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Lego’s attempt to preserve their trademark protection in Switzerland has ended up in vain. Lego trademarked the shape of bricks in 1999 which was opposed by Mega Brands, Inc. shortly afterwards. Lego had to seek out some kind of protection because their patent for the shape of Lego bricks had already expired way back in [...]
This is a patent war that doesn't need any introduction. Apple, based in Cupertino, California and Samsung, a South Korean giant in mobile phones have been a biggest enemy in this patent war in IPR sector. Apple sued its component supplier Samsung, alleging in a 38-page federal complaint on 15th April, 2011 in the [...]
Software patents are the patents given for the codes written on computer and used to run different programs. Software patents have become a trend for MNCs nowadays as almost every company is trying to get as much patents as they can get on their softwares. One of the reasons is to safeguard their intellectual [...]
Stem cells are in news now days and this is because a British researcher John Gurdon and a Japanese scientist Shinya Yamanaka won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on 8th October, 2012 for discovering that ordinary cells of the body can be reprogrammed into stem cells, which then can turn into any [...]
Copyrights are legal protection given to a creator for a specific period of time to exploit his own creation. Copyrights include literary, artistic and musical work. The importance of copyright is to promote the creation of new works by giving authors control of and profit from them. Copyrights are said to be territorial, which means [...]
The patent war between two giants which are Apple and Samsung isn’t new. They have been fighting like Tom and Jerry, just to show the world who is stronger with respect to intellectual property. Many lawsuits have been filed by one on the other and by other on the first one. This patent par [...]
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is an American multinational medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. J&J filed for a patent on 9th June, 1999 which was granted to them on 10th April, 2001. The patent was US6214815 titled, “Triphasic oral contraceptive”. Lupin Pharmaceuticals Inc. a subsidiary of Lupin Limited works [...]
Leaf Energy is an Australian technology company which is primarily focused on creating a leading plant biotechnology business to produce biofuels, high value commercial proteins and other plant derived compounds. There PCT application is due to be published on 6th December, 2012. This application is regarding pre treatment of biomass for bio-ethanol production. This [...]
Versace’s medusa motif, the Vera Wang wedding dress, Louis Vuitton handbag – all these are products of applied intellectual creativity and skill in the fashion industry. No one doubts the tremendous value of intellectual capital to the creation and marketing of products in the fashion industry, be it high fashion or ready-to-wear. Yet many [...]
Darjeeling Tea is the world’s most expensive and exotically flavored tea. A person with judging ability will tell you that without Darjeeling, Tea would be like Wine without the Champagne. Darjeeling tea is one of the Indian Geographical Indication. It is a very important part of India’s cultural and collective intellectual heritage. It also [...]
