Intellectual Property Rights
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Pepisco drops case against Gujarat potato farmers: Lessons to be learnt by MNC in failed fight with domestic producers
K Raveendran •Pepsico has been forced to come down on its knees after the threat of a boycott of its products in India gained traction
PepsiCo sues potato farmers: US firm is right in enforcing its IPR, but slapping Rs 1 cr law suit is bad optics
Vivian Fernandes •The private dispute between the company and farmers became a political issue after 192 organisations publicly urged PepsiCo to withdraw its suit
Farm groups protest as PepsiCo sues Gujarat farmers for growing potato variety used to manufacture Lays chips
Meena Menon •Potato farmers in North Gujarat are being sued under the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001, (PVP act for short), filed by the Indian arm of the multinational giant Pepsico India Holdings pvt ltd for growing a potato variety it uses to manufacture Lays chips.
China makes unprecedented proposals on tech transfer with the US to end prolonged trade war
•China makes unrivalled proposals on a range of issues — forced technology transfer, cyber theft.
China's draft foreign investment law proposes a ban on forced technology transfer
•The draft comes after US accused China of unfair trade practices including intellectual property theft.
Hindustan Unilever pitches for reducing corporate tax rate; urges govt to relax local sourcing norms
•In February this year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley lowered corporate tax rate to 25 percent for businesses with turnover up to Rs 250 crore.
Tencent scraps investment in media company Chaping after the latter faces criticism for 'hidden plagiarism'
•Tencent which owns WeChat has scrapped an investment of 30 million yuan in Chaping which has been criticised online for its handling of copyright issues.
Innovate in India: The country cannot afford to wait any longer for a robust intellectual property rights regime
Ritesh Kumar Singh •India’s patent productivity is quite low compared to that of Japan, US, South Korea, and China. Patents being filed in India are 17 to a million people.
US defence firms keen on joint ventures with Indian companies, seek safety of classified intelligence
•Leading US defence firms are pushing for a specific framework in India to ensure the safety and security of critical technology and classified defence information when they are shared with the Indian private sector for joint ventures in India
Fashion in IPR mode: Rohit Bal, Anju Modi, Anita Dongre copyright designs as plagiarism spreads
Dagarwal •Designer clothes are often improvisations of existing styles of clothes. Therefore, another issue which arises is whether every design is ‘original’ enough to merit protection?