Rajya Sabha is going to debate on copyright amendment bill 2010, followed by voting. In November 2010, Standing Committee submitted 118 pages report to the parliament. Standing Committee report clearly favored lyricists and composers, though these recommendations are not binding on parliament. Further on August 2011 Economic Times reported that cabinet has also approved [...]
GE posted jobs for patent engineers. Role Summary/Purpose The job will require reviewing invention disclosures, conducting patentability searches and analyses, and preparing high-quality patent applications of a standard acceptable to the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO). The job will also require preparing USPTO Office Action responses on existing patent applications. The job will [...]
Families film The ‘Dabangg’ (Produced by arbaz khan, Salman khan(main role), Malika Arora Khan(item dancer)) gets bang from the ‘Zandu Pharmaceuticals’ , where they send a notification on 17th of September 2010 claims that the song ‘Munni Badnam’ contains their brand name which could be an infringement as its been used without their permission. [...]
From time to time, the Mars candy company teams up with entertainment execs to market M&M’s dressed as iconic Hollywood characters. Apparently, they didn’t team up with Zorro Productions, Inc (“Zorro“). Zorro is suing Mars (and ad agency BBDO Worldwide) in the U.S. District Court of Northern California for trademark infringement, unfair business practices, [...]
