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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

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

In this issue,

International News

1. Top Ten Most Innovative Companies
2. EPO refuses patent over use of Human Embryonic cells
3. eBay need not hunt for infringers
4. Apple brings out future tech
5. Chinese Scotch
6. Bigger the Brand the more it Scares
7. The Case of the ‘ix’ Suffix
8. The Emoticon man ;-)
9. Prisoner Sues the State for Copyright Infringement
10. Fat Pig Gene Patent in dispute
11. ‘Octomom’ wants trade mark

    National News

1. Best Enforcement of IP Laws is in India
2. Local David Vs. International Goliath of Electronics (Samsung)
3. DIT Grants funding for Patent filing abroad
4. MetLife Scores Victory over Mankind Pharma
5. Remove Mountain Picture from Label - says Delhi HC to Pepsico
6. Roche Vs Cipla: Court Says Cipla Not to Use Brand Valcept

   RKD NEWS

1. INTA : Annual Meeting
2. Pharmaceutical Biotech Patent Litigation Strategies
3. BIlcare Wins CII Award

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

In this issue,

1. Infosys
2. Ponni Rice
3. Superman
4. Satyam
5. Drop in Piracy Rate
6. DCGI’s New Suggestion
7. J. K. Rowling Vs. RDR Books
8. Growth in PCT Applications
9. Launching of Eco Patent Commons