intellectual property rights

  As on 26th April 2012, 1,23,255 patent applications, where requests for examination have been filed, are pending with the office of  span style="font-family: ..

  The Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development has reconstituted the Copyright Board, as per section 11 of the Copyright Act, 1957 by appointing Justice Ramesh Chandra Chopra (ret..

Amendment in Trade Mark Rules, 2002   Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India has issued Notification no. G.S.R. 1024(E), dated 29th December, 2010.The free public search has been provided on the web portal of the Intellectual Property Of..

  As per public notice issued by Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CG), after the effect of new Trademark Rules (which is pending), the database of trademark will be free to all without paying any fee/charges...

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  Govt seeks public comments to amend trademark rules   /..

The Fourth Schedule (Classification)  of Trademark Act and Rules is amended by notification issued by Govt. of India and  included new four additional classes of services to the existing classification. New classification is are eually seen and compare with an international cl..

CHENNAI: Music composer Ilayaraja has lodged a complaint with the Chennai Police that a private firm had commercially exploited his music without his knowledge. In a petition to Commissioner of Police T. Rajendran, Mr. Ilayaraja said he had scored music for more than 7,000 songs for which he held the copyright. T..

KOCHI: There is a need to set up special Benches in the High Court for hearing cases relating to human rights violations, cyber crimes and economic offences, the Kerala Home Minister, Mr Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, said on Saturday. “Cyber cases are increasing in the state. Lot of problems on this issue has come up before police. A cyber cell has been fo..

LAWYERS BOYCOTT COURT PROCEEDINGS  Madurai : Wednesday,Jan 20 2010 IST Alleging that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had targetted the legal profession in its recently filed chargesheet on the clash between lawyers and police in the Madras High C..

After announcing ambitious plans to divest government stakes in public sector undertakings (PSUs), the government has taken another step to accord more freedom to PSUs. The creation of a new category of high-performing PSUs—Maharatnas—that will be allowed more freedom to operate without obtaining permission from the government is a good move. In particul..

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In an attempt to assert one's rights in a patent, the recent case of Mahesh Gupta & Anr. v. Tej Singh Yadav & anr. [2009 (41) PTC 109 (Del)] witnessed the Delhi High Court grant an order of permanent injunction as mandated under the provisions of the Specific Relief Act, 1963. The present suit was brought before the Court in respect of alleged in..

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