $1 trillion package of reforms.

Mattel in war of words over Scrabulous

Mattel in war of words over Scrabulous

Rediff.com17 Jan 2008

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.

Bloggers drive Indian IPR agenda

Bloggers drive Indian IPR agenda

Rediff.com31 Dec 2007

Rathod, an IP professional attached to a global generic pharmaceutical company, draws hundreds of readers from across the IP space to his genericpharmaceuticals.blogspot.com.

And now, patent search outsourcing

And now, patent search outsourcing

Rediff.com13 Apr 2005

Legal research and patent search are the latest in a string of outsourcing items increasingly sent to India.

Madhubala-Dilip Kumar To Star In 2025 Movie?

Madhubala-Dilip Kumar To Star In 2025 Movie?

Rediff.com6 Apr 2024

Digital ghosts have opened a new can of worms for digital experts.

Reliance, DuPont Polyester form R&D alliance

Reliance, DuPont Polyester form R&D alliance

Rediff.com19 May 2003

Indian petrochemicals giant Reliance Industries said on Monday it has formed an alliance with DuPont Polyester Technologies for polyester process and product technologies research and development in India.