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India working with UK on intellectual property rights, modernisation: Goyal

There is work ongoing with a number of economies, including the UK, on the issue of intellectual property (IP) rights and modernisation in an effort to improve Indian protocols, Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal has said. Goyal, who visited London this week amidst the India-UK talks for a free trade agreement, attended a gathering of Indian-origin chartered accountants (CAs) from the UK Chapter of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) here on Wednesday evening. Responding to questions at the event, the minister a qualified CA covered a range of topics including IP rights and corporation tax to environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG). He said the process to harmonise with international standards is high on the government's agenda because integrating with world thinking on standards and IP is important for the fast-paced growth of the Indian economy. With the UK we are working on IP rights or IP modernisation. Our effort is to improve

iPhone maker trying to get IP rights on Apple fruit in unique battle

Tech giant Apple is reportedly trying to gain intellectual property (IP) rights over depictions of apples, the fruit, which has left a fruit farmer's organisation in Switzerland worried

From Batman to Sholay, icons that have fought and won the trademark fight

Characters, stars and properties across pop culture have found themselves defending, sometimes violating, intellectual property laws

Protection of intellectual property rights: US retains India on watchlist

To be subject to intense bilateral engagement along with six other countries on the list

Competition Bill: Panel asks for explicit definition of material influence

FICCI in its response to the standing committee had said that the introduction of material influence as proposed would still keep its definition vague and open to interpretation

Intellectual property on the food platter? Proof is in the pudding

While some restaurants abroad have successfully protected their recipes, prior art can prove to be a hurdle in patenting innovative cuisine

A stringent patent rule is latest hurdle for India-UK free trade agreement

The draft has also proposed to prohibit pre-grant oppositions, which means that India will not be able to stop challenges to weak/invalid patents until after they have been granted

Patent officers' body moves CAT against high work targets: Report

The petition states that such high standards were adversely impacting the association's service conditions and hurting India's economic interests

NFT owners have zero ownership of their digital arts, says Report

Report mentioned that without improvements in on-chain representation and transfer of intellectual property rights from NFT issuers to NFT token holder, expansive vision of Web3 will remain unrealised

India needs to become superpower in IP, says PM's adviser Amit Khare

Amit Khare, adviser to the Prime Minister, has said people have to be creators of knowledge and not borrowers as the country aspires to become a superpower in Intellectual Property (IP). At the 72nd foundation day of IIT Kharagpur on Thursday, Khare stressed the need for linking our past knowledge with the future, saying institutions like IITs have a role to play in it. As we are a 100-year- old civilization, we have past knowledge and can develop it and test it empirically with the help of institutions like IITs, Khare said. On the need for the country to become a superpower in IP, Khare said " we are an IT superpower but we need to be a superpower in IP because knowledge is power. We cannot borrow technologies and indigenize them, we need institutions like Nalanda and Vikramshila. We have to be a creator of that knowledge. Pointing out that a multidisciplinary approach is essential for the creation of knowledge, Khare said new frontiers of knowledge are emerging due to the ...

Want to support 'Make in India', says Israel, but flags IP concerns

Naor Gilon, Israel's Ambassador to India, said here on Wednesday that we are all interested in Make in India' and we see an immense potential for cooperation with India

India's personal data protection bill may threaten innovation, growth: USTR

The USTR said patent issues continue to be of concern in India

Domestic patent filings surpass international ones after 11 years

Total of 19,796 patent applications filed, 10,706 54% were filed by Indian applicants as compared to 9,090 by non-Indian applicants

Govt wants India to lead the global tech movement: Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Union Minister of State for Entrepreneurship, Skill Development, Electronics & Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday said the government wants India to lead the global tech movement. The Minister was speaking at the India Global Forum's annual summit on the topic 'The New India Inc' here. "...we would like India to be less of just being a fuel for global tech companies, but to also lead the global tech movement," Chandrasekhar said in response to a question on impact of global tech companies investing and creating a strong base here. Noting that companies like Volvo, Uber, Intel and many others are creating an ecosystem where the talent is out there and there is critical mass, he said, "Into that mix when you toss in the desire for entrepreneurship, along with the capital and encouragement by the government to support innovation, we will see in the next coming years a large number of India origin innovation." "It is the government's ambition and vision that we want more and

Ensure effective, useful outcome of TRIPS waiver discussions at WTO: SJM

India should not agree to any text until it has been fully vetted and endorsed by technical experts: RSS-affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM)

What's hindering Covid-19 vaccine IP waiver?

With humanity still in the dark about the pandemic's future, should a few vaccine makers and countries cling on to their IP rights and deny the tech to produce vaccines at a mass scale? Let's ponder

TMS Ep73: Hospitality sector, CP Gurnani, RBL Bank, Vaccine IP waiver

Will Omicron affect the recovery of the hospitality sector? What's CP Gurnani's plan for TechM? Should you be caution about RBL Bank stock? What's hindering Covid-vaccine IP waiver? All answers here

China threatens to ban e-commerce companies that flout IP laws

E-commerce platforms will be restricted from online business operations or even have their licenses revoked if they fail to deal with serious violations of IP rights by vendors on their platforms

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

Amazon starts IP accelerator to help Indian businesses protect their brands

Offering small and medium-sized sellers easy access to services from trusted intellectual property experts and law firms