Business method patents are a class of patents which disclose and claim new methods of doing business. Since 1998, an increasing number of patents have been issued to software and Internet companies that have devised novel ways of doing business – for example, new online ordering processes or a unique internet advertising scheme. These [...]
In June 2008, the China State Council officially promulgated the “Outline of National Intellectual Property Strategy.” The Outline identified “the development and improvement of the standard related policies, standardization of the behavior of incorporating patents into standards”as a special task. In November 2009, the Standards Administration of China (SAC) issued for public comments the [...]
I am getting lot many inquiries from pharmaceuticals students pursuing B. Pharma / M. Pharma , Pharmaceutical Management and even professionals working in Pharmaceutical industry. So I have tried to collect the queries asked by people and answer in this blog. 1. What is the career prospects of pharmaceutical in IPR or Patents? After [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
