News for 'US Patent Office'

'Bharat Serums and Vaccines portfolio can touch Rs 5K cr in 3-4 years'

'Bharat Serums and Vaccines portfolio can touch Rs 5K cr in 3-4 years'

Rediff.com9 Aug 2024

'Mankind's experience, sharpness, and execution will make it happen. We are not going for short-term gains.'

Amazon plans exclusive drones for India; files patent

Amazon plans exclusive drones for India; files patent

Rediff.com9 Oct 2017

Firm says the proposed drones can also be used to identify other such objects, along with aircraft, plying within Indian skies

CBI books ex-Maha HM for plot to 'frame' BJP leaders

CBI books ex-Maha HM for plot to 'frame' BJP leaders

Rediff.com4 Sep 2024

The CBI lodged the case after a two-year preliminary enquiry, which originated from a pen drive handed over to the then Maharashtra Assembly speaker by Devendra Fadnavis, who was in the opposition in 2020, they said.

India's IPR regime: Another setback for a multinational drugmaker

India's IPR regime: Another setback for a multinational drugmaker

Rediff.com7 Sep 2015

India rejects patent on Pfizer's arthritis drug

Xiaomi buys 1,500 patents from Microsoft

Xiaomi buys 1,500 patents from Microsoft

Rediff.com1 Jun 2016

Xiaomi will start pre-loading Microsoft Office and Skype on its phones starting September 2016, initially in China, with other markets including India to follow.

Trump's Election Should Worry The World

Trump's Election Should Worry The World

Rediff.com6 Nov 2024

'There are ominous portents of an isolationist administration not only building a physical wall to the south to prevent unwanted immigrants from entering the land of milk and honey, but also trade walls not just against China, but all nations,' foresees Sreekant Sambrani.

Flash Electronics files patent case against Royal Enfield

Flash Electronics files patent case against Royal Enfield

Rediff.com21 May 2019

Flash Electronics alleges Royal Enfield infringed its patent on regulator rectifier device.

Novartis drops AIDS drug plea

Novartis drops AIDS drug plea

Rediff.com25 Aug 2007

The patent department made this declaration on August 16 after Novartis had failed to respond to its queries within the prescribed time.

Can India still catch the R&D bus?

Can India still catch the R&D bus?

Rediff.com29 Jan 2019

China has consistently spent more than 2% of GDP on R&D while India's expenditure on R&D has stagnated around 0.7% of GDP. Can our government shore up resources so that we hit the R&D expenditure target of 2% of GDP set out by the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy of 2013, asks Chidambaran G Iyer, Senior Fellow, Pahle India Foundation.

Drafting patents, the new BPO

Drafting patents, the new BPO

Rediff.com29 Mar 2005

India Won't See A Changed Modi!

India Won't See A Changed Modi!

Rediff.com23 Jul 2024

For now, Modi's government appears singularly focussed on demonstrating that it is not in any way inhibited by the BJP's loss of a majority, and will continue along its patented path of bulldozing all opposition and doing just as it likes, asserts Prem Panicker.

Patents are scourge on software industry, says Vishal Sikka

Patents are scourge on software industry, says Vishal Sikka

Rediff.com16 Jan 2015

Infosys' spending on research and development has registered a decline.

Patent for safe gas cylinders

Patent for safe gas cylinders

Rediff.com22 May 2003

Patents: The US is losing its lead

Patents: The US is losing its lead

Rediff.com24 Apr 2009

Innovation is coming to the US from abroad these days, and foreign applications are coming faster and faster.

Patent board to hear Novartis' Gleevac case

Patent board to hear Novartis' Gleevac case

Rediff.com5 Apr 2007

The venue of the battle by Swiss multinational Novartis AG against the rejection of its patent application for blockbuster cancer drug Gleevac will now shift to the Patent Appellate Board's office.

Apple loses China patent case, separate suit continues

Apple loses China patent case, separate suit continues

Rediff.com9 Jul 2014

Apple had taken Shanghai-based Zhizhen Internet Technology and China's State Intellectual Property Office to court to seek a ruling that Zhizhen's patent rights to a speech recognition technology were invalid.

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

Apple, Facebook eye control of digital payments IP in India

Apple, Facebook eye control of digital payments IP in India

Rediff.com30 May 2017

Both firms have made several applications for patents pertaining to digital payments in the country

Domestic pharma lauds apex court verdict

Domestic pharma lauds apex court verdict

Rediff.com2 Apr 2013

Patients' lobbies cheer ruling on anti-cancer drug Glivec, as affordability and access to life-saving drugs get a leg-up.

Tata group doubles patents to 7,000 in 2 years

Tata group doubles patents to 7,000 in 2 years

Rediff.com4 May 2016

These patents are primarily in the area of computation and data processing.

GE, Boeing, Honeywell back India on patents

GE, Boeing, Honeywell back India on patents

Rediff.com26 Mar 2016

India's IPR framework and enforcement were comparable to those in developed countries

Sarfira Review: Akshay Does It Again! Yawn.

Sarfira Review: Akshay Does It Again! Yawn.

Rediff.com11 Jul 2024

Throughout its 155 minutes, every scene is doused in blaring background music and melodrama. Disappointment alone won't do, it must feel like a full blown catastrophe, observes Sukanya Verma.

Microsoft Hyderabad to file for 70 patents

Microsoft Hyderabad to file for 70 patents

Rediff.com15 Apr 2005

Microsoft India development centre is betting big on its Hyderabad operations. In 2005-06, it is planning to file applications for 70 patents for various projects that are underway at its centre. MIDC filed for 40 patents in 2004-05.

Two-tonne bell, 1-tonne lamp: Gifts pour in for Ram temple from India, abroad

Two-tonne bell, 1-tonne lamp: Gifts pour in for Ram temple from India, abroad

Rediff.com10 Jan 2024

More than 3,000 gifts for Lord Ram from Sita's birthplace in Janakpur in Nepal have arrived in Ayodhya.

Lucknow chikan to get patented

Lucknow chikan to get patented

Rediff.com7 Feb 2008

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.

BJP wins Surat LS poll unopposed, Cong cries foul, goes to EC

BJP wins Surat LS poll unopposed, Cong cries foul, goes to EC

Rediff.com22 Apr 2024

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Mukesh Dalal was on Monday elected unopposed from Surat Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat after all other nominees withdrew from the fray, a poll official said.

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.

Patent row: Pfizer sues Ranbaxy

Patent row: Pfizer sues Ranbaxy

Rediff.com22 Feb 2005

Lipitor case: Austria backs Ranbaxy

Lipitor case: Austria backs Ranbaxy

Rediff.com25 Apr 2006

In a boost to India's biggest drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, an Austrian panel has ruled in the company's favour in a patent litigation against Pfizer involving cholesterol lowering drug 'Lipitor' in that country.

Sena vs Sena: SC questions Speaker's decision, summons records

Sena vs Sena: SC questions Speaker's decision, summons records

Rediff.com7 Mar 2024

The speaker had, in an order on January 10, declared the Shiv Sena bloc led by Shinde as the 'real political party' after its split in June 2022.

'The formulations business been a growth driver'

'The formulations business been a growth driver'

Rediff.com24 Feb 2024

'However, we have seen weakness in our active pharmaceutical ingredients business.'

US 'no' to Lipitor may give Ranbaxy an edge

US 'no' to Lipitor may give Ranbaxy an edge

Rediff.com16 Jan 2008

In a development that might result in India's leading drug maker Ranbaxy selling a generic version of Pfizer's blockbuster drug Lipitor sooner than expected in the US market, the United States patent office has made an initial rejection of Pfizer's claim on the basic patent on Lipitor.

Samsung, Apple to end patents war outside US

Samsung, Apple to end patents war outside US

Rediff.com7 Aug 2014

Apple still has a request pending for a sales ban against newer Samsung phones in that proceeding.

How AI Will Revolutionise Workplaces

How AI Will Revolutionise Workplaces

Rediff.com21 Dec 2023

'Even for operational buildings, we are looking to smarten them in various ways.'

India in US patent watch list

India in US patent watch list

Rediff.com4 May 2004

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.

Patent expert to join US Embassy in Delhi

Patent expert to join US Embassy in Delhi

Rediff.com5 May 2006

The strong IPR protection across the board -- patents, trademark and copyright - had been a lynchpin in the success of the US services sector, he added.

Ex-finance secy booked for corruption in currency security thread supply

Ex-finance secy booked for corruption in currency security thread supply

Rediff.com12 Jan 2023

The CBI, in its FIR, alleged that Mayaram, the UK-based company De La Rue International Ltd and unidentified officials of the finance ministry and RBI hatched a criminal conspiracy to extend undue favour to the firm.

Working on target to become $5-10 trillion economy: Modi

Working on target to become $5-10 trillion economy: Modi

Rediff.com17 Dec 2023

The government has also set targets for the next 25 years. We are working on the target of becoming a $5-10 trillion economy as well as taking exports to a record high, he said.

Will Phase 6 Stun BJP?

Will Phase 6 Stun BJP?

Rediff.com28 May 2024

In Phase 6, indications are that the BJP, which is defending 40 seats, will lose in double digits and gain in single digits. Not good, if you are the ruling party scrambling to earn a working majority, with just one phase left to go, argues Prem Panicker.