Researchers have reported some firms selling U.K. design registrations to Indian academics to artificially boost institutional rankings and individual CVs. These registrations, often granted in 11 days without novelty checks, are misrepresented as international patents despite lacking original research or physical prototypes
Researchers have reported some firms selling U.K. design registrations to Indian academics to artificially boost institutional rankings and individual CVs. These registrations, often granted in 11 days without novelty checks, are misrepresented as international patents despite lacking original research or physical prototypes
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Researchers have reported some firms selling U.K. design registrations to Indian academics to artificially boost institutional rankings and individual CVs. These registrations, often granted in 11 days without novelty checks, are misrepresented as international patents despite lacking original research or physical prototypes
