Most people are aware of intellectual property (IP)-of copyright, patents, industrial designs and trademarks. But many still view these as business or legal concepts with little relevance to their own lives. To address this gap, WIPO's Member States decided in 2000 to designate an annual World Intellectual Property Day. They chose April 26, the [...]
The legislation proposed by MST (ministry of science & Technology) has been modeled on the United States' Patent and Trademark Law Amendments Act commonly known as Bayh-Dole Act (BDA) that came into existence in 1980. BDA created a uniform patent policy for the universities to own rights to patent resulting from federal funded research [...]
India has made tremendous progress in building a policy environment to encourage investment. Foreign direct investment (FDI) in India is principally governed by the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999. In addition, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) issues various press notes from time to time, modifying the sectorial limits on FDI and [...]
Indian Film Industry-Copyright Infringers or Inspirations? On July 7, 1896, India's first cinematographic film was shown in Mumbai. Today, India's mammoth film industry produces more movies than any other country in the world and employs over two million people. In recent years, nearly eight out of every ten Bollywood scripts have been “inspired” by [...]
Indian Premier League-Intellectual property League? IPL stands for Indian Premier League and this is a Twenty20 Cricket Competition controlled and created by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) which is also the richest cricket board in the world. The popularity of IPL has been massive across all cricket loving nations and [...]
Venus Remedies, pharmaceutical company won Patent Award in Gold Category for the year 2010-11 by Pharmaceuticals Export Promotion Council in function organized at Hotel Taj Krishna, Hyderabad. Hon'able Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Mr. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy presented the award. Venus Remedies has received this award for its commendable contribution in the field [...]
