This post is in furtherance of something I have posted earlier. I had already written about the Government of India trying to get GI protection for pashmina. Kashmir Newz reports that apart from objections put forward by the Pakistan based Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce a Srinagar based artisan body the Kashmir Handmade Pashmina Promotion Trust (KHPPT) has also filed an objection. The KHPPT objections have reached the Chennai registry unlike those by the Pakistan delegation. “The KHPPT is asking for

The chances of the Free Trade Agreement between India and the EU materializing seem bleak now with differences between the parties continuing after another round of negotiations. As The Hindu reports, “Although both sides have stated that good progress had been made in the first three rounds, officials in the 27-member block European Union feel that signing of the FTA by this year-end was near impossible.” While the parties have postponed the next round of negotiations, officials do not seem

Today was the 2nd day of the 2nd Annual Global Forum on Innovation, Creativity and Intellectual Property organised by CII in conjunction with the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, GOI and the US India Business Council (Mumbai). The day began with a discussion on “Global trends in IP Protection” where Narendra K. Sabharwal, Deputy Director General, World Intellectual Property Organisation spoke of the following – shift in focus of IP community from protection of IP to promotion and exploitation

According to an article in the Intellectual Assets Magazine (IAM), Property Rights Alliance (PRA) released its International Property Rights Index (IPRI) Report for the year 2008, with rankings on protection for physical and intellectual property in 115 countries. In IP protection, among emerging economies, India ranks 47th along with Mauritania, with Brazil, China and Russia on 49th, 70th and 82nd positions respectively. Finland topped the rankings with Germany, UK and Japan occupying the next three slots; the US is ranked