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Importance Of India As A Target Country For Design Registration

30th May, 2018 - 11:54 am Categories: Design

India has witnessed a long journey since 2000, when its GDP at 46,214.68 crores INR started to rise phenomenally to almost five times, to around 2.26 Lakh Crore INR in 2016 [1]. Since contribution towards it can be traced back to three major sectors of economy, mainly, agrarian, manufacturing and service sector, it is reasonable … Continue reading Importance Of India As A Target Country For Design Registration

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Fashion And Trademarks: The Clothing Controversy

22nd May, 2018 - 3:24 am Categories: Trademark

Much like the trends on a ramp evolve every season, in the same way legal strategies of the industry’s leading fashion brands, fashion-houses and designers are in flux. Fashion is something to which each one of us relates. It is a part of everyone’s daily life; be it in the form of apparels or shoes … Continue reading Fashion And Trademarks: The Clothing Controversy

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Referential Names & Intellectual Property Infringement

9th March, 2018 - 8:01 am Categories: Intellectual Property Legal Issues

With progression of time we are witnessing the rise of Intellectual Property (IP) issues in India across industries. Every new case raises a few new questions and simultaneously rests some old ones. While traditionally IP disputes arose mainly in the pharma and software industries, recent trends have shown a noticeable surge in other industries including … Continue reading Referential Names & Intellectual Property Infringement

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Law On Internet Memes

13th February, 2018 - 12:54 pm Categories: Copyright

Internet users in India spend half their time on social media every day. It is one of the most efficient platforms for communication yet the most exploited one. One such famous platform would be Facebook, an online networking site that mostly everyone is aware of. Similarly, internet ‘meme’ is also ubiquitous It is defined as … Continue reading Law On Internet Memes

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Exide Industries Limited vs. Exide Corporation, U.S.A. & Ors.

18th December, 2017 - 11:19 am Categories: India Intellectual Property News & Updates Trademark

The case Exide India v Exide US brings into effect the perplexing issue of Trademark law. The dispute dates back to 1997 when the US based Company ‘Exide Technologies’ entered the Indian market post Liberalisation, where Indian company ‘Exide Industries’ was already present over the decades in the local market selling automobile batteries under the … Continue reading Exide Industries Limited vs. Exide Corporation, U.S.A. & Ors.

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Teva held responsible for Induced Infringement of Eli Lilly’s Blockbuster drug ALITMA

24th February, 2017 - 1:41 pm Categories: India IP Litigation News & Updates patent infringement Patents

In Teva Parenteral Medicines, Inc.; APP Pharmaceuticals LLC; Pliva Hrvatska D.O.O.; Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.; and Barr Laboratories, Inc. (hereinafter referred to be as Defendants/Appellants/Teva) Vs. Eli Lilly & Co. (hereinafter referred to as Plaintiff/Appelle/Eli Lilly) decided by United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on January 12, 2017, Plaintiff had filed … Continue reading Teva held responsible for Induced Infringement of Eli Lilly’s Blockbuster drug ALITMA

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News Snippet: Novartis sues Cipla for infringement of patents covering “Onbrez”

22nd December, 2014 - 6:27 am Categories: India IP Litigation IP Practice in India News & Updates patent infringement Patents pharma

In a latest update, Novartis has sued Cipla for infringing its patents on “Onbrez” (Indacaterol) after Cipla lunched its generic version for Indacaterol in October claiming “urgent unmet need” for the drug in India. Earlier, as we have reported here, Cipla approached Govt. of India to exercise its statutory powers to revoke the five patents … Continue reading News Snippet: Novartis sues Cipla for infringement of patents covering “Onbrez”

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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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Rockstar Consortium US LP et. al.v. Google Inc

23rd December, 2013 - 11:35 am Categories: Patent Litigation Patents

Gopikrishnan M, an intern at Khurana and Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys, looks at Google Inc. been accused of infringing technology related to its searching technology itself. Yet another high-tech and high-profile patent war is on, this one involving a combined attack on the search giant’s core technology. Google is being sued for direct patent infringement … Continue reading Rockstar Consortium US LP et. al.v. Google Inc

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An insight on the legal implications of BYOD

27th April, 2013 - 5:12 am Categories: IP Litigation

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is a scheme wherein employees are allowed to bring their own devices like mobiles, laptops, tabs and utilize them in the workplace for work purposes. Some employers themselves fund the software to their employees, meanwhile some prefer to simply grant permission for their employees to bring their technology at their … Continue reading An insight on the legal implications of BYOD

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