The US Chamber of Commerce has requested that India be classified as a Priority Foreign Country, a tag given to the worst offenders when it comes to protecting intellectual property and one that could trigger trade sanctions.

Google is offering an optional attachment for prescription lenses and new styles of detachable sunglasses.

The smartphone let users check messages with a glance at their wrists and have conversations secret agent-style.

Bajaj Corp shares climbed nearly 8 per cent after the company acquired Ozone Ayurvedics' Nomarks brands for an undisclosed amount.

The company described \"Samsung Galaxy Gear\" as a wearable digital electronic device in the form of a wrist watch, band or bangle.

Companies opt for impairment when the value of assets/goodwill on their books is no longer fully recoverable. This reduces the company's net worth or book value. The net profit, too, is adversely affected in the year the charge is made.

Wearable technology has started making inroads into our lives so much that it will now be a part of our bodies too. From watches to shoes, soon there will be a computer in almost all things that go on your body. So much so that even self fitting shirts are in the works.

A group of major American business organisations and advocacy groups on Tuesday launched a new alliance against what they allege as India's \"discriminatory\" economic policies, including intellectual property issues, which they claim hurt US jobs and economy.

In a filing to the BSE, TCS said its promoter Tata Sons Ltd released a total of 1,73,50,000 shares of the company on April 8 and April 12.

India's car market shrank for the first time in a decade, a turning point analysed by Assistant Editor Sunny Sen in the cover story.

Bayer AG  will approach the high court in Mumbai against a ruling by Intellectual Property Appellate Board that upheld the compulsory licence issued to India's Natco Pharma to make and sell a low-cost generic of the German drug major's patented cancer drug Nexavar.

After seeking clarifications and changes four times in a proposed acquisition of majority stake by UK-based Diageo in UB group's United Spirits Ltd, the fair trade regulator rules that the deal would give a boost to entry of premium brands in alcoholic beverage market.

The total royalty paid by 25 highest royalty paying companies in India increased to Rs 3,635 crore in 2011/12 from Rs 1,528 crore in 2007/08, according to data compiled by a proxy advisory firm.

Tata Sons has formally announced the appointment of Cyrus P Mistry as its Chairman from December 28, when incumbent Ratan N Tata retires from the group.

Of late, the heads of a number of regulatory bodies have been flexing their muscles in different ways, using the full extent of their powers in a manner their predecessors had never done.

UK-based liquor firm Diageo is expected to pick up close to 27-per cent stake in Vijay Mallya's United Spirits for about Rs 3,000 crore. This could help the billionaire get rid of some of the Kingfisher Airlines debt.

Kingfisher Airlines Chairman Vijay Mallya gave guarantees worth Rs 5,904 crore for the carrier's loans and other liabilities in 2011-12.

Bayer holds the patent for Nexavar till 2020 and it will \"vigorously defend its patent within the available legal framework\".

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Compulsory licences have brought domestic and multinational pharma companies face to face. Although domestic firms are getting to make cheaper versions of patented drugs, will this be enough to cure the country of its health care ills?