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The UK’s Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills, Pat McFadden, is visiting India to strengthen the scientific ties between the two countries.

Foreign companies now have more confidence in India’s patent system, but the economic boom is yet to produce much home grown innovation, says a new report.

Research Councils UK (RCUK) has opened a new office in New Delhi, India, to promote research collaboration between the two countries.

One of Europe’s leading mobile network equipment suppliers is to transfer its product engineering and R&D services to the Indian IT company.

Intellectual property laws have fallen short of providing legal protection on indigenous knowledge. Now India is setting up a database to establish prior art on traditional knowledge.

Indian firms are training large numbers of patent agents - with their eye on the large number of companies abroad looking for cheaper patenting.