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Compulsory Licensing To Generic Drugs - A Lifeline To A Patient
Published : December 14, 2012 | Author : rakhishekhawat | Unrated |
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 Compulsory licensing is a major intellectual property issue effecting international business today, and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. Escalating pressure emanating from the entertainment, pharmaceutical, and “high-tech” industries ultimately helped with the push towards a new international trade policy, culminating in the adoption of the TRIPS regime...
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Plant Variety Protection In India: An Alternative To Patents
Published : December 05, 2012 | Author : Bheemabai S.Mulage | Unrated |
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| This paper provides a brief overview about how the sui generis system called PPV@FR Act, 2001 in India is more convenient to Indian Farmers and Breeders and it also discusses on how this alternative method to Patent is simple and convenient to the breeder as well as farmers to registration their variety and exploit their rights in an effective manner...
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Registration of shape of goods as Design
Published : October 17, 2012 | Author : Akash Shah | Unrated |
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| Design under the new Act has been widened. Under the previous law, the Design registration was granted only for the visual appearance of an article which included shape, configuration pattern, and ornamentation whether in two or three dimensions...
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Copyright Amendment Bill, 2010
Published : September 14, 2012 | Author : Atin kumar Das | Unrated |
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 Though the Copyright Amendment Bill is yet to see the light of the day, it effectively addresses the various concerns in the existing copyright law. If passed into a law, it would go a long way to ensure that the Indian law is at par with the other international laws regarding copyrights...
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Trade Secrets & Competition Act
Published : September 13, 2012 | Author : Atin kumar Das | Unrated |
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| Normal competition law, applied under a rule of reason standard, should be carried out to distinguish between pro and anti competitive cases where the requisite market power is conferred through IPR...
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Passing off under trademark
Published : August 27, 2012 | Author : Prerna Chopra | Unrated |
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| Passing off is a common law tort, which can be used to enforce unregistered trademark rights. The law of passing off prevents one person from misrepresenting his goods or services as that of another...
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Working of Patents in India
Published : August 27, 2012 | Author : Prerna Chopra | Unrated |
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| The two most important tasks for a patentee to undertake after being granted a patent, in any patent regime, would be to submit the renewal fees necessary to keep the patent alive, and provide proof of having worked the patent in the jurisdiction...
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Registration & filing of Copyrights in India
Published : June 07, 2012 | Author : lubnayusuf | Unrated |
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| This article simplifies the filing and registration process of Copyrights in India. It also highlights a sample case study of copyrights infringement. It gives a brief study of Section 2 of the Copyright Act 1957 and suggests a solution to the technical flaws in the law....
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Compliance of Trips in Indian Patent Law
Published : April 29, 2012 | Author : rajdeeplaw | Unrated |
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| The Patents Act 1970 sought to ensure that patents were not exploited contrary to the national interest. It provided for a shortened patent term; it prohibited some product patents like pharmaceuticals product patents; and it included a strong compulsory licensing regime....
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Online Copyright Infringement & ISP Liability
Published : April 24, 2012 | Author : ruchiaggarwal@legalservicesindia.com | Unrated |
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| Internet service provider’s liability for infringement of copyright in works disseminated over the Internet without authorization has been a most vexed issue over recent years. Many countries around the world have dealt with this issue either through their legislative provisions or judicial pronouncements. No doubt the amendment to Section 79 of the IT Act, 2000 is a laudable effort and has significantly clarified the position regarding immunities available to Internet Service Providers...
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Intellectual Property : Valuation & Securitisation
Published : April 20, 2012 | Author : gagan555 | Unrated |
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 Intellectual Property is an intangible asset. We have heard people keeping their tangible assets like land, house and gold as security for the debts. Since few years, there has been an increasing trend in the foreign countries to keep intangible assets like intellectual property as security. This article introduces the trends in securitisation of Intellectual Property (IP), methods of valuation of IP and its legal implications...
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Necessity of Publication in Copyright
Published : December 12, 2011 | Author : mrinalini9 | Unrated |
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| The copyright act is silent with respect to requirement of publication in copyrighted work. In the article below is an attempt to show with the help of cases that copyright exists even in unpublished work....
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We all know that the trial judge is really on trial. there is, of course, no doubt that as a matter of law if the appraisal of the evidence by the trial court suffers from a material irregularity or is based on inadmissible evidence or on a misreading of the evidence or on conjectures and surmises the appellate court is entitled to interfere with the finding of fact . in jagdish singh vs madhuri devi, decided on 28 april, 2008... |
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