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India IoT patent filing sped in past 5 yrs but MNCs dominate list: Nasscom

Manufacturers of electronics and electrical Equipment, semiconductor devices, and computer and telecom equipment together accounted for over 60% of the IoT patents filed in India by business entities over 2009-19

1 min read5 Jun 2020
Companies

120 startups get patents under expedited examination process: DPIIT Secy

A total of 450 start-ups have filed applications under this facilityThe facility can be availed by start-ups that meet stated criteria on payment of stipulated fees

1 min read26 Apr 2019
Politics

India posts highest growth in patent applications in 2018

Innovators and research organizations from India filed 1,583 patent applications with the WIPO in 2018Innovators from China filed 53,345 international patent applications last year compared with 48,905 in 2017

2 min read20 Mar 2019
Companies

Apple set to pull some iPhones from Germany after Qualcomm enforces ban

Qualcomm chipmaker posted the bonds of 1.34 billion euros ($1.52 billion) as part of a legal requirement by a German court

1 min read3 Jan 2019
Companies

Qualcomm posts bonds to ban Apple iPhone sales in Germany

The payment of 1.34 billion in security bonds allows Qualcomm to enforce a court order that will ban sales of some Apple iPhones in Germany over a patent issue

1 min read3 Jan 2019
Technology

Apple receives patents for smart fabrics, touch sensitive glass

The patents indicate strongly to an all-glass iPhone with a touch-sensitive rear glass panel

1 min read20 Dec 2018
Politics

Study shows low IPR awareness in India

Around 35% respondents were not aware about Intellectual Property Rights, according to a new study

1 min read8 Sep 2018
Industry

Congress demands patents for rice varieties developed by Vidarbha farmer Dadaji Khobragade

Maharashtra Congress chief Ashok Chavan says the central and state governments should address the demands made by the Khobragade family to honour the innovative farmer who died in utter penury

1 min read14 Jun 2018
Opinion

Rampant evergreening in Indian pharma industry

Pharmaceutical companies commonly used legal argument, as opposed to demonstrating proof of therapeutic efficacy, to overcome anti-evergreening objections

5 min read30 Apr 2018
Industry

India 2nd largest contributor to IBM’s over 9,000 patents in 2017

IBM's India inventors contributed over 800 patents, making India the second highest contributor after the US region

1 min read9 Jan 2018
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