Thinking that the battle is between Generic Vs innovator was only for anticancer and anti-retroviral medicines but now it has set a step into anti-diabetic drugs. The war is between Glenmark and Merk, the former has launched a cheaper generic version of an Anti-diabetic drug of pharma multinational Merck’s blockbuster anti-diabetes drug Januvia (Sitagliptin [...]
It is a trademark infringement lawsuit against Medallion food filed by Frito-Lay for unfair competition. Frito-Lay alleged that Medallion Foods’ tortilla chips result from processes, which infringe one or more claims of United States Patent no.6610344, either literally or under the doctrine of equivalents. Additionally, Frito-Lay contends that Medallion Foods is liable for infringing the [...]
Pathetic!!! The idea of judging someone by the company they keep, particularly on social media, is not only unfair! Facebook patented a technology that allows lenders to use a borrower's social network to determine whether he or she is a good credit risk. it's a sure fire way to put borrowers into high interest [...]
It is very easy to tag on Facebook now a days and can enjoy associating people with media but it took almost five years for Mark Zuckerberg to obtain a patent for Tagging and Tagging was arguably the feature that made Facebook the biggest photo site in the world and seeded the idea for [...]
Electronic tattoo, Motorola is a small chip, which is applied on skin of the user in the area of the larynx and includes built-in microphone, power supply and wireless transmitter for carbon capture and further transmission of sound to the mobile device, smartphone and tablet. Motorola filed an application in the U.S. patent and [...]
The trend toward germ patents started in 1980 when a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowed the patenting of life forms. The decision in that case, which involved a bacterium that could consume oil, opened the floodgates to the patenting of genes, plants, bioengineered crops, and more. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and [...]
