Now this seems to be a copyright infringement suit, and Chetan Bhagat's new novel seems to be in trouble. A Bengaluru Civil Court on April 19 granted a temporary injunction holding back author Chetan Bhagat from selling his book, 'One Indian Girl' following a city-based writer's suit claiming that the work was a copy [...]
Recently we have much heard about the Cello and Modware design infringment, as per the decision Justice Patel provided relief to cello and told that it had crossed the design copyright and infringement suit and was successfull in establishing prima facie. As stated by Prashant; “If the design of the bottle is acting as [...]
As our provision allows member states to remove from patentability plants, animals, certain biological processes, with certain limitations that still member states will still have to protect microorganisms and biological processes. Article 27.3 states; The requirements of Article 27.3 of TRIPS were incorporated into the Patents Act, 1970 via the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2002. [...]
Supreme court had tighten norms regarding venue for patent infringement purpose. In the TC Heartland LLC vs. Kraft food Groups Brands LLC, the supreme court had shifted the balance easily away from the Eastern District of Texas. for many US firms it is a era of Delaware. Restricting the residential requirement, section 28 U.S.C.$1400 [...]
Like the millions of patent applications before it, the one filed in Gatineau, Que., by the Canadian subsidiary of U.S. drug giant Purdue Pharma promised remarkable things. The company’s researchers had “surprisingly” discovered a new way to treat pain. Purdue’s innovative pill would substantially improve the “efficiency and quality of pain management,” because it [...]
Trade secrets are important to cybersecurity because many data breaches involve trade secret theft. The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (DTSA) amended the Espionage Act of 1996 to provide a federal private right of action for trade secret misappropriation. Some commentators opposed the DTSA in part because it seems redundant in light of [...]
