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Patent Co operation Treaty- A Presentation by Nishant Kewalramani

2012-02-27T11:10:00.000+05:30

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Tissue paper manufacturers' in tussle over trademark infringement

2012-02-27T10:00:00.001+05:30

Image from here A case has been decided by the High Court of Delhi relating to the ownership of the trademark “Premium Tissues”. The case, Premier Tissues India Ltd vs Rolia Tissues Industries & Anr, was a dispute between the parties for ownership of the trademark “Premium/ Premier” with regard to tissue papers. The parties sought for an injunction against each other for preventing the...

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Microsoft’s head-on collision with Motorola

2012-02-27T10:00:00.000+05:30

Microsoft recently initiated a legal suit against Motorola for requesting unfair patent royalties involving video streaming. The software giant says Motorola is attempting to use essential patents "to kill video on the Web." Microsoft filed the complaint with the European Commission and alleges that Motorola has broken a promise to license patents on industry-standard technologies in a "fair,...

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Open Source Software License- A Presentation at IIMB by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala

2012-02-26T23:30:00.000+05:30

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Radio SiNApSE Updates

2012-02-24T17:48:00.000+05:30

IP News Updates – 24 February 2012 *The Intellectual Property High Court in Japan has cautioned internet shopping mall operators to remove contents from the website that are protected under trademarks *Intel lost trade name Lawsuit against customs brokerage and cargo company named Intelport Services *Dr. Gulshan Narang, Disease Investigation Officer of the...

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Philippines Expresses Dissent Over Inclusion of its Name in Piracy Watch List

2012-02-24T12:04:00.001+05:30

Image from here The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has expressed its dissent for adding its name in the Piracy Watch List, prepared by the office of USTR, under the Special 301 Process 2012. Every Year, the Office of United States Trade Representative (USTR) conducts a review of the intellectual property protection under section 182 of The Trade Act 1974, popularly...

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Back to nature- TNAU gets patent for 'ready- to- cook mix from pearl millet'

2012-02-23T10:53:00.000+05:30

Image from here The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has been granted its ninth patent from the IPR office in Chennai, for the production process of “ready-to-cook mix and food from pearl millet” Patent on this new technology which was granted on January 12, 2012 is claimed to be the first of its kind to get a patent grant, credit goes to R Kailappan, professor, department of food and...

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IPR Aspects of Herbal Drugs: A Presentation by Supriya Ramacha

2012-02-22T13:29:00.000+05:30

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Indian Scientist Gets a Patent for 'Urea Detection in Milk'

2012-02-22T13:08:00.000+05:30

Image from here Dr. Gulshan Narang, Disease Investigation Officer of the department of Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Hisar, has been been granted a Patent for his invention of a technique for ‘Urea Detection in Milk’ . P K Kapoor, Head of Veterinary Public Health and Epidemiology, College of Veterinary Sciences, Lala Lajpat Rai University of Veterinary and Animal...

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Cargo company wins battle to have Intel in its trade name

2012-02-21T15:23:00.005+05:30

Intel Inc. has finally lost a trade name lawsuit filed against a similarly named cargo company Intelport Services, Inc in the US.In a decision promulgated on 10th FEB, 2012, the US Court of Appeal’s for Securities and Exchange Commission (Tenth Division) denied Intel’s petition to reverse the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) ruling declaring that customs brokerage and cargo company...

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Medical Imaging- A Patent Insight

2012-02-21T09:30:00.000+05:30

Medical Imaging is in full flow and offers several advantages for clinicians to diagnose the patient’s health thoroughly. Medical imaging is the technique and the process to create images of the human body or parts for clinical purposes and is often perceived to designate the set of techniques that noninvasively produce images of internal aspects of the body. The imaging technologies...

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SiNApSE IP Review (13.02.2012- 20.02.2012)

2012-02-20T13:07:00.001+05:30

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Patent Practice in India: A Practical Approach- A presentation by Vikram Pratap Singh Thakur

2012-02-20T12:22:00.002+05:30

Patent Practice in India - A practical approach @MSRIT, bangalore (function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript"; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = "http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })(); See also: Patent Process- Dr. Kalyan C....

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Beautiful Minds and Social Benefits

2012-02-20T08:11:00.000+05:30

Products merge business acumen and creative thought. Creativity is neither conceptually nor really separable from its product manifestations. It pervades all walks of life and knocks doors of every sector. Consumers and Businesses are first level beneficiaries. Do creators occupy at least one rung of the benefit ladder? Yes, they dream and continue to dream. ...

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A moment of ecstasy for DCM Shriram

2012-02-19T17:42:00.000+05:30

It was indeed a joyous moment for DCM Shriram when the Delhi high court while disposing off an interim application filed along with the appeal upheld the earlier orders passed by the single Bench in connection with the original suit. The legal proceedings started when DCM Shriram filed a suit for trademark infringement against Mukesh Khadaria before the single Bench Delhi High court in 2009...

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Court cautions online mall operators

2012-02-18T14:53:00.000+05:30

Image from here The Intellectual Property High Court in Japan has cautioned internet shopping mall operators to remove contents from the website that are protected under trademarks. In a suit initiated by the company that owns the“ Chupa Chups” trademark, the company alleged that its trademarks were infringed by Rakuten Inc., an online shopping mall operator. The website displayed logos...

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CGPDTM- INVITES APPLICATIONS FOR NATIONAL IP AWARDS 2012

2012-02-17T16:56:00.007+05:30

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LIST OF INTERNATIONAL NON- PROPRIETARY NAMES

2012-02-17T14:20:00.006+05:30

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Free Certificates for the Online Courses on Intellectual Property

2012-02-16T17:46:00.000+05:30

Intellepedia has launched a free certificate drive for the months of February-March 2012, where the registrants can avail certificates for the desired courses for free. Intellepedia and SiNApSE provide a number of courses on various aspects of IP and have witnessed a tremendous increase in the number of registrants benefiting from these courses. The courses are designed by leading IP...

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India and China amongst World ‘Priority Watch List’ countries

2012-02-16T11:47:00.000+05:30

The International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA), US copyright-based industries private sector coalition, has submitted recommendations to the US Trade Representative (USTR) in its annual ‘Special 301’ review. IIPA recommends that 10 countries be placed on the Priority Watch List in 2012: Argentina, Canada, Chile, China (306), Costa Rica, India, Indonesia (GSP), Russia, Thailand, and...

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Blizzard- Valve tussle over DOTA likely to knock the doors of court

2012-02-15T16:27:00.000+05:30

The fan created word DOTA, highly popular for the war craft III games is boiling hot. Which giant company will get the trademark rights is as of now uncertain and all eyes are on U.S courts who will ultimately decide the issue. The tussle started when very recently Valve attempted to register DOTA as its Trademark. DOTA is a highly popular mod of Warcraft III games developed by Blizzard and...

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“Who owns the goodwill in a mark?”- Coin flips in favour of the manufacturer

2012-02-15T12:46:00.000+05:30

A trademark associates considerable amount of goodwill with a product and hence businesses go to great extents to exploit this potential of a trademark and therefore, they strive hard to protect their trademarks. A recent instance where a seller of a product fought with the manufacturer of the product over the ownership of the trademark is the Trans Tyres India Pvt. Ltd. v. Double Coin Holdings...

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Patents of L'Oréal: An Analysis

2012-02-14T12:18:00.002+05:30

The L'Oréal Group, is the world's largest cosmetics and Beauty Company. Concentrating on hair color, skin care, sun protection, make-up, perfumes and hair care, the company is active in the dermatological and pharmaceutical fields and is the largest nanotechnology patent-holder in the United States. L’oreal has about eighty Indian equivalents of Patents filed according to the data from the...

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Radio SiNapSE Updates

2012-02-13T18:08:00.001+05:30

IP News Updates – 10 February 2012 * The renowned Indian activist Vandana Shiva and the European NGO-platform “No Patents on Seeds” joined forces to file an opposition against the European Patent on Indian melon * The Hollywood superstar couple, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, filed a trademark application to their month-old baby’s name,’Blue Ivy’ * Florida-based burger...

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Hollywood Celebrity Couple Trademarks Their Baby's Name, ' Blue Ivy'

2012-02-13T15:16:00.000+05:30

The Hollywood superstar couple, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, have filed a trademark application to their month-old baby’s name,’Blue Ivy’, to stop the use of Blue Ivy's name by others. Image from here Image from here According to Reuters, the application to trademark Blue Ivy Carter's name, filed by BGK Trademark Holdings (Beyoncé's company) is currently pending but will likely be approved...

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