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Over the Last Decade India has Spent Rs. 1,00,000 crores on Scientific Research with No Transparency: Time to Resuscitate the PUPFIP?

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Simply put “march-in” rights would allow the government to take control of the IP rights of inventions owned by private companies if those inventions have been funded by public money through grants from the government or through licensing agreements with government R&D institutions. Who owns IP resulting from these agreements?

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First Time Ever! China Adopts Fast-Track Examination for Trademark Applications

IP Tech Blog

The Measures seem to be part of the new Chinese IP polices focused on strengthening domestic IP independence from foreign countries in key economic and industrial sectors. China Adopts Fast-Track Examination for Trademark Applications appeared first on Global IP & Technology Law Blog. Remarks and Conclusions.

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First Time Ever! China Adopts Fast-Track Examination for Trademark Applications

LexBlog IP

The Measures seem to be part of the new Chinese IP polices focused on strengthening domestic IP independence from foreign countries in key economic and industrial sectors. We will need to see whether a corresponding fast-track will be extended to such procedures for one of the marks eligible for fast-track examination.