International Conference on Intellectual Property Rights
We are pleased to announce that International IPR Conference will be held on 8-10 January, 2009 at Hotel Taj Bengal, Kolkata. The theme of the Conference is "Empowering Business Entities thorugh Knowledge Mangement in the Field of IPR". for details, please Log on to www.iprconference.com

CSE accused of Copyright infringement:
CSIR is planning to set up a holding company to monetize its inventory of patents. Approximately 300 patents would be transferred to this holding company that aims to licence out and sell patents to companies ....more

Stringent patent laws block almost 50,000 innovations
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LG Electronics wins Patent Case
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