Goyal Champions India’s IP Practices, Calls Out Patent ‘Evergreening’
India’s Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has staunchly defended the nation’s intellectual property practices, dismissing allegations of violations during a press conference attended by Swiss journalists on Tuesday. Goyal extended a challenge to pharmaceutical companies to substantiate claims of patent infringements while vociferously opposing the practice of “evergreening” patents. Goyal demanded evidence