Sitharaman and Swedish minister set up mechanism to further trade
Sourced from Press Information Bureau The Eighteenth Session of India-Sweden Joint Commission for Economic, Industrial and Scientific Cooperation (JCEC) was held in New Delhi on May 17, 2017. The Indian delegation led by Nirmala Sitharaman, and the Swedish delegation led by Ann Linde, Minister for Trade and EU Affairs, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, expressed their satisfaction that considerable substance and contents had been added to bilateral relations during the last 2 years and reiterated their mutual desire and commitment to further strengthen the existing trade and investment relations and all-round bilateral cooperation. The deliberations at the JCEC meeting provided an excellent opportunity to review the current state of ongoing cooperation in diverse fields such as Trade and Investment, Sustainable Urban development, Micro Small ...
WIPO and DIPP sign agreement to set up innovation centres in India
The Dollar Business Bureau To set up Technology and Innovation Support Centres (TISC), the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) have entered into an agreement. For entrepreneurs and innovators in developing nations like India, these TISCs facilitate access to locally based technology knowledge banks and other ancillary services, which help them create, manage and protect their intellectual property rights (IPR). Some of the services offered by TISCs include database search training, access to a repository of patent/non-patent resources and IP-related publications, retrieval of technology information, and provision of basic information on laws, management, and technology commercialisation. Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM) is the focal point for the formation of a TISC national network. CIPAM ...
US sees huge potential for innovation, R&D in India
The Dollar Business Bureau Noticing the huge potential for Research & Development (R&D) and innovation in India, Katherine B Hadda, the US Consul General in Hyderabad, on Wednesday said that the US and India are working jointly in various related fields to boost innovation. Hadda said that she has witnessed a huge potential for innovation in the country during her visits to several R&D institutes in the city of Hyderabad. She was speaking at a conference on 'Fostering Innovation & IP for A Better Tomorrow', organised by APTDC (Andhra Pradesh Technology Development and Promotion Centre) of CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) in Hyderabad. Noting that the two countries are together working in various fields, she said a fund for technology development has been set ...
Redefining Success
She started Bharat Biotech with her husband in 1996. Today, 20 years later, her company holds a portfolio of 50 patents and has delivered over 3 billion doses of vaccines to 65 countries across the globe. Jasleen Kaur | March 2016 Issue | The Dollar Business Suchitra K. Ella, Co-Founder & JMD, Bharat Biotech Intl. Ltd. When she decided to take the entrepreneurial plunge she was equipped with all the right tools – enthusiasm, self-confidence, training, and most importantly, her husband’s passion for developing new IPRs (intellectual property) and technology platforms in vaccine development. She was determined to build a socially-inclined enterprise and Bharat Biotech, India’s well-known multi-dimensional biotechnology company is doing precisely that. For her, it was a path quite different from ...
India to lead World Health Assemblys drive on intellectual property
The Dollar Business Bureau The 68th World Health Assembly (WHA) a constituent of World Health organisation (WHO), will be lead by India at Geneva from May 18-27, 2015. The event is expected to deliberate on the plan of action on innovation and intellectual property and other key issues of global interest including anti-microbial resistance, air pollution and health, global health emergency, said a PIB release. Minister of Health & Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda will preside over the 68th Session of the World Health Assembly. The Union Minister is leading a high level Indian delegation to the WHA, to be held in Geneva during 18-27 May, 2015. The Union Minister will also participate in a number of bilateral and multilateral ...
Patent applications: India ranks eighth in the list of nations
The Dollar Business Bureau With almost 980,000 trademarks in 2013, India only ranks behind China with 7.2 million (mn), the US (1.8 million) and Japan (1.7 million), says the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO), IP Facts and Figures, 2014 report. The report provides an overview of Intellectual Property (IP) activity using the latest available year of complete statistics. The figures presented are based on a selection of those reported in WIPO’s more compressive World Intellectual Property Indicators, 2014. The report says, of the estimated 9.45 million patents in force, 26% were in the United States, followed by 19% in Japan and for the first time, 2013 saw more than a million patents in force in China. Almost three million ...
