IIPTA is proud to invite you to the International Conference on Intellectual Property Rights organized by Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India Indian Institute of Patent and Trademark Attorney Education Partner government of India Government of India Chief Guest Shri D. V. Prasad Joint [...]
The present financial budget has brought in a host of good news for the pharma industry with tax sops serving as the perfect holi gift from the Government. There seems to be a reason to rejoice for the pharma industry as the weighted deduction on in-house R&D expenditure has been hiked from 150% to [...]
World intellectual property organization (WIPO) figures indicate that international trade mark filing suffer during 2009 because of the global economic downturn. Filing made under WIPO's Madrid system of the international registration of marks dropped by 16percentage in 2009. Trademark figure are a “leading indicator” of economic events, said Francis Gurry during a process conference. [...]
The European coat of justice has ruled that google is not liable for trademark infringement by allowing companies to use rivals trademark as advertising key words through its Ad words programme. The court ruled that although google provides a plateform for the adverts, it is responsibility of individual advertiser to ensures that thy do [...]
Each year the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) rates the quality of companies' patent portfolios, and this year again, Microsoft's portfolio is rated the strongest in the software industry. It's the third straight year that Microsoft has topped the IEEE Spectrum Patent Scorecard. In another independent survey released this week, Microsoft ranked [...]
Discussion Paper is released on Review of Organisational Structure of the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs, Trade marks and Geographical Indications. Comments can be send on sk.lal@nic.in, chandni.raina@nic.in and dv.prasad@nic.in. Please find the attached copy or click here. Aim of the paper is to bring public opinion and discussion on organizational [...]
