Intellectual property rights think tank may submit draft report tomorrow"The IPR think-tank has tentatively decided to present its report by 20th Dec. No date has been fixed for finalising the policy," Sitharama...
19 Dec, 2014, 07.19 PM IST
IPR think tank to submit draft policy soon"The think-tank would submit the draft report on IPR this month," an official said, adding that an inter-ministerial consultation would hel...
16 Dec, 2014, 10.05 PM IST
Foreign drug makers urge government to review IPR think tankA similar point has also been raised by the US biotech groupings PhRMA and BIO in their submissions to the US Trade Representative's office.
18 Nov, 2014, 01.36 AM IST
DIPP seeks public comments on proposed National IPR policy"The interested persons may send their comments in respect of the proposed National IPR Policy for consideration by the said IPR Think Tank...
13 Nov, 2014, 10.12 PM IST
DIPP sets up think tank to draft national Intellectual Property Rights policyIt will keep the government regularly informed about the developments taking place in IPR cases which have an impact upon India's IPR Polic...
25 Oct, 2014, 04.01 AM IST
Civil society members demand strong Lokpal BillThey said the measures include a strong Lokpal law, Grievance Redress law, Whistleblower Protection law and measures for judicial accountab...
16 Dec, 2013, 11.06 PM IST
Bayer challenges IPAB’s compulsory licence order to Natco Pharma on cancer drug Nexavar“We introduce the product after years of research and investment, while companies like Natco merely copy and manufacture the product,” said...
12 Oct, 2013, 04.01 AM IST
Pfizer gets relief in patent revocation case for anti-cancer drug 'Sutent'In a relief to pharma major Pfizer, the Intellectual Property Appellate Board here has set aside the revocation of the patent of the compan...
04 Jun, 2013, 10.20 PM IST
Use of ‘Thalappakatti’ in Tamil Nadu restaurant names leads to trademark warsThings were fine until 2006, when a new chain of biriyani restaurants called Chennai Rawther Thalappakattu Biryani was launched.
08 Apr, 2013, 11.15 AM IST
- IPAB allows Natco Pharma to sell Nexavar; stock gains
'Company will continue to market and sell the drug post verdict. It sold Rs 14 crore worth of Nexavar drug in the past 9 months.'
05 Mar, 2013, 10.54 AM IST
Natco’s compulsory licence for selling generic copies of Bayer’s cancer drug Nexavar upheld by IpabThe Indian patents appeals board had last year dismissed Bayer’s petition seeking a stay on the “compulsory licence” issued to Natco.
05 Mar, 2013, 03.37 AM IST
- IPAB dismisses Bayer's stay plea in Nexavar case
IPAB of Chennai has dismissed German pharma major Bayer's plea, seeking a stay on the Compulsory Licence issued to Hyderabad-based drugmake...
18 Sep, 2012, 05.05 AM IST
9 death penalties wrongly imposed: Ex-judges to PresidentThey are on death row even after the Supreme Court admitted — not once but thrice — that the decisions awarding death sentences had been re...
19 Aug, 2012, 02.35 PM IST
- Yahoo's unit Overture Services Inc faces patent roadblock for paid-search technology
Intellectual Property Appellate Board in Chennai has rejected a patent filed for a paidsearch technology by yahoo's unit after opposition f...
27 Dec, 2011, 05.41 AM IST
- HC directs CB-CID to investigate false insurance claims
The Madras High Court directed the state crime branch-CID to probe future cases of false and fabricated motor vehicle accident insurance cl...
22 Dec, 2009, 10.17 PM IST
- HC confirms eight consuecutive life terms for 17
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on friday confirmed the eight consecutive life imprisonments on 17 persons for murdering eight c...
14 Dec, 2007, 07.59 PM IST
- HC rejects petition by Novartis
HC dismisses a petition filed by Novartis, challenging the constitutional validity of the Sect 3 (d) of the patents (amendment) act 2005.
06 Aug, 2007, 11.20 AM IST