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Trademark Row over “Khadi”

17th November, 2014 - 6:58 am Categories: Trademark

As per recent news in The Times of India the Indian government is bracing itself for a trademark battle against German Company’s “Khadi Naturprodukte” over the handspun fabric that was made a centre piece of India’s freedom struggle by Mahatma Gandhi. The government has made objections to the use of Khadi as a trademark for selling … Continue reading Trademark Row over “Khadi”

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High Court grants interim injunction against online retailer from using L’oreal Trademark

5th November, 2014 - 12:21 pm Categories: Trademark

Recently, Delhi High Court passed an interim injunction against an online retailer restraining them from using the name of L’oreal to sell or supply any goods on any website or in any other manner having regard to the L’oreal’s plea alleging counterfeit products having its trademark were being sold/ traded by the online retailer Brandworld … Continue reading High Court grants interim injunction against online retailer from using L’oreal Trademark

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Cipla Files Representation with Govt. Seeking Revocation of Novartis’ Patents

1st November, 2014 - 5:27 pm Categories: India IP Litigation IP Practice in India News & Updates Patent Litigation Patents pharma Pharma/Biotech Patent Litigations

It has been recently reported in Economic times that Cipla has filed representation with the government (Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion) seeking revocation of five patents of Novartis on indacaterol, a respiratory drug for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and marketed as Onbrez by Novartis. The central government, under section 66 … Continue reading Cipla Files Representation with Govt. Seeking Revocation of Novartis’ Patents

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PATENTS IN THE FIELD OF OUTER SPACE

22nd October, 2014 - 8:48 am Categories: Patents

An Indian space craft successfully entered Mars’ orbit, marking it as the first interplanetary mission for the country making India in the processof being the first Asian nation to reach the Red Planet— and the first nation in the world to successfully reach Mars on its first attempt.This post is devoted to raise awareness about … Continue reading PATENTS IN THE FIELD OF OUTER SPACE

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Practice of Patent Asserting Entities: Boon or Bane: Global Innovations

20th October, 2014 - 8:55 am Categories: patent infringement Patent Litigation Patents

Introduction Patent troll relates to a person or company that enforces its patents against one or more alleged infringers in an opportunistic and unduly aggressive manner, often with no intention to manufacture or market the patented invention. Various terms such as patent trolls, patent monetization companies, or patent assertion entities are used for such entities; … Continue reading Practice of Patent Asserting Entities: Boon or Bane: Global Innovations

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Emcure’s Notice of Motion succeeds against Corona Remedies: Bombay High Court

13th October, 2014 - 5:15 am Categories: Trademark Trademark Litigation

In the recent decision of Bombay High Court in the case of Emcure Pharmaceuticals v Corona Remedies, the Hon’ble court decided on the issue of deceptive similarity, acquiescence and balance of Convenience in favor of Emcure Pharmaceuticals. Facts of the case: The plaintiff’s trademarks ‘OROFER’ and ‘OROFER XT’ are registered as word marks since 1996 … Continue reading Emcure’s Notice of Motion succeeds against Corona Remedies: Bombay High Court

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Criminalizing online sharing of Academic Article by a Columbian Student

1st September, 2014 - 9:16 am Categories: Copyright Copyright Infringement Copyright Litigation

Background Diego Gomez is a student perusing post graduation in Conservation and Wildlife Management in Costa Rica. Like students of developing countries, he also used to face lack of availability of literature in the libraries and other sources of reading. To face this scarcity of academic databases, Diego, used the power of internet. It enabled … Continue reading Criminalizing online sharing of Academic Article by a Columbian Student

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Monkey Selfie-Legal Aspects

26th August, 2014 - 5:44 am Categories: Copyright Copyright Infringement

Background David J. Slater is a British wild life photographer from Gloucestershire who ventured to an Indonesian jungle in 2011 to take photos of extremely rare crested black macaque monkeys. As he narrated the story to the telegraph, he told “They were quite mischievous, jumping all over my equipment and it looked like they were … Continue reading Monkey Selfie-Legal Aspects

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Bose Vs Beats- The Headphone War

23rd August, 2014 - 10:15 am Categories: News & Updates patent infringement Patents

There has been great buzz in patent world with the reported news on 25 Jul 2014 of suits filed by Bose Corps against Beats Electronics in US International Trade Commission (ITC) to block US imports of noise cancelling headphones made by Beats Electronics and a mirror suit in Federal District Court in Delaware, USA over … Continue reading Bose Vs Beats- The Headphone War

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Vacation of injunction upon invalidation of patent by USPTO ePlus. v. Lawson Software

22nd August, 2014 - 11:55 am Categories: IP Litigation News & Updates Patent Litigation Patents USPTO

In a recent judgment, The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on July 25, 2014, vacated the U.S. District Court’s decision on injunction and contempt orders against Lawson Software and instructed the lower court to dismiss the patent litigation case brought by ePlus, Inc. This decision mainly pertains totwo main issues. Firstly, whether … Continue reading Vacation of injunction upon invalidation of patent by USPTO ePlus. v. Lawson Software

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