Modi government examining IPR issues: USTR
9 years, 11 months ago

Modi government examining IPR issues: USTR

The Hindu  

The Modi Government is not only engaged, but also is examining key issues related to the intellectual property rights, US Trade Representatives has said, hoping that New Delhi would be able to address its concerns on IPR. Indian government “took steps” that indicate Modi Administration is engaged and is examining key IPR issues, the Congressional-mandated 301 Report on IPR said. India has continued its engagement with the United States on IPR issues of interest to both countries, including by establishing the High Level Working Group on Intellectual Property, the report noted. These steps include India’s -- establishment of a domestic IPR-focused experts group, commitment to technical engagement on specific issues of concern, and the issuance of encouraging domestic policy pronouncements, the report said on Thursday. “In our bilateral dialogue, the United States is working with India to foster an environment that will enable India to achieve its important domestic policy goals of increasing investment and stimulating innovation through, not at the expense of, IPR protection and enforcement,” the report that has retained India in the list of Priority Watch countries said.

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IP violations by India now on Trump’s Trade Policy Agenda
3 weeks, 2 days ago

IP violations by India now on Trump’s Trade Policy Agenda

Hindustan Times  

India is unable to provide adequate intellectual property protection, mainly on pharmaceutical products, medical devices, digital services, and information and communications technology, the Trump administration has said in a new report, clubbing it with countries like China and Russia for IP violations and proposing an “out-of-cycle review” before taking remedial actions. Acting on the January 20th presidential memorandum, United States …

Suman Sahai | India has task cut out — to arrange waiver of IPR on green tech at G-20
2 years, 1 month ago

Suman Sahai | India has task cut out — to arrange waiver of IPR on green tech at G-20

Deccan Chronicle  

The government is compiling a long list of what it wants to take up in the period of its leadership of the G-20. Given the pace of climate change and the havoc it is wreaking, no course correction will be possible unless green technologies already developed by the industrial nations are made available to all countries. Far from coming forth …

Delhi High Court Notifies New Nomenclature Relating To IPR Disputes Coming Into Force With Immediate Effect
3 years, 8 months ago

Delhi High Court Notifies New Nomenclature Relating To IPR Disputes Coming Into Force With Immediate Effect

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has notified new nomenclature in respect of the matters relating to Intellectual Property Rights coming into force with immediate effect.The High Court had recently established the Intellectual Property Division to deal with all matters related to Intellectual Property Rights. The Delhi High Court has notified new nomenclature in respect of the matters relating to Intellectual Property …

USTR Special 301 Report Of 2021: Key Takeaways For India
3 years, 9 months ago

USTR Special 301 Report Of 2021: Key Takeaways For India

Live Law  

India and the United States of America have always shared a long-standing and cordial trade relation, whereby both nations have viewed each other as important strategic partners for the advancement of common interests. This is evidenced primarily by two reports, first being the US Congressional Research Service report dated December 23, 2020, which showcased that US bilateral trade with India …

Intellectual Property rights | India remains on U.S. Priority Watch List
4 years, 11 months ago

Intellectual Property rights | India remains on U.S. Priority Watch List

The Hindu  

India continues to be on the ‘Priority Watch List’ of the United States Trade Representative for lack of adequate intellectual property rights protection and enforcement, the USTR said in its Annual Special 301 Report, released on Wednesday. While India made “meaningful progress” to enhance IP protection and enforcement in some areas over the past year, it did not resolve recent …

Trump and Modi Are Likely to Make These Big Announcements Together
5 years, 1 month ago

Trump and Modi Are Likely to Make These Big Announcements Together

The Quint  

India and the United States are expected to ink five broad Memorandums of Agreements in Delhi on Tuesday. The agreements to be signed after official restricted and delegation level talks between PM Modi and President Donald Trump in New Delhi on Tuesday are in the areas of Trade Facilitation, Intellectual Property Rights, Homeland Security, Medical Devices Safety, and Space. An …

Innovate in India: The country cannot afford to wait any longer for a robust intellectual property rights regime
6 years, 10 months ago

Innovate in India: The country cannot afford to wait any longer for a robust intellectual property rights regime

Firstpost  

India’s patent productivity is quite low compared to that of Japan, US, South Korea, and China. It is time for us to progress from manufacturing to innovation and an important requirement is a robust intellectual property rights system, India has improved its ranking in the U.S. Chamber’s international IP Index, to 44 out of 50 countries this year, which represents …

Tale Of Two IP Policies: A Few Remarks On IP Policies Of South Africa, India
7 years, 4 months ago

Tale Of Two IP Policies: A Few Remarks On IP Policies Of South Africa, India

Live Law  

The Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa released the Draft Intellectual Property Policy Phase I in August this year. IP Policy explains the rationale: “…the South African government has to date not made full use of the flexibilities available within international trade rules through the pursuit of appropriate national policy and legislation”. South Africa’s IP policy is very …

Tale Of Two IP Policies: A Few Remarks On IP Policies Of South Africa, India
7 years, 4 months ago

Tale Of Two IP Policies: A Few Remarks On IP Policies Of South Africa, India

Live Law  

The Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa released the Draft Intellectual Property Policy Phase I in August this year. IP Policy explains the rationale: “…the South African government has to date not made full use of the flexibilities available within international trade rules through the pursuit of appropriate national policy and legislation”. South Africa’s IP policy is very …

First in India: Punjab bags first UN agency-backed innovation centre
7 years, 8 months ago

First in India: Punjab bags first UN agency-backed innovation centre

Hindustan Times  

CHANDIGARH Here is another feather in Punjab’s turban. The World Intellectual Property Organisation, Geneva, the United Nations agency for the promotion of intellectual property rights, has chosen the state’s capital Chandigarh to set up its first Technology Innovation and Support Centre in India. This first-of-its kind centre will come up at the Patent Information Centre, Punjab State Council for Science …

PM weighs in on visa curbs
8 years, 1 month ago

PM weighs in on visa curbs

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged the U.S. to develop a “reflective, balanced and farsighted perspective on movement of skilled professionals.” Mr.Modi’s comments come in the backdrop of proposals in the U.S. for restrictions on short-term work visas for foreign skilled professionals. ‘Good start’ “It augurs a good start to bilateral exchanges following the new U.S. Administration and Congress,” …

National IPR policy to promote creativity, innovation: DIPP
8 years, 7 months ago

National IPR policy to promote creativity, innovation: DIPP

The Hindu  

The National Intellectual Property Rights policy announced by the government will help promote creativity and innovation in the country, a senior official said in New Delhi on Tuesday. Joint Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion Rajiv Aggarwal said the government is making an ecosystem to promote both these things. Talking about ‘jugaad’ or ‘frugal innovation’, he said …

New IPR Policy
8 years, 7 months ago

New IPR Policy

Live Law  

The Government has approved the National IPR Policy on 12th May 2016. The policy lays down the following seven objectives: IPR Awareness: Outreach and Promotion- Generation of IPRs: To create public awareness about the economic, social and cultural benefits of IPRs among all sections of society; Generation of IPRs- To stimulate the generation of IPRs; Legal and Legislative Framework:To. The …

NGOs urge PM to ‘resist pressure’ from U.S. on IPRs
8 years, 9 months ago

NGOs urge PM to ‘resist pressure’ from U.S. on IPRs

The Hindu  

A group of civil society organisations has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ‘resist,’ what they termed,“pressure from the U.S. and the pharmaceutical multinationals based there to amend India’s Intellectual Property Rights laws”. However, in reality, promotion of IPRs has not only limited the ability of developing countries to obtain critical technologies for their economic and social development but has …

National Intellectual Property Rights: patently a missed opportunity
8 years, 10 months ago

National Intellectual Property Rights: patently a missed opportunity

The Hindu  

India’s >National Intellectual Property Rights Policy, released in mid-May, is a bewildering document. Achal Prabhala Achal Prabhala Sudhir Krishnaswamy Sudhir Krishnaswamy IP and innovation On the face of it, a >policy to grow IP, commercialise it, and thus drive economic growth sounds plausible. The National IPR Policy makes it clear that we will not roll back any aspects of Indian …

All you need to know about the new IPR Policy
8 years, 10 months ago

All you need to know about the new IPR Policy

The Hindu  

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley released India’s National Intellectual Property Rights Policy recently. The Policy which is in compliance with WTO's agreement on TRIPS, aims to sustain entrepreneurship and boost Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet scheme 'Make in India.' >> The policy left the country’s patent laws intact and specifically did not open up Section 3 of the Patents Act, which …

US Chamber of Commerce welcomes India’s IPR policy
8 years, 10 months ago

US Chamber of Commerce welcomes India’s IPR policy

The Hindu  

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has welcomed India’s new National Intellectual Property Rights policy, saying it hopes the move is a “precursor” to the “concrete, structural” changes necessary for implementation of a strong innovation model. “We hope the announcement is a precursor to the concrete, structural changes that are necessary if India is to implement a strong Itellectual Property-led innovation …

Cabinet approves National Intellectual Property Rights Policy [Read the Full Text]
8 years, 10 months ago

Cabinet approves National Intellectual Property Rights Policy [Read the Full Text]

Live Law  

“Creative India; Innovative India: रचनात्मक भारत; अभिनव भारत” The Union Cabinet yesterday approved the National Intellectual Property Rights Policy that will lay the future roadmap for intellectual property in India. The broad contours of the National IPR Policy are as follows: Vision Statement: An India where creativity and innovation are stimulated by Intellectual Property for the benefit of all; an …

New IPR policy retains access to cheap drugs
8 years, 10 months ago

New IPR policy retains access to cheap drugs

The Hindu  

The NDA government on Friday announced the long-pending, “all-encompassing” National Intellectual Property Rights Policy. Responding to queries about the policy approved by the Cabinet on Thursday night, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said, “Our approach balances consideration of inventability, innovation and public health consideration.” Though the U.S. concerns include the “rejections” of patent applications for innovative pharmaceutical products due to …

India says US' renewable programmes inconsistent with global norms, to move WTO for treaty violation
8 years, 10 months ago

India says US' renewable programmes inconsistent with global norms, to move WTO for treaty violation

India TV News  

New Delhi: Holding certain programmes of the United States in the renewable energy sector as inconsistent with global norms, India is now set to file 16 cases against the US on charges that it violated World Trade Organization treaties, the government informed Parliament today. She said that India believes that certain renewable energy programmes of the US at the sub-federal …

Government to unveil IPR policy in a fortnight
9 years, 1 month ago

Government to unveil IPR policy in a fortnight

The Hindu  

The government is likely to announce its National Intellectual Property Rights Policy within a fortnight. The policy -- which will be entirely compliant with the World Trade Organisation’s agreement on Trade Related aspects of IPRs -- will, as per Prime Minister Narendra Modi's suggestion, have a special thrust on awareness generation and effective enforcement of IPRs, besides encouragement of IP …

Defending India’s IPR
9 years, 10 months ago

Defending India’s IPR

The Hindu  

It is ten years since India amended the Indian Patents Act, 1970 to bring its laws in line with the agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. The new government under pressure The NDA government’s approach to the IPR issues has been a subject of intense discussion, especially in the context of repeated attempts by the US Trade Representative …

US happy about Modi talk on intellectual property but keeps India in watch list
9 years, 10 months ago

US happy about Modi talk on intellectual property but keeps India in watch list

Firstpost  

The Modi government is not only engaged, but also is examining key issues related to the intellectual property rights, US Trade Representative has said, hoping that New Delhi would be able to address its concerns on IPR. India has continued its engagement with the United States on IPR issues of interest to both countries, including by establishing the High Level …

Experts come out against draft National IPR policy
10 years, 1 month ago

Experts come out against draft National IPR policy

The Hindu  

The draft National IPR Policy prepared by the Centre’s IPR Think Tank has come under harsh criticism from experts. Agitha, Associate Professor at the Centre, stated that the draft IPR Policy, which gave a strong message of supporting the Centre’s Make in India campaign, failed to address the question of whether a strong IP in itself was sufficient enough to …

Modi’s reforms enthuse Obama
10 years, 2 months ago

Modi’s reforms enthuse Obama

The Hindu  

Turning the spotlight on bilateral economic ties, U.S. President Barack Obama announced a slew of initiatives on Monday that included $4 billion in loans from U.S. banks, $2 billion in financing for renewable energy projects in India and $1 billion from the Exim Bank of the U.S. for project financing. Executive action to help Indian techies who currently have to …

Think tank set up to draft national IPR policy
10 years, 5 months ago

Think tank set up to draft national IPR policy

The Hindu  

The Commerce and Industry Ministry on Friday constituted a six-member think tank to draft the National Intellectual Property Rights policy. The expert group, set up by Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, will also advise the government on best practices to be followed in trademark offices, patent offices and other government offices dealing with IPRs to create an efficient and …

Govt. denies bowing to U.S. pressure on IP regime
10 years, 5 months ago

Govt. denies bowing to U.S. pressure on IP regime

The Hindu  

The Modi Government on Friday denied that the reference to Intellectual Property Rights in the joint statement from U.S. President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this week, was an outcome of the U.S. “arm-twisting”. The U.S. consent to discussion of IPR issues through the bilateral mechanism is a re-affirmation of India’s stand that issues need bilateral discussion …

Deliverables from Modi’s visit
10 years, 6 months ago

Deliverables from Modi’s visit

The Hindu  

There will be no “transformational initiative” proposed during the bilateral visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama, but announcements are expected on infrastructure, energy, education, and Mr. Modi’s “smart cities” initiatives. Sources tell The Hindu that several MoUs are expected to be signed during the visit, as well as agreements on renewable energy technology, skills …

India says it won't participate in unilateral US investigation on IPR
10 years, 10 months ago

India says it won't participate in unilateral US investigation on IPR

Live Law  

India openly stated that it would not participate in any unilateral investigation by the US on its intellectual property rights, emphasizing that its IPR regime complies with international laws.India’s response came in the wake of the release of the USTR Special 301 Report. The Special 301 Report identifies countries where US companies or products facing trade barriers fur to. The …

India says it won't participate in unilateral US investigation on IPR
10 years, 10 months ago

India says it won't participate in unilateral US investigation on IPR

Live Law  

India openly stated that it would not participate in any unilateral investigation by the US on its intellectual property rights, emphasizing that its IPR regime complies with international laws.India’s response came in the wake of the release of the USTR Special 301 Report. The Special 301 Report identifies countries where US companies or products facing trade barriers fur to. The …

India ready to discuss IPR norms at WTO if US wants: Sharma
11 years ago

India ready to discuss IPR norms at WTO if US wants: Sharma

India TV News  

New Delhi: Rejecting US allegations related to intellectual property rights, India today said that it is ready to discuss the matter at WTO as it has not breached any international agreement. We are very clear,” Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma told PTI.Sharma was replying to a question over the US charges that India's IPR norms discriminate against American companies, …

India likely to drag US to WTO if classified ‘Priority Country’
11 years, 1 month ago

India likely to drag US to WTO if classified ‘Priority Country’

The Hindu  

India is likely to drag the U.S. to WTO if America includes it in the ‘Priority Foreign Country’ list for intellectual property rights, a development that could further escalate trade tensions between the two. Officials here said the demand is “completely wrong” as India’s intellectual property rights are compliant with global laws, including the World Trade Organisation. Under the U.S. …

U.S. probing ‘discrimination’ in Indian trade policies
11 years, 1 month ago

U.S. probing ‘discrimination’ in Indian trade policies

The Hindu  

India’s policies for regulating foreign trade and investment, particularly in the context of intellectual property rights affecting the pharmaceutical industry, were in the crosshairs of the US Congress this week, as a lengthy investigation was launched into whether such policies were harming the US economy by discriminating against American firms. The “fact-finding” investigation on ‘Trade, Investment, and Industrial Policies in …

US to announce trade action against India
11 years, 1 month ago

US to announce trade action against India

The Hindu  

US Trade Representative Michael Froman will announce a new “trade enforcement action” with regard to India in Washington on Monday, the federal agency said, raising concerns that there could be another spike in tensions in the bilateral relationship. Indian Commerce Minister Anand Sharma however indicated that the USTR had not given New Delhi any advanced notice about the trade enforcement …

Developing countries call for easing IPR costs of clean technologies
11 years, 4 months ago

Developing countries call for easing IPR costs of clean technologies

The Hindu  

For the developed countries it was a devil buried at the climate negotiations last year at Doha. At the Warsaw talks, the developing countries, including India, resuscitated the devil — easing the costs of intellectual property rights on clean technologies — back to life, by demanding that a funding mechanism be set up to buy licenses on clean but costly …

Chidambram tells US India respects IPRs
11 years, 8 months ago

Chidambram tells US India respects IPRs

India TV News  

Washington, July 12: Seeking to allay US concerns about business climate in India, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has told American lawmakers that India respects intellectual property rights and its laws are compliant with World Trade Organisation rules. Chidambaram, who is here on a four-day visit to woo American investors in the midst of a slowdown, told the lawmakers that "the …

US views on India's IPR protection not justified: Sharma
12 years, 10 months ago

US views on India's IPR protection not justified: Sharma

Firstpost  

Commerce and Industry minister has said that India is TRIPS compliant, and has asked the USTR for a comprehensive re-look at the intellectual property regime in India New Delhi: Flaying the US decision to place India again in the group of countries with insufficient intellectual property protection, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has said the country is WTO-compliant. Describing …

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