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On This Day in History, June 15: Magna Carta sealed, first blood transfusion experiment, Batman Begins released and other key eventsOn This Day in History, June 15 features landmark moments spanning law, science, war and culture. From the sealing of Magna Carta in 1215 a...
AbbVie loses patent plea for Hep C drugThe Indian Patent Office has denied a secondary patent for AbbVie's Hepatitis C drug Maviret. This decision ensures continued access to aff...
Profit on paper, loss in reality: How a routine accounting tool is used to deceive and take investors for a rideAmortisation is a number most investors skip, but it can shape reported profit. On the surface, it looks routine: A company spreads the cos...
Nokia wins UK appeal to block Acer, Asus video streaming patent lawsuitsNokia has successfully blocked lawsuits filed by Acer and Asus in London. The dispute centers on video coding technology. Nokia's appeal me...
Boost R&D or lag in 6G race, MoS Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani tells telcos as revenues surgeMinister Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani urged Indian telecom operators to boost R&D spending to shape next-generation mobile networks, noting the...
Ericsson and Apple end patent-related legal row with licence dealThe Swedish telecoms equipment maker said the multi-year deal included global cross-licences for patented cellular standard-essential techn...
Local firms got voluntary license for more drugs during pandemicA voluntary licence (VL) is an authorisation given by the patent holder to a generic company to produce a patented drug while a compulsory ...
Must open licence regime to push vaccine, drug supply: ExpertsThe government can invoke the Indian Patents Act to manufacture crucial drugs used to treat Covid-19 patients and to negotiate with pharmac...
Ericsson says ready to take legal steps to protect its IPRWe try to resolve this by negotiation. That is our preferred way, but we are always ready to enforce our rights on matters necessary,” Gust...
Micromax to take global patent licence from EricssonMicromax had contested the claims, arguing that the Swedish company was not providing its patents on socalled fair, reasonable and nondiscr...
India has right to grant compulsory licences under WTO: GovernmentThe government today said every member of the WTO, including India, has the right to grant compulsory licences (CL) and also decide the gro...
Government rejects BDR Pharma's CL application for anti-cancer drugUnder the Indian Patents Act, if a medicine is deemed unaffordable, a compulsory licence can be issued to a generic drug maker in public in...
Ericsson sues Micromax for patent infringement, claims about Rs 100 crore in damagesEricsson has sued handset major Micromax for patent infringement, marking the arrival of bigticket technology patent litigation to Indian s...
- Natco Pharma begins sales of Bristol Myers' cancer drug Dasatinib
Hyderabad-based generic drugmaker Natco Pharma has started selling copies of global pharma major Bristol Myers Squibb's cancer drug Dasatin...
- No applications pending from pharmaceutical companies seeking compulsory licenses: Government
The government has clarified that no applications are pending from pharmaceutical companies seeking compulsory licences for producing low-c...
- US protests patent issuance to Natco to sell copied versions of Nexaver
Visiting US Comm Secy, in his meeting with Commerce & Industry Minister Anand Sharma on Monday, raised concerns about the compulsory licenc...
- Natco Pharma bags licence to sell Bayer's cancer drug Nexavar
The government has allowed a local drugmaker Natco Pharma to make and sell a patented cancer drug at a fraction of the price charged by Ger...
- No additional norms to issue compulsory drug licences
The government has decided to retain the flexibility it has in issuing compulsory licences for patented drugs in case of public health emer...
- Natco may seek compulsory licence for Bayer's cancer drug
Natco Pharma plans to seek a compulsory licence to make Bayer AG's Nexavar in India, invoking a provision in local laws that allows generic...
- Samsung, Hitachi sign licence deal on hard drives
Samsung Electronics said on Friday it had agreed with Hitachi’s data storage business unit to a licence deal over hard disk drive (HDD) pat...