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Intellectual Property Rights News


Court restrains publishing of book

   15 July 2009 at 11:09

A Jabalpur trial court has effectively banned the book, “It Was Five Past Midnight in Bhopal” with an interim order passed to this effect on Monday.The book, written by Dominique Lapierre and Javier Moro, is a dramatised account of the Bh ..



Madras HC: Ghajini maker seeks Rs 230 crore from producers o

   19 June 2009 at 10:38

About six months after the release of Aamir Khan’s superhit film Ghajini, a producer of the film’s original Tamil version has moved the Madras High Court seeking a deposit of Rs 230 crore from the producers of the hindi version.A Chandras ..



Madras HC dismisses petition of Bajaj Auto

   29 May 2009 at 18:36

The Madras High Court has dismissed a petition by Bajaj Auto seeking a stay on an order passed by the court on May 18, allowing TVS Motor to manufacture and market its 125 CC ‘Flame’ motorcycle, in its original form.The court on May 18 li ..



Kerala HC: Registers suo motu against patenting of temple de

   26 May 2009 at 18:30

The Kerala High Court registered a suo motu case against patenting of the deity of Attukal Temple in Thiruvananthapuram and also its sobriquet women Sabarimala. A division bench, comprising Chief Justice S R Bannurmath and Justice Kurian Joseph, dire ..



Bombay HC to hear 20th Century Fox case against B R films

   05 May 2009 at 10:19

The Bombay HC will hear on May 7 a civil suit filed by Hollywood's famous studio Twentieth Century Fox against B R Films, seeking an injunction against the release of the Hindi film 'Banda Yeh Bindaas Hai' alleging it was a remake of Oscar-winning En ..



Indian courts equipped to tackle international cases of IPR

   27 April 2009 at 21:03

Indian Courts are well equipped to handle International cases relating to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Copyright, as a plethora of changes have been introduced in the existing laws here as per the Berne Convention and TRIPS (Trade-Related A ..



Delhi HC allows Indian version of the lung cancer drug

   25 April 2009 at 17:52

Delhi High Court allowed Indian company Cipla to go ahead with its manufacture and sale of lung cancer drug while dismissing the plea of Swiss company Hoffman La Roche Ltd which claimed to have sole rights over the manufacture of the drug.A bench hea ..



Five Indian inventions win U.S. patent

   05 April 2009 at 19:42

Five inventions by a New Delhi resident named Anadish Pal have won patent from the United States government, Navbharat Times reported on Sunday.The inventions are a three-dimensional mouse, motor pump alarm, robotic platform, pollution free engine, a ..



Pune turban may get intellectual property tag soon

   05 April 2009 at 19:40

The famous headgear 'Puneri Pagadi', a symbol of pride and honour in the Pune region, may get intellectual property rights (IPR) as a local organisation has sought geographical exclusivity for the same.Pune-based Shree Puneri Pagadi Sangh has submitt ..



Tom Tom files countersuit against Microsoft for Patent Infringement

   25 March 2009 at 19:29

Tom Tom, one of the top GPS manufacturers, has filed countersuit against the Microsoft in the U.S District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, on March 16 alleging that Microsoft has infringed at least four of their patents by releasing the p ..