US raises concerns at India’s duties on IP-intensive goods, source code, AI working paperThe US has voiced concerns over India's high customs duties on IP-intensive products and its proposed mandatory blanket license for AI deve...
01 May, 2026, 04.39 PM IST
Gilead to buy Germany's Tubulis for up to $5 billion to boost cancer pipelineGilead is making headlines with its planned acquisition of Tubulis GmbH, a Germany-based company, for a maximum of five billion dollars. Th...
07 Apr, 2026, 08.58 PM 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
WTO fails to reach consensus on key e-commerce moratorium, reformsThe WTO ministerial conference in Yaounde concluded without agreement on crucial trade issues. Key among these was the e-commerce import du...
30 Mar, 2026, 06.09 PM IST
China's Huawei and Amazon in patent licencing agreementMost terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Alan Fan, head of Huawei's intellectual property rights department, said the Chinese firm ha...
05 Mar, 2024, 09.22 AM IST
Oppo, Nokia resolve global patent dispute with cross-license agreementThe Finnish tech company owns over 6000 patent families declared essential to 5G connectivity in smartphones. Out of them, 30 patents cover...
24 Jan, 2024, 06.34 PM IST
China's Huawei says it has reached global patent licensing deal with XiaomiHuawei also has patent license agreements with other tech players such as Oppo and South Korea's Samsung. Last month it renewed a similar a...
13 Sep, 2023, 12.37 PM IST
Nokia renews patent license agreement with Apple, covering 5G and other technologiesNetwork infrastructure and 5G technology provider Nokia has signed a new long-term patent license agreement with Apple to replace the curre...
01 Jul, 2023, 05.20 PM IST
Nokia renews patent license agreement with AppleWhile terms of the agreement remain confidential between the companies, it covers Nokia's inventions in 5G and other technologies.
01 Jul, 2023, 07.40 AM IST
Phone companies may rework royalty pacts to avoid probe, say expertsThey say the Enforcement Directorate's investigation into Xiaomi India's royalty payments has larger implications for overseas companies in...
21 Nov, 2022, 07.51 AM IST
India 'privately' against patent-overriding drug permits: USIBCA compulsory license can be invoked by a national government to allow someone else to produce a patented product or process without the con...
08 Mar, 2016, 08.37 PM IST
BlackBerry, Cisco ink patent cross-licensing agreementBlackBerry and global networking giant Cisco today said they have entered into a long-term patent cross-licensing agreement covering their ...
23 Jun, 2015, 10.57 PM IST
Cisco and Google sign patent cross-licensing agreementCisco Systems Inc and Google Inc said they had entered into a long-term patent cross-licensing agreement covering a broad range of products...
04 Feb, 2014, 08.00 PM IST
- ET in the classroom: Compulsory licencing
ET explains Compulsory Licensing, a provision that allows governments to override Patent rights
26 Aug, 2010, 04.42 AM IST
- Amazon and Microsoft ink patent deal
Microsoft said it has sign a deal with Amazon.com that lets each company tap into the other's patented technology, including that for hot-s...
23 Feb, 2010, 12.23 PM IST
- Philips takes Moser Baer to Dutch court
Philips had, on a prior occasion also served notices of default under these patent license agreements on the company.
23 Aug, 2007, 06.31 PM IST
- PATENT TUSSLE: Philips locks horns with T-Series
Consumer electronics heavyweight, Royal Philips Electronics of Netherlands, and Indian music major T-Series have locked horns over royalty ...
30 Aug, 2006, 01.26 AM IST