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Law relating to Copyright restoration for Public Domain works upheld.

2012-01-29T10:12:00.003+05:30

The U S Supreme Court has recently while deciding the case of Golan v. Holder upheld the law relating to Copyright restoration for Public Domain Works. This law allows granting copyright protection to a large number of foreign works that had been freely available in the public domain. Background. The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, 1886, is the...

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Open Source Software Licenses, A presentation at IIM Bangalore by Dr. Kalyan Kankanala

2012-01-28T10:30:00.000+05:30

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Volkswagen's Five Door Car

2012-01-27T20:00:00.000+05:30

Volkswagen, a German automaker might have disappointed fans of German engineering by not showcasing its "Volkswagen Up!" in the recent 2012 Delhi Auto Expo, but here is a news to excite them - patent sketches of the five-door version of the "Volkswagen Up!" have been leaked in the internet. Volkswagen has added a new member to its "Volkswagen up!" concept, "New Small Family" series of...

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Expanding Patent Portfolio of Xerox

2012-01-27T10:00:00.000+05:30

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The IP Age

2012-01-26T09:46:00.000+05:30

The parameters of success and dominance have transformed. Today's markets are driven by intellectual and knowledge assets. IP holdings form an integral part of business value assessment and many investors are influenced by IP filings/grants. No business activity including marketing or recruitment is free from IP influence. Numerous business models revolve solely around intellectual asset...

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Fundamentals of Patent Law

2012-01-26T09:00:00.000+05:30

A patent grants exclusive rights over an invention for a limited period of time to an inventor in exchange of full disclosure of his invention. The objective of the patent system is to promote the progress of science and technology for public benefit. It achieves this objective by granting exclusive rights to inventors. Through grant of exclusive rights, the patent system provides the...

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Happy Republic Day

2012-01-26T08:00:00.000+05:30

WE WISH ALL OUR READERS A HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY

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Megaupload under mega attack

2012-01-25T11:17:00.001+05:30

Copyright infringement, online piracy, internet and copyright, and so on… have become the buzz word these days. IP awareness is rapidly increasing and so is the increasing need for IP protection and regulation. The scope and ambit of the intellectual property has crossed all boundaries. And with the innumerable benefits that IP offers, the owners of IP are becoming all the more cautious to...

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Radio SiNapSE Updates

2012-01-23T18:01:00.000+05:30

IP News Updates – 20 January 2012 * Samsung loses patent suit versus Apple in Germany *Dr. Vidhyadhar Oke, a harmonium player, obtains a patent for developing a unique harmonium with 22 notes *File upload service Megaupload.com has been shut down by US authorities for copyright infringement *The District Court of Hague passed an order against two major...

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Sinapse IP Review (17-01-2012 - 23-01-2012)

2012-01-23T15:47:00.000+05:30

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Trade Secret Violation - a hypothetical Indian scenario in view of Dow Chemicals Co. case

2012-01-23T08:00:00.000+05:30

India has emerged as one of the important markets for information technology services and services involving business processes. With the constant development of industries in India, the growth of intellectual property has been exponential and so with it, the increasing need for providing better enforcement techniques to protect IP. India already has various statutes for the protection of...

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Cadro's Pizza moves out of Court

2012-01-22T09:00:00.000+05:30

The owner of Cardo’s pizza, Kevin Ross in the US has amicably settled the trademark dispute with another user named Jeff Barker with respect to the usage of the trademark Cardo’s Pizza. The trademark Cardo’s Pizza was being used by two different proprietors in the US named Kelvin Ross and Jeff Barker. In the month of November 2011, Kelvin Ross had filed a suit against Jeff Barker...

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Patent Process- Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala

2012-01-21T11:31:00.000+05:30

Patent Process(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); })(); To know more about the Intellectual Property services offered by Brain League, please visit Brain...

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Patent Infringement Analysis- Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala

2012-01-21T11:29:00.002+05:30

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Registered Community Design

2012-01-21T09:00:00.001+05:30

Registered Community Design is an unitary industrial design right that covers the European union and this consist of both registered and unregistered. Most of us must be familiar with the definition, nevertheless lets define it. Design is the appearance of the whole or a part of a product resulting from the features of, in particular, the lines, contours, colours, shape,...

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Survival of the Fittest

2012-01-20T10:49:00.001+05:30

"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change." - Charles Darwin Businesses change on the move to survive in the transforming intellectual market place. The competitive environment is getting rough with the influx of mature foreign entities having an arsenal of...

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Will it be the end of illegal file sharing with the Dutch Court Decision?

2012-01-20T10:47:00.000+05:30

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Lego and Mega Brands face off over toy bricks

2012-01-19T14:25:00.001+05:30

The two companies have been having legal issues over the toy bricks for several years. In furtherance to the issue, Mega Brands has filed a suit in the US District Court of Central District of California. At the outset, they seek a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction in order to ensure that their products continue to be sold in United States. In due course they are also...

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Workshop on Technology Valuation, Licensing and Acquisition for Biotech sector

2012-01-18T19:11:00.000+05:30

Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Program (BIRAP) is organizing a two-day workshop on “Technology Valuation, Licensing and Acquisition for Biotech sector” in association with Biotech Consortium of India Limited (BCIL) on 13-14th February 2012 at Indian Habitat Center and on 16-17th February at Golkonda Hotel, Hyderabad. The workshop is being conducted to assist Indian Universities...

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Bike Patents in India

2012-01-18T12:40:00.002+05:30

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PirateBay banished from Netherland

2012-01-17T17:58:00.001+05:30

The District Court of Hague recently passed an order against two major internet service providers in Netherland, ordering them to block ‘Pirate Bay’ from being available to their subscribers. In a case filed by the copyright holders’ association, the court instructed the Dutch ISPs- Ziggo and XS4ALL to block the notorious website within 10 days or or face fines of Euro 10,000 per day....

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Sinapse IP Review (10.01.2012 - 16.01.2012)

2012-01-16T18:07:00.000+05:30

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Dr. Pepper arrives at a hot settlement

2012-01-16T14:33:00.001+05:30

Dr. Pepper Bottling Co. based at Dublin, Texas (hereinafter referred to as Dublins plant) established in 1891, is engaged in the production and distribution of bottled soda in the United States. The company has to its credit a legacy of 121 years. The company is well known for its distinct range of sodas made of pure sugarcane sugar. Some of its popular products include Triple XXX Root Beer...

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Trademark Application for "Why this kolaveri di"

2012-01-15T12:48:00.002+05:30

Sony Music Entertainment, one of the Biggest music company in India, which recorded the Tamil-English song "Why this kolaveri di" and has gain international recognition, filed for trademark application for first line of their song "Why this Kolaveri di". Trademark application was filed for "Why this Kolaveri di" under Class 9 application number 2246256 and 2246255 (for logo and word mark...

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Automobile Patent Numbers in India

2012-01-15T08:30:00.000+05:30

Automobile industry is one of the fastest growing industries in India. In order to survive in the marketplace, some car manufactures like Tata Motors, Hyundai, Maruti, Ford and General Motors established their own patent portfolios to keep themselves potent among the competitors. We performed a search in the Indian patent database to find out the number of patents and published...

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