The United States wants India to do more in developing a world-class infrastructure, energy security, creation of true national markets and protection of intellectual property rights to attract American investments.
Dispute over IPR was a bone of contention in bilateral ties till a couple of months ago.
Nobex, after running out of money last year, had filed for bankruptcy.
As the US fights China on issues of intellectual property at the World Trade Organization, India asked Washington on Friday to address the issue of easy availability of pirated Indian films and music in the American market.
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.
Leading bio-technology company Biocon Ltd on Monday said its research development partner, Nobex Corporation, has filed for bankruptcy in the US.
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Fuelled by growing markets and a liberalised economy, the Indian biotech industry is set to witness an exponential growth with an estimated turnover of $4,500 million by 2010.
The warring promoters of FMCG major Britannia - the Wadias and the French dairy giant Danone - are looking at sorting out intellectual property rights issues
The country has the opportunity of creating new business models, products and services for the poor not just at home, but for countries in Africa and Latin America.
While the innovators see data protection as an essential step to spur R&D, generics deem it as ploy to ensure monopoly by yet another name.
As Gates plans his transition, Ray Ozzie (founder of Lotus Notes and Groove Virtual Office) has assumed the position of chief software architect and Craig Mundie has taken the new title of chief research and strategy officer.
Deputy US Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen on Wednesday announced that three indictments have been unsealed in the matter that collectively charge five Chinese nationals with computer hacking and charge two Malaysian nationals with helping some of those hackers target victims and sell the fruits of their crime.
The US will help India set up a body similar to the Food and Drug Administration, to certify clinical trials for automatic acceptance in the US market
It was reported in a section of the media that TBT had filed a suit in June in a New York court against Infosys BPO.
Software major Infosys on Thursday said it would spend A$ 800,000 over four years in Australia's Smart Internet Technology Cooperative Research Centre (Smart Internet) for conducting research and development in emerging technology areas.
Concerned over attempts to monopolise its traditional knowledge, India on Tuesday asked the United States to tighten its Intellectual Property Rights regime and put in place proper disclosure norms for companies filing for patents.
A model train, on show at the Sixth Shanghai International Industry Fair, attracted many professional visitors.
'Whoever owns the best chip industry will be the Saudi Arabia of the era of data,' predicts Rajeev Srinivasan.
The Blinken visit indicated that the Biden administration is still somewhat tentative about the specifics of its relations with India, observes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan, who has served multiple stints at India's embassy in Washington, DC.
During the meeting, the US said it will not add new tariffs on Chinese exports, China's state -run China Daily reported.
The US-India CEO Forum has come out with a far-reaching reform agenda, including opening up of retail sector and raising FDI caps in insurance, banking, print media and broadcasting.
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.
GDA Technologies Inc, a California based leading Electronic Design Services and Silicon Intellectual Property solutions provider, on Monday announced that the company would invest about $3 to 5 million to increase its headcount
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala-backed Nazara Technologies is all set to hit the primary market with its Rs 583-crore IPO on Wednesday. The diversified and online gaming firm's three-day issue will run through March 17-19 and will be entirely an offer for sale (OFS). While 5.29 million equity shares will be offloaded via OFS by some of the shareholders, Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, who owns 3.29 million shares or 11.51 per cent stake in the company as of September 30, 2020, has decided to hold on to his stake. The issue has a price band of Rs 1,100-1,101 and will be available in lots of 13 shares and multiples thereof.
Legal research and patent search are the latest in a string of outsourcing items increasingly sent to India.
Wipro Technologies on Monday said it has acquired Austrian firm NewLogic for $56 million in an all cash deal.
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