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Brand-aware Firms Ramp up IPR
June 11, 2007: Business Standard

Some recent conflicts signify that companies operating in India are beginning to realise the true value of their brands. In the last few weeks, several cases – Ajanta versus Colgate; Dabur versus Heinz; Amul versus Cadila. more...
 

Educate Judges on IPR-related Cases
June 10 2007: newindpress.com

Judges need to change their concept, mindset while dealing with IPR cases. It was also equally important to know the background of IPR.  more...
 

Get Ready for IPR Cases, Judges Urged
June 10, 2007: The Hindu

Judges need to be thorough in IPR laws to deliver reasoned and balanced judgments. Cases relating to violation of IPR were far and a few but such cases were bound to go up and judges needed to be thorough in it if they had to deliver a reasoned and balanced judgment.  more...
 

When Fakery Turns Fatal
June 05, 2007: The New York Times

Counterfeiting, of course, is not new to China. Since this country's economic reforms began to take root in the 1980s, businesses have engineered countless ways to produce everything from fake car parts, cosmetics and brand name bags to counterfeit electrical cables and phony Viagra.  more...
 

Trademark

HC Stops Local Manufacturers From Using 'L'Oreal' Trademark
June 10, 2007: Hindustan Times

The Delhi High Court has restrained three local firms from manufacturing and selling counterfeit cosmetics products bearing 'L'Oreal' trademark.  more...
 

Microsoft Sued by French TV Company Over Vista Name
June 06, 2007: PC World Canada

French television presenter Philippe Gildas has sued Microsoft Corp. for "violation of intellectual property," accusing the software publisher of illegally using the trademark "Vista."   more...
 

Nando’s Trademark Can Stay, Says HC
June 05, 2007: Daily News & Analysis

Mumbaikars can continue to relish Nando’s flame-grilled peri-peri chicken at Malad’s Inorbit Mall. The Bombay High Court on Monday refused to grant an injunction against the South African food chain from using the Nando’s trademark.  more...
 

Copyright

CNN-IBN Hit With Copyright Case; Court Stays Show
June 09, 2007: Indian Television
 

The Bombay High court on 7 June granted a stayed in the interim the CNN-IBN reality show Summer Showdown, accused of violating copyright and breaching confidentiality by scriptwriter Urmi Javekar Chiang.  more...
 

Court Grants Interim Injunction Against Movie
June 5 2007: newindpress.com

The Madras High Court has granted an interim injunction against the shooting and release of a Tamil movie.  more...
 

Microsoft Adds Copyrighted Works to Live Search
June 04, 2007: Indian Television

Microsoft has added copyrighted books to its online library, Windows Live Search, saying it has permission to offer the works to searchers on the Internet. It has made deals with authors and publishing houses to include their works in the Live Search Books index.  more...
 

Reckitt Benckiser in a Spot Over Chaplin
June 05, 2007: Economic Times

After Bond, it’s the turn of the Little Tramp, Charlie Chaplin, to bring erring Indian marketers to book. Bubbles Inc, the Switzerland-based company managed by Chaplin’s legal heirs, has slapped the $4.2-billion Reckitt Benckiser’s Indian subsidiary.  more...
 

Anti Piracy

Customs to be Armed to Take Action Against IPR Violators
June 07, 2007: Economic Times

Multinationals with big brands like Nike or Reebok had to act against fakes in the Indian market only at the point of sale or production. If fake goods were being imported, there was no procedure to stall them before they enter the Indian market.  more...
 

Software Piracy

Crackdown on Illegal Sale of Software in City
Jun 09, 2007: The Hindu

Representatives of software major Microsoft cracked down on the illegal sale of its products that is rampant in the market, raising fresh questions on the means to tackle the menace. This is reckoned to be part of the Microsoft's ongoing drive to curb software piracy.  more...
 

Patent

US Denies Patents on Yoga Postures
June 08, 2007: newindpress.com

Amid a raging row in India over reported attempts to patent the ancient Indian practice of yoga overseas, the US denied granting patents on yoga positions. In the same breath, the US Embassy said here that it has granted patents.  more...
 

Patent for Arawana: TDB to Voice Protest
June 10 2007: newindpress.com

The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) has decided to raise formal objection against the Singapore- based company, Kuok Oils and Grains PTE Ltd from getting the trade mark ‘Arawana’.  more...
 

Holy Cow! Arawana Beef Pickle
June 09, 2007: newindpress.com

Aravana may not be synonymous with the sacred Sabarimala payasam any more, if the efforts of Singapore-based Kuok Oils and Grains PTE Ltd bear fruit, that is. For, the company is desperately seeking a patent for the brand.  more...
 

Microsoft, LG Elec Ink Licensing Deal
June 07, 2007: Economic Times
 

Microsoft Corp. and South Korea's LG Electronics have entered into a patent cross-licence agreement, sending LG shares to their highest in more than a year. Under the agreement, LG will be able to use Microsoft-patented technology in its products, including Linux-based embedded devices.  more...
 

Yoga Shlokas to be Translated for Patent Protection
June 06, 2007: Daily News & Analysis

The Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) is embarking on an ambitious project to translate ancient Sanskrit scriptures in five foreign languages and send them to patent.  more...
 

Broadcasting

Govt Puts Strict Controls on Adult Content
June 06, 2007: Business Standard

Broadcasters and viewers looking forward to adult content on television, which the government proposes to allow between 11 pm and 4 am, may be in for disappointment. The draft of the self-regulation guidelines for broadcasting promises to leave much of the content to imagination.  more...
 

Govt. Tardy in Taking Action Against TV Channels
June 04, 2007: indiantelevision.com

Despite claims that several channels are under watch for showing objectionable programmes, records of the information and broadcasting ministry show that complaints against some channels have been pending for almost two years without any action being taken.  more...
 

Taxation

Orissa to Levy Entertainment Tax on DTH Operators
June 05, 2007: Financial Express

The Orissa government is proposing to impose entertainment tax on DTH (direct to home) operators in the state. The government was taking steps to amend the entertainment tax laws to bring DTH operators under its fold.  more...
 

Entertainment Tax not on Language basis: Apex Court
Jun 05, 2007: The Hindu

The Supreme Court has held that States cannot levy different rates of entertainment tax on feature films screened in the State on the basis of language.  more...
 

Pharmaceuticals

HC Ruling to Affect Access to Cheap Drugs
June 05, 2007: Economic Times

After months of hearings, the Madras High Court is expected to rule next week on a case that could have a profound impact on patients’ access to affordable generic medicines in India and in developing countries all around the world. The case concerns Novartis.  more...
 

Global Pharma R&D Comes Knocking
June 10, 2007: The Times of India

India's biotech and pharma industry is on the fast track to growth. No wonder, global MNC majors are now looking towards India for cheap R&D solutions and contract research partners.  more...
 

Generic Majors Unfazed by Sanofi Diet Drug Entry
June 08, 2007: Financial Express

Indian generic firms Torrent Pharma, Zydus Cadila and Sun Pharma, that have launched versions of Sanofi-Aventis’ anti-obesity drug Acomplia (rimonabant) in India, seem unperturbed by the imminent launch of the drug in India.  more...
 

Novartis Case at Madras High Court Awaits Judgment
June 07, 2007: Hindu Business Line

As Novartis' case on the rejection of its patent application on cancer drug Glivec comes up for its first hearing at the Intellectual Property Appellate Board, the company continues to fight another case at the Madras High Court where it contests certain provisions in the Indian Patent Law.  more...
 

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