Shocking , but true. In an information revealed in the Parliament there are 79,000 patent applications pending to get grant at Indian Patent Office.Out of this, nearly a third of the applications are from mechanical engineering and chemicals segment. In the mechanical engineering segment 14,134 patent applications were pending, followed by chemicals segment (11,633), [...]
PMO circulates note on after considering proposals by global drug makerssuch as Novartis, BMS, Eli Lilly and Pfizer besides executives of Organization of Pharmaceutical Producers in India(OPPI) a lobby group of international drug innovator companiesthat wants to do certain changes in the intellectual property rights regime of India that can compromise Indian drug makers’ [...]
Drug maker Venus Remedies Ltd has been granted a patent by Indian authorities for its once-a-day painkiller Aceclofenac injection. Aceclonefac is world's first once-a-day painkiller injection.Aceclofenac is a NSAID (non steroidal anti inflammatory drug) used for the relief of acute as well as chronic pain and inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, low back pain, ankylosing [...]
Indian Government, the well known snoozers in daylight hours awaken accidentally will be a good fortune for Bollywood, may last at least in an interval of blink. Even though the strict rules or laws are formed for anti-piracy how and when could they come in force and what are the procedural effects that can [...]
Exquisite embroidery by thousands of rural artisans associated with Ahmedabad-based Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) is all set to take the international market by storm. And this time, to get better exposure on a global platform, the SEWA Trade Facilitation Centre (STFC) has also acquired a sepa rate trademark – Ananta, for its second [...]
Seminar on Proposed ACTA and TRIPS: Issues and Implications at FICCI concluded on 28th May 2010 at heated house of discussion. Distinguished panel of speakers included: Ms Leena Menghaney: Campaign co-coordinator (India), Medicines Sans Frontiers Campaign for access to essential medicines Dr. Mira Shiva: Director, Initiative for Healthy Equity and Society Mr. Raghu Cidambi: [...]
