Total No. of Newsletters : 8
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January 2010 News Letter
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"WISH YOU A HAPPY, HEALTHY AND INTELLECTUAL NEW YEAR "
In this issue,
Intellectual Property Cases
1.Indian Cases
- Cipla Vs. Novartis
- Bajaj Vs. TVS
- Banyan Tree Case
- Microsoft ‘Forum Hiring’
- The Parle Dispute
- Google in Trouble in India As Well
- Coke Wins Maaza Row
- Ok Tata Bye Bye Belongs to Tata now
- No Monopoly Over Abbreviation of Drug Name
2. International Cases
- Mahindra Satyam ‘U’ paid
- Microsoft Breathes a Sigh of Relief
- Samsung to pay 400 million $
Changes in the Law
3. National Scenario
- Copyright Act Amendment Proposed
- Information Technology act amendment
4. International Scenario
- U.S to amend patent law
- Chinese Patent Law Amendment
- Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks to Enter into Force in 2009
Appointments
5. National
- New Controller of Patents
6. International
- Indian Appointed as WIPO Chief of Staff
Other News
7. National
- Indian Traditional Knowledge to be accessible to the USPTO
- MOU between USPTO and India on Bilateral Intellectual Property Rights Cooperation
- Banarasi Saris get GI protection
8. International
- Three New Countries join PCT
- More than 600,000 design patents in US
News Flash
- Bombay High Court says No to Foreign Law Firms
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| 30-Jul-2009 |
Newsletter July 2009
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In this issue,
Green Intellectual Property
- Give us Aid if you want to inspect Climate Change Measures- says India
- Device that produces water from air
- Plastic is now biodegradable
- Plastic which dissolves in water
- UK Fast Tracking Green Patents
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Designs for the Environment
- Trade Mark Green
Other developments in the IP world
- Where lies the boundary for Medical Patents
- Facebook Personalized User Names: Threat to Trade Mark Owners
- And in India the TVS vs. Bajaj battle continues to rage
- Feni gets GI
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| 11-May-2009 |
Newsletter Issue : May 2009
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In this issue,
International News
- Top Ten Most Innovative Companies
- EPO refuses patent over use of Human Embryonic cells
- eBay need not hunt for infringers
- Apple brings out future tech
- Chinese Scotch
- Bigger the Brand the more it Scares
- The Case of the ‘ix’ Suffix
- The Emoticon man ;-)
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Prisoner Sues the State for Copyright Infringement
- Fat Pig Gene Patent in dispute
- ‘Octomom’ wants trade mark
National News
- Best Enforcement of IP Laws is in India
- Local David Vs. International Goliath of Electronics (Samsung)
- DIT Grants funding for Patent filing abroad
- MetLife Scores Victory over Mankind Pharma
- Remove Mountain Picture from Label - says Delhi HC to Pepsico
- Roche Vs Cipla: Court Says Cipla Not to Use Brand Valcept
RKD NEWS
- INTA : Annual Meeting
- Pharmaceutical Biotech Patent Litigation Strategies
- BIlcare Wins CII Award
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| 18-Dec-2008 |
Newsletter Issue : December, 2008
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In this issue,
- Re–examine patent says High Court
- Thailand’s Treaty Update
- ‘Organic Silk’ Label awarded to Jharkhand Tussar
- Kashmir Pashmina and Kanni shawls finally get Geographical Indications of Goods registration
- Pioneer wins infringement suit against Samsung
- LG Wins Patent Fight in Appeal Court
- Ferragamo Wins Battle Over Trademark
- Nanotech used to develop gel
- Dr Sancheti’s ‘Indus Knee’ gets patent
- Cyber squatting - reserved or registered does not matter
- Patent granted for Novel Obesity Therapy to Compellis Pharma
- Pokali Rice Gets Geographical Indication Registration
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| 20-Jun-2008 |
Newsletter Issue : June, 2008
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In this issue,
- Infosys
- Ponni Rice
- Superman
- Satyam
- Drop in Piracy Rate
- DCGI’s New Suggestion
- J. K. Rowling Vs. RDR Books
- Growth in PCT Applications
- Launching of Eco Patent Commons
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