BlackBerry, Cisco ink patent cross-licensing agreement

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 21:46

With the agreement in place, BlackBerry and Cisco can focus on innovation and continued technical cooperation, allowing companies more freedom to create products and services for customers without the potential for patent disputes, he added.

Nokia, LG join hands, ink smartphone patent licence

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 16, 2015, 17:16

The detailed royalty payment obligations will be subject to commercial arbitration and is expected to conclude within a 1-2 year timeframe. Other terms of the agreement remain confidential.

First set of small, payment bank licences in 2 months: RBI

Last Updated: Sunday, June 7, 2015, 13:09

The RBI had received 72 applications for small finance bank licences and 41 applications for payment bank licences.

Natural gas output to rise 50% by 2018-19

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 3, 2015, 18:14

In its annual report, the ministry has said domestic gas production will rise from 98.15 mmscmd in 2014-15 to 99.87 mmscmd in the current fiscal.

EU antitrust regulators not probing Qualcomm licensing deals: Source

Last Updated: Friday, May 8, 2015, 00:09

European Union antitrust regulators are not investigating U.S. chipmaker Qualcomm on its patent licensing deals, an EU source said on Thursday, refuting media reports saying the issue was on the European Commission`s radar.

Apple ordered to pay $533 million for patent infringement

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 25, 2015, 12:10

Apple Inc has been ordered to pay $532.9 million after a federal jury found its iTunes software infringed three patents owned by Texas-based patent licensing company Smartflash LLC.

Singapore's GIC to invest $165 mn in bank permit winner Bandhan

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 20, 2015, 11:08

Bandhan and IDFC were the only two companies which won bank permits from the Reserve Bank of India last year in what was the first bank licensing process in a decade.

USL gets minority shareholders nod for Diageo licensing deal

Last Updated: Saturday, January 10, 2015, 21:04

The company said 76.33 percent of the minority shareholders approved its proposal, a tad over the 75 percent requirement.

Google should pay authors for scanned books, US appeals court told

Last Updated: Thursday, December 4, 2014, 09:57

Google Inc`s massive effort to scan millions of books for a digital library violates copyright law, illegally depriving authors of licensing fees, royalties and sales, a lawyer for a group of authors told a U.S. appeals court on Wednesday.

Licensing issues of NSEL come under CBI scanner

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 22:00

The licensing issues of National Spot Exchange Limited have come under the scanner on CBI which is carrying out an inquiry into alleged violations by the bourse facing multiple probes into financial irregularities.

Biocon inks licensing pact with US-based Quark Pharma

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 14:40

Biotechnology major Biocon on Wednesday said it has inked a pact with Quark Pharmaceuticals, Inc to develop a range of siRNA (small interfering RNA) based novel therapeutics.

Unified telecom licence amended; relief to operators

Last Updated: Sunday, December 8, 2013, 14:44

The initial unified licence (new regime) mandated operators to migrate all their telecom licences to the new regime on expiry of one in any of their circles, which the industry had dubbed as 'forced migration'.