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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?

SpicyIP

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.

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

IP Tech Blog

This makes it very difficult for them to benefit from the fast-track examination system, unless they decide to license or assign their rights to their local subsidiary or Joint Venture. 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.

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

LexBlog IP

This makes it very difficult for them to benefit from the fast-track examination system, unless they decide to license or assign their rights to their local subsidiary or Joint Venture. 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.