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GST and Taxation of Intangibles
One of the major taxation problems in India is the taxation on intangible products and services. These include Intellectual property (IP) such as patents, copyrights and trade secrets and software, software services such as SAAS. This problem is global and ..
Trade Mark Rules 2017 come into effect
The Trade Mark Rules, 2017 have come into effect, streamlining and simplifying the processing of Trade Mark applications. The new rules were released by Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry and will replace the erstwhile Trade Mark Rules, 2002. Salient ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2017
India-United States Partnership on Health
There is a special importance of health sector in India United States relations and it ranges from partnering on R&D of vaccines to implementation of disease detection centres. This article presents an overview of India-US partnership in health and pharma ..
Union Government launches IPR Enforcement Toolkit for Police
The Union Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Enforcement Toolkit for Police. This toolkit will be provided to all state police departments across the nation to assist them in dealing with the cases relating ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2017
Union Cabinet approves MoU between India and UK to support Ease of Doing Business in India
The Union Cabinet has given its approval to Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and United Kingdom (UK) to support Ease of Doing Business in India. The MoU was signed between both countries earlier in November 2016 during the official ..
Month: Current Affairs - December, 2016
WHO settles India, EU medicine dispute issue
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has dropped the term ‘counterfeit’ and retained ‘falsified’ to describe medicines of inferior quality. This decision was taken by a WHO’s technical working group on draft working definitions of substandard/spurious /falsely-labelled/falsified/counterfeit (SSFFC) medical products. It ..