“Women Scientists Scholarship Scheme (WOS-C)”is a Government of India scheme for the women scientists. It is operated by the Department of Science & Technology (DST). This scheme aims to train women having qualifications in science/ engineering / medicine or allied areas in the area of intellectual property rights (IPR) and management of IPR for [...]
Patents, an exclusive right granted to the inventor by the government of the country for exploitation of his invention by use, sell or licensing the patent. With patents, inventor tries to cover up and gain from the research inventor has already carried out. Patents are used by an inventor to protect his invention; invention [...]
In a recent news there was a lawsuit where Whirlpool of India, a unit of home appliances maker Whirlpool Corp., had sued Videocon for design infringement. Whirlpool of India in June sued Videocon in the high court after it discovered that latter had introduced washing machines with a similar design. Whirlpool of India was [...]
Year 2012, has been a stupendous year for Indian generic companies. After the grant of first compulsory license to Natco Pharmaceuticals on 5th March, 2012, Cipla won the case against Swiss drug maker F Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd in the Delhi high court on 7th September, 2012. A single judge bench of Delhi high court [...]
Patent is an exclusive right granted by the government to an inventor for a limited period of time in exchange of complete disclosure of invention. Compulsory License is an important provision under the amended Indian Patent Act which is used by Indian Patent Office to put a check on the abuse of monopoly provided [...]
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