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Intellectual Property Rights News


ACK Media mulls entertainment channel launch

   31 July 2008 at 14:03

ACK Media, the owner of Amar Chitra Katha and Tinkle comic brands, is planning to launch a general entertainment channel (GEC) as part of its gambit to turn itself into an integrated media company. For funding this initiative, the company may announc ..



Microsoft goes to court over mouse patents

   31 July 2008 at 14:03

Microsoft alleges that a rival maker of computer mice has wrongly made use of its patented hardware technologies and refused to license them.In a complaint filed Wednesday with the U.S. International Trade Commission (PDF, 33 pages), Microsoft allege ..



Patent Office finds voice, calls for software patent sanity

   30 July 2008 at 20:58

The US Patent and Trademark Office is a convenient whipping boy for problems with the patent system. The USPTO famously approved the junk patents at the heart of the legal battle between Research in Motion and a patent-trolling firm called NTP. The U ..



Barr confirms patent challenge

   30 July 2008 at 14:26

Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc. confirmed today that its Pomona-based subsidiary, Barr Laboratories Inc., has challenged four patents held by Amgen Inc. for its Sensipar drug, used by dialysis patients to treat side-effects of the treatment.Barr said it fi ..



Wadia hopeful of an early solution to IPR issue

   30 July 2008 at 14:26

Britannia Industries Chairman Nusli Wadia today expressed hope that the Intellectual Property Rights issue with Groupe Danone subsidiary Generale Biscuit would soon be amicably resolved. Wadia was speaking at the company's 89th annual general meeting ..



Onus on IP address owner to prove innocence

   30 July 2008 at 14:26

The onus is on you to prove your cyber innocence. If someone has used your email or computer to send any illegal communication, then the laws of the country put you in a bit of a spot. As the recent episode of the email sent by terrorists from a stol ..



Endo sues Impax for patent infringement

   29 July 2008 at 12:31

Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings Inc. and another company have sued generic drug maker Impax Pharmaceuticals Inc. for patent infringement related to the pain treatment oxymorphone hydrochloride.Hayward, Calif.-based Impax has applied to make a generic f ..



Altair Engg to partner Indian cos for intellectual property

   29 July 2008 at 12:31

Altair Engineering India is set to partner Indian companies in their quest to create intellectual property with its design, validation and simulation tools with a focus on high performance computers and supercomputing environment.The company, which h ..



Dr Reddy`s to form JV for off-patent drugs

   29 July 2008 at 12:31

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, the country’s third-biggest drugmaker, will form a joint venture with one of the world’s biggest biotech companies to make biosimilars or generic versions of patented biotech drugs to take on Ranbaxy Laboratories, Reliance Li ..



Energizer sues Spectrum over alleged patent infringement

   29 July 2008 at 12:31

Energizer Holdings Inc. said Monday it filed a lawsuit against Spectrum Brands, alleging the company's lithium batteries infringe on two of its patents. Energizer said it believes that Spectrum Brands' Rayovac lithium batteries infringe on two of its ..