China used foreign tech to rise, but now it's slamming the doorChina, once a keen learner of Western technology, is now shifting gears to protect its own innovations. New outbound investment rules, effe...
01 Jul, 2026, 09.43 PM IST
Indonesia plans to embed AI in key programmes, including $15 billion free-meal drive, document showsIndonesia's progress on AI has been slow when compared with Singapore and Malaysia. They are pushing to establish themselves as developme...
22 Jun, 2026, 02.02 PM IST
Top cases on the United States Supreme Court's docketThe U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing significant cases. These cases cover voting rights, presidential authority, immigration policies, and g...
20 May, 2026, 05.09 PM IST
10,000 foreign students, including Indians, under ICE scanner for OPT fraudUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has identified 10,000 foreign students, including some from India, misusing the Optional Pract...
13 May, 2026, 09.44 AM IST
Non-violation complaints under WTO's TRIPS agreement: An explainerWorld Trade Organisation members could not agree to extend a safeguard on intellectual property rules. This means the moratorium on non-vio...
30 Mar, 2026, 09.23 PM IST
US trade body to investigate alleged Adani solar IPR violationsThe US International Trade Commission is investigating Adani Solar USA and Adani Green Energy Ltd India for alleged patent infringement. Th...
23 Nov, 2024, 12.55 AM IST
Stringent laws, collaborative enforcement vital to safeguard IPR: Former CJI Dipak Misra"In present times, the statutory regime is in force and its in consonance with the framework of progressive countries," said Dipak Misra.
20 Jun, 2019, 05.35 PM IST
India defends IP rights despite threats from US pharma lobby groupsThe annual report of Global Intellectual Property Centre, an organisation under the US Chamber of Commerce, has ranked India 43 among 45 co...
16 Feb, 2017, 01.14 AM IST
China to strengthen protection of intellectual property rightsChina will improve rules and regulations related to intellectual property rights in newly-emerged fields including Internet Plus, e-commerc...
17 Jan, 2017, 12.12 PM IST
India’s stand on IPR policy clear now: Nirmala SitharamanThe Cabinet approved the National Intellectual Property Rights Policy to encourage innovation and improve access to healthcare, food securi...
17 May, 2016, 02.57 AM IST
Breather for India's compulsory licence seekers as WTO group extends moratorium on IP violationWTO members meeting as the TRIPS (trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights) Council agreed on November 23 on a draft ministeri...
28 Nov, 2015, 01.42 AM IST
US faces pressure to take India to WTO on patent rulesThe demand to move the WTO was made during a meeting of the Senate finance committee on the US administration's trade policy agenda last Th...
06 May, 2014, 01.23 PM IST
Looking forward to engaging with new Indian govt on IPR: USThe top Obama Administration trade official was responding to questions from Senators on Indian trade policies, which they alleged are affe...
02 May, 2014, 12.38 PM IST
- Counterfeiters beware: China waging war on fakes
China is launching a new crackdown on copyright violations and shoddy products that will target everything from high-tech goods to food, th...
20 Oct, 2010, 02.17 PM IST
- Trade group asks US to place India under watch for piracy
A group of American copyright trade associations has asked the US to put India, along with a dozen other nations including Pakistan and Chi...
24 Feb, 2009, 04.59 PM IST
- US puts India on watch list for IPR violations
The US government has put India on its 'Priority Watch List', along with nine other countries, saying that the country's failure to protect...
28 Apr, 2008, 09.59 PM IST
- Govt opposed to ever-greening of patents
The controversial Mashelkar Committee report, which said India will violate WTO agreements if it restricts patents only to new chemical ent...
17 Apr, 2007, 06.10 PM IST