IP experts to help India revamp laws

A who's who of the intellectual property rights world, including science professors, patent lawyers, judges and corporate intellectual property experts, will visit New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore,......

The Ok-Tata-Bye-Bye controversy

Infringements related to brand names and trademarks are a never-ending story. In the latest dispute over a brand name, the Tata Group has objected to the word 'Tata' used in oktatabyebye.com, a......

Unfair to pin down celebs for misleading ads, say brand gurus

Parliamentary panel seeks 5-yr jail term and penalty of up to Rs 50 lakh if a celebrity-endorsed product misfires With a parliamentary standing committee calling for stringent penal provisions to......

$43 billion and growing! Indian firms big on M&As

The doomsayers have been making their grim pronouncements for several years now: only a third of all mergers create value for the acquiring company and less than 40 per cent of all acquisitions can......

Olympics Swimming: More golds for Titmus and Ohashi

British men win relay. IMAGE: Ariarne Titmus of Australia poses with her gold medal after winning the Women's 200m Freestyle event on Wednesday. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters Australia's......

PICS: Pandemic Games end as Tokyo douses Olympic flame

Images from Sunday's closing ceremony at the Tokyo Olympics. IMAGE: A General view of the fireworks during the closing ceremony at Olympic Stadium in Tokyo on Sunday. Photograph: Maxim......

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Athletes to watch

IMAGE: Caeleb Dressel of the United States celebrates. Photograph: Justin Heiman/Getty Images American Caeleb Dressel will become a global superstar by winning more events than any other......

Phelps, the greatest Olympian? No, says historian

‘Oerter never won the US Olympic trials. Yet he won each gold with an Olympic record and a personal best’ IMAGE: Michael Phelps smiles after swimming. Photograph: Chris Coduto/Getty......

Olympic champ Phelps swims his way to Rio Games

IMAGE: Michael Phelps during the finals for the men's 200 meter butterfly in the US Olympic swimming team trials at CenturyLink Center in Omaha, Nebraska on Wednesday. Photograph: Rob......