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Business Standard: Rod Hunter: Why India needs to take intellectual property seriously January 11, 2014 Dr Reddy's Laboratories' chairman, G V Prasad, called for the Indian pharmaceutical industry to move up the value chain from generics through investing in research and innovation, reported the Business Standard last week. Mr Prasad's ...

Economic Times: US Chamber seeks improvement in IP protection in India January 9, 2014 WASHINGTON: As Corporate America increasingly looks overseas to expand its business and remove hurdles in foreign countries, the US Chamber of Commerce has called for better intellectual property protection in India. "We're pursuing bilateral investm...

Business Standard: Presence of law to protect copyright 'not effectual': CJI December 15, 2013 Observing that the revenue of conventional record labels has plunged in recent years due to copyright infringement, Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam today said in spite of the existence of a law, its implementation was not "effectual" as ...

The Hill: Actions belie India's talk on respect for intellectual property December 13, 2013 By: Rep. Ron Kink (D-Pa) As Attorney General Eric Holder said when discussing intellectual property, “[the] crimes are not victimless. The theft of ideas and the sale of counterfeit goods threaten economic opportunities and financial stability, ...

Politico: WTO head pushes for last-ditch trade deal November 26, 2013 By: Doug Palmer The head of the World Trade Organization on Tuesday urged countries to take one last stab at reaching a reputation-saving trade deal before the group’s ministerial meeting in Bali next week, after the talks collapsed over what the United States said was ...

India takes the low road, dragging down the WTO and the developing world with it November 26, 2013 By: Linda Dempsey The Economist appropriately dubbed it “The Indian Problem” to explain why the World Trade Organization (WTO) has been unable to reach a deal that would help the world’s poorest countries by cutting red tape at the ...

Hindustan Times: 'India-US relations have issues, but rock solid' October 28, 2013 India-US relationship is "rock solid" but there are challenges in the field of economic ties that must be addressed quickly, a US lawmaker has said. Congressman Joe Crowley, co-chair of the Congressional Caucus on India and Indian-Americans said this in his ...

The Hindu: Walmart resumes US lobbying on FDI in India October 27, 2013 Global retail giant Walmart has resumed its lobbying with the US lawmakers on matters related to FDI in India and it spent $1.5 million on about 50 specific issues, including those related to Indian market during the last quarter. “Discussions regarding Foreign Direct ...

Zeebiz: Tatas step up US lobbying on immigration, education issues October 27, 2013 Washington/New Delhi: Salt-to-software conglomerate Tatas appear to have stepped up their lobbying in the US on various matters, including those related to immigration reforms and technical education issues, after remaining inactive on this front for over two ...

The Economic Times: 'India has failed to recognise IP rights;deterring investors' October 21, 2013 NEW DELHI: A US trade body has asked India to spur innovation and strengthen its intellectual property (IP) laws, saying failure to recognise IP rights was dissuading investors and keeping Indian economy in a logjam. "India has the potential ...