Putting an end to the trademark lawsuit between Christian Louboutin and Zara, French Supreme Court have invalidated Louboutin’s red sole trademark for lack of distinctiveness. French Supreme Court upheld the Paris Court of Appeal’s decision of invalidating Louboutin’s trademark. French trademark law prohibits the unauthorized use by reproduction or imitation of a protected trademark [...]
A Canadian patent has been revoked in Canada after it was invalidated by the Supreme Court of Canada. The Viagra patent belonged to Pfizer Canada Inc. The court ruled that at the time of filing the applicant knew that Sildenafil was the main compound which helped patients with erectile dysfunction but Pfizer chose not [...]
In a public notice (CG/Public Notice/TMR/2012-13/74) issued by the patent office of India dated 6/7th November, 2012; patent office have stated that they are going to organize a special drive for disposable of opposition and rectification matters. Patent office said that many oppositions which were filed against registration of trademarks have been withdrawn by [...]
Indian patent office have issued some new guidelines for processing patent related to traditional knowledge (TK) and biological materials (BM). It has been done by the patent office in wake of revocation of Avesthagen patent. Patent office said that Indian patent offices are not taking TKDL seriously whereas other international patent offices are processing [...]
Barack Obama won the presidential election for 2012 and now, he will be in power for next five years. With this United Sates of America will be going forward with the two prospect related to Intellectual Property. First one will be the America’s Invent Act which was one of the upbringings of President Obama [...]
I guess wait for all Patent Agent Examination Aspirants is over. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of commerce and industry has published notification for amendment in Patent Rule 2003. In the Patent Rules, 2003, in rule 110,- (a) in sub-rule (2), against the paper relating to Viva voce, for the figures [...]
