A geographical indication is a sign used on goods that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities, reputation or characteristics that are essentially attributable to that place of origin. Most commonly, a geographical indication includes the name of the place of origin of the goods. Agricultural products typically have qualities that derive from [...]
Even after India’s attempt to remove traditional knowledge (TK) from the list of things that can be patented, Indian Patent Office is granting patents on the use of TK of India which is related the Ayurveda, Unani and Siddha systems of medicine, and patents are also being granted on inventions related to biological resources [...]
On 19th December, 2012 Indian Patent Office issued new guidelines for the examination of patent applications which are related to biotechnology. The biotech inventions includes products and processes of gene engineering technologies, methods of producing organism, methods of isolation of microorganisms from culture medium, methods of mutation, cultures, mutants, transformants, plasmids, processes for making [...]
In recent news India successfully opposed a patent that was filed by MDIP LLC for Pomegranate activity of skin sores and lesions. MDIP LLC is a boutique intellectual property law firm located in the biotech rich Washington, DC suburb of Montgomery County, Maryland. MDIP LLC had filed for the patent with a title of [...]
I was just going through the BSE this morning and found an interesting element to share with my readers. As reported by India infoline and Money Control, Tilaknagar Industries (TI) rose to 1.38% to Rs. 34.30 at 11:37 IST on the BSE after the Bombay High Court dismissed the petition filed by UTO Netherland [...]
With the grand finale of Star TV round the corner, district court of Gurgoan has sent notice to Star TV to stop using the ” Master Chef ” trademark till further notice. Star TV Private limited is restrined from using trademark ” Master Chef India 2 ” , ” Master Chef Australia” and ” [...]
