United State of America pressured Spain to implement Online Piracy Law and to Show the leaks File. The US ambassador in Madrid threatened Spain with “retaliation actions” if the country did not pass tough new internet piracy laws, according to leaked documents. The latest revelation comes amid a fierce debate
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Fight for Ginger…! Britishers are well known about the effect of Ginger that is why they are actively working for patent rights of Ginger. Recently a British Pharma company has filed for a patent application regarding Ginger use in Cold Treatment. Department of CISR, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
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New Issue Settle – Cyber Squatting….. ICICI Bank Ltd Vs. Chuandong Xu & Anr. Now a days cyber squatters are actively involve in hijacking the domain names of well known companies. A judgment pronounced by Hon’ble Delhi High Court for the case ICICI Bank Ltd Vs. Chuandong Xu & Anr.
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Radico Khaitan V/S Carlsberg India Pvt. Ltd. (decided on 20th December, 2011) Carlsberg India launched beer ‘ Palone 8′ and sued by 8PM. Radico stated that they have a registerd Trademark of 8PM and the number 8 is also registered in the same trademark application. Redico stated that Carlsberg using
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Madras high court Upheld the judgment of IPAB. Yahoo Filed a Patent application regarding Yahoo Search Engine Mechanism. The patent application was opposed by Rediff and refused by controller. In the result Yahoo challenge the order at IPAB. Due to Pre Grant Representation section 25(1) was not applicable, and refused
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Cyber Squatting- New Era in Indian Law. Again Delhi high court decided a land mark judgment under S.34 of the Arbitration and Conciliation Act. The domain internet.in was registered with the .IN registry in Feb 2005. On a other hand a tobacco goods manufacturer and smoke articles got their Trademark
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Madras High court- Views on BAJAJ-TVS Case. Over at the Bajaj-TVS trial, which, yes, is still happening in the city formerly known as Madras, a Division Bench of the High Court has reversed the trial court decision, observing that asking Bajaj to lead evidence first to defend its infringement action
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National Pharmaceutical Policy-2011, The Draft.. The 2011 policy follows two failed attempts (2002 and 2006) to replace the 1994 policy currently still in place. Main Features of the Policy … * Prices would be regulated based on essentially of drugs rather than the economic criteria and market share principle enunciated
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Madras High Court today prohibited \’\’Thalapakattu Biriyani and Fast Food\’\’ from using that name or anything deceptively similar to the registered trademark of Thalappakatti Naidu Anandha Vilas Biriyani Hotel, Dindigul, in shops or restaurants opened after November 19 2008. Justice V Ramsubramanian gave the interim order on applications from Thalappakatti
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In a matter closely tracked by patent attorneys and the aviation sector for some years now, the Chennai Patent Office last week finally issued its decision on the opposition filed by Jet Airways and the UK-based Contour Airspace Ltd in favour of the patent applicant, i.e., Virgin Atlantic Airways. You
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