World Intellectual Property Day 2022: Know date, theme, history and importance
The 26th of April is celebrated as World Intellectual Property Day, which aims to raise awareness of the value of intellectual property (IP).
Apr 26, 2022, 12:12 PM IST
Amazon launches IP Accelerator programme in India to help businesses secure trademark
Mary Beth Westmoreland, vice-president, technology, brand protection at Amazon, said the IP Accelerator programme is already available in the US, Europe and Canada.
Jul 04, 2021, 18:12 PM IST
Facebook introduces Rights Manager for images
The new version uses image matching technology to help creators and publishers protect and manage their image content at scale.
Sep 22, 2020, 13:54 PM IST
Flexible intellectual property will help China to diffuse trade tensions: IMF
China and the US are currently engaged in a trade conflict and have slapped tit-for-tat tariffs of hundreds of billions of dollars on each other's goods.
Dec 10, 2018, 10:52 AM IST
Apple asked to pay $500mn in patent suit
The original suit was filed in 2010 by VirnetX.
Apr 12, 2018, 15:31 PM IST
India will protect intellectual property: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured the global innovative industry that India not just values intellectual property but will also protect it, especially in this era of technology advancement.
Sep 25, 2015, 09:39 AM IST
US keeps China, India on intellectual rights watch list
The United States on Thursday kept China and India on its Priority Watch List of trading partners that fail to protect intellectual property rights (IPR), hurting the economy.
May 01, 2015, 03:32 AM IST
Investment treaty, intellectual property on India-US agenda
Intellectual property rights and a bilateral investment treaty (BIT) would be key issues on the agenda in the ongoing India-US dialogue on the economic front, according to a State Department official.
Jan 16, 2015, 11:33 AM IST
UK ''Google tax'' will target inter-company payments
A new British tax on companies that shift profits out of the country and into tax havens will target inter-company fees for services like use of intellectual property, according to a Treasury document seen by Reuters.
Dec 10, 2014, 09:09 AM IST
Facebook says it won't commercialise personal content
Facebook recently changed its privacy policy and many photographers, both amateur and professional, held fears that the social network could start commercialising their images.
Dec 03, 2014, 16:13 PM IST
Germany, Spain trademark India's Khadi; govt to take up issue with European authorities
India in April last year joined the Madrid Protocol which will enable domestic companies and entrepreneurs to obtain cost effective global trademark registration.
Nov 04, 2014, 14:05 PM IST
Modi-Obama meet: US healthcare experts express concern over IP Working Group
Independent American healthcare experts have expressed concern over the decision of India and the United States to establish a high-level working group on intellectual property to address each other's issues.
Oct 02, 2014, 12:39 PM IST
India, US to set up high-level working group on IPR
India and the US have decided to set up a high-level working group on intellectual property to sort out the contentious issues which have been hampering investments.
Oct 01, 2014, 21:10 PM IST
Govt approves Rs 309.6 cr scheme to modernise IP offices
The government on Wednesday approved the continuation of a Rs 309.6 crore-scheme to modernise and strength Intellectual Property (IP) offices during the 12th Plan period.
Jul 02, 2014, 22:27 PM IST
