UK Supreme Court hears landmark patent case over AI 'inventor'An American computer scientist on Thursday urged the United Kingdom's Supreme Court to rule he is entitled to patents over inventions creat...
02 Mar, 2023, 07.20 PM IST
Farmers body, activist join battle between Monsanto & local seed cosThe Delhi High Court had on April 11 ruled against Monsanto, saying that it could not have patented Bt Cotton seeds as plants cannot be pat...
21 Nov, 2018, 06.39 AM IST
Onbrez case: Delhi High Court reserves decision on Novartis-Cipla patent disputeDelhi High Court has reserved its decision on a high-profile patent case that pitted Swiss drug maker Novartis against Cipla over its respi...
16 Sep, 2015, 04.27 AM IST
Pharma MNCs use RTI law to protect market for patented drugs & delay entry of genericsMNCs are using such information to sue generic firms even at a stage when their marketing approval is still pending or during the few month...
24 Jan, 2013, 09.56 AM IST
- Patent Office to expedite clearances, hires 150 examiners
The Indian Patent Office has hired 150 more examiners and is upgrading its bureaus nationwide as part of a move to expedite clearances.
05 Nov, 2012, 05.14 AM IST
- Patents office appoints 94 examiners to speed up process
The Indian Patents Office has appointed 94 design examiners to speed up the process of granting patents and clear a backlog of one lakh app...
29 Dec, 2011, 03.20 PM IST
Great job offers to students with campus patents experienceCorporates are looking for student innovators who bring new ideas to the table. To meet their demand, colleges are helping students.
04 Jun, 2011, 10.40 AM IST
- Rajkumar Dogra, a naval soldier & general manager is now a patent lawyer
After two careers spanning 45 years 61-year-old Rajkumar Dogra has embarked his third career, this time a patent lawyer.
16 May, 2011, 04.51 AM IST
- Non-compliance with disclosure norms on patents may bring trouble for pharma companies
Several global drugmakers, including Pfizer, Roche and Bayer, have not met full mandatory disclosures of their patented medicines in India,...
07 Apr, 2011, 01.15 AM IST
- Writ petition says IP tribunal incompetent
A group of patent lawyers have filed a writ petition challenging the legality of the country's highest technical body for intellectual prop...
21 Jan, 2011, 07.08 AM IST
- Pharma cos lose out in patent office-judiciary stand-off
FOR the patent office, the past three years have been like the past three overs of a Twenty20 match.
07 May, 2010, 12.44 AM IST
- Bayer drags Cipla to court over patent
German drugmaker Bayer has filed a patent infringement case against Cipla, the largest domestic drug seller, to stop the Mumbai-based compa...
25 Mar, 2010, 01.12 AM IST
- Ranbaxy gets a reprieve in generic case
The Delhi High Court has turned down a plea by US pharma major Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) to ban India’s Ranbaxy Laboratories from launchin...
25 Mar, 2010, 01.07 AM IST
- German firm denied AIDS drug patent
The Delhi patent office has rejected German pharma major Boehringer Ingelheim’s product patent application for its paediatric form of the a...
20 Jun, 2008, 12.50 AM IST
- HC comment may cure drug mkt of pricing ills
The recent Delhi High Court observation suggesting that access to cheap drugs is a fundamental right is likely to have a major impact on th...
10 May, 2008, 02.37 AM IST
- Govt moves new proposal before HC on Glivec case
The government has submitted a new proposal with the Madras High Court to let the chairman and vice-chairman of the Intellectual Property A...
09 Oct, 2007, 03.17 AM IST
- India to take lessons on using patents for wealth creation
Intellectual Property experts, international patent lawyers and government officials will meet here on Monday to discuss how to use patents...
04 Dec, 2005, 03.45 PM IST