A case is in progress in US, in which plaintiff is John Wiley & Sons Inc. and defendant is Kirtsaeng. The complaint was made under Section 602 (a) (1) of Copyright Act of United States of America (USA), which prohibits unauthorized import of a work without the permission of the copyright owner. The defendant [...]
Dr. Kailash C. Bansal, a top scientist engaged in genetically modified (GM) food crops research have been found to forge patent claims to receive a national award. The national award that we are talking about is the prestigious Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award which was instituted by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in 1956 [...]
In first victory in India, Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (TKDL) database has been used to revoke a patent. Government of India revoked the patent granted to Avesthagen by Indian Patent Office (IPO) in April, 2012 on the grounds of being mischievous and prejudicial to the public. This patent was granted for “synergistic ayurvedic/ functional [...]
For those scientists who wants to stay close to science but don’t want to go into labs, patenting world offers a wide range of rewarding careers which are focused on: · Writing · Examining · Disputing patents In India, scientists can opt for these positions in an organization: · IP Researchers/ Patent Analysts · [...]
The United States District Court for the Central District of California gave a ruling on 15th October, 2012 that ownership of Einstein’s publicity rights have lapsed and cannot be enforced by Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ) anymore. This ruling came in for a lawsuit that was filed by HUJ against General Motors LLC (GM) [...]
Supreme Court of India have ruled that ‘Chakravyuh’ movie’s song Mehngai will have to run a disclaimer with the video footage of the song and even the audio version have to run a disclaimer. The lawsuit was filed by Bata India Ltd. against Prakash Jha & Org. First High Court of Delhi ruled on 11th [...]
