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Not Everybody Hates Bollywood Buccaneers: Entertainment Industry Divided over Intellectual Property Rights
June 24, 2007: Financial Express
 

The country’s entertainment industry is in a quandary over intellectual property rights (IPRs). While some vehemently oppose piracy and replication, others are happy that a wider circle is seeing their movies/productions, even if it is via piracy. Another group feels in the profusion of ideas there is insufficient brand building and therefore “as there isn’t much of a ‘property’, there ‘isn't much to protect.  more...
 

Independent Agencies Step in to Fight Fakes
June 18, 2007: Business Standard

India is only next to China in IPR violations.  The war against fakes and intellectual property right (IPR) violations is taking a new turn with non-governmental agencies joining the fray.  more...

Trademark

Bahrain Accepts Claiming Priority for Trademark and Industrial Design Applications
June 18, 2007: AGIP News
 

The Bahraini Industrial Property Office started on June 7, 2007, accepting claiming priority for trademark and industrial design applications in Bahrain. According to the sources, a certified copy of the priority application is to be filed within six months from the filing date of the foreign application, in case of claiming priority.  more...
 

Pharmaceuticals

India hub of counterfeit drugs: EC 
June 23, 2007: Economic Times
 

Concerned over European Commission’s (EC) allegations about large scale supply of ‘counterfeit’ Indian drugs to the region, India has sought clarifications from the EC on its claim and on its definition of counterfeit drugs. A recent EC report claimed that India was the largest source of the 2.7 million counterfeit drugs seized by its custom department in 2006.  more...
 

Sanofi-Aventis files patent case against Dabur Pharma in US
June 23, 2007: Economic Times
 

French pharma major, Sanofi-Aventis, has filed a lawsuit in the US District Court of New Jersey challenging Dabur Pharma Limited’s Para-1V filing for marketing the generic versions of Eloxatin, an injectible used in treatment of bowel cancer, in the US. Sanofi-Aventis has alleged that Dabur Pharma’s applications infringe a number of its patents.  more...
 

Novartis hits a blind spot with Glivec appeal
June 19, 2007: Economic Times

In a new twist to the globally-publicised Glivec case, Novartis has objected to the appointment of the former Controller General of Patents to hear its appeal. The company has argued that he was responsible for the rejection of Glivec’s patent application in the first place.  more...
 

Copyright

Taj Logo Usurped by Websites
June 18, 2007: The Statesman

A city hotel, which is part of the century-old hotel chain in India, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, found its corporate logo being used by two websites without their permission. Hotel Taj Bengal has lodged a complaint with police alleging that two websites have been using the “Taj” logo for selling their own products online.  more...
 

Broadcasting

Broadcasting Bill to come in monsoon session
June 23, 2007: Indiantelevision.com
 

The information and broadcasting ministry is making modifications in the Broadcasting Services Regulation Bill in accordance with suggestions and recommendations received from stakeholders and is confident of moving the legislation in the latter half of the monsoon session of Parliament.  more...
 

Govt. to Consider Separate Content Code for News Broadcasters
June 21, 2007: Indiantelevision.com
 

The information and broadcasting ministry has agreed to consider a suggestion that news channels should not be guided by the content code drawn up for broadcasters. The code is to be put up on the website of the ministry by 1 July. The News Broadcasters Association said that the system of Channel Auditor under the proposed content code may not work in the case of news channels where speed is of the essence.  more...
 

Anti Piracy

Weapon Against Piracy
June 19, 2007: Economic Times
 

One of the most ubiquitous scenes that you will observe outside many railway stations in Mumbai is of people selling pirated CDs and DVDs. Nowadays, it's become very easy for anybody to create such multiple copies and sell them even without having any appropriate right to do so. It's illegal and it is causing huge losses to the companies producing the original versions.  more...
 

Tips to Protect Online Privacy
June 18, 2007: Financial Express
 

Reuters: Here are 10 ways to keep personal information secure when online.  more...
 

Geographical Indications

Shahi Litchi May be Exclusive Brand of Bihar
June 22, 2007: Hindustan Times
 

The famous shahi litchi of Muzaffarpur could become an exclusive brand of Bihar soon. The state is moving to claim the brand name under intellectual property rights (IPR) laws. Once the Bihar government gets exclusive rights to the brand name, no one else will be able to use it to market shahi litchis in India or abroad.  more...
 

Meet Held to Protect IPR of Litchi
June 20, 2007: Times of India
 

The representatives of UNCTAD, NEED and BAMETI held a meeting with the officials of the directorate of horticulture, Bihar, to protect the intellectual property rights (IPR) of litchi. In order to assure the quality of shahi litchi, the meet decided to prepare a roadmap for compilation of documents related to its historical origin, production process, uniqueness and inspection mechanism.  more...

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