January 15, 2014

Trends in GI

India, as a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), enacted the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration & Protection)Act, 1999 has come into force with effect from 15th September 2003. From April 2004 till date, 195 GI Applications are registered under Indian IP. Among which Peruvian Pisco from Peru, Champagne from France & Napa Valley …

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Trends in Indian Patent Grants (Jan’13- Dec’13)

This report identifies the Top-15 Indian Patent Grants for the year 2013. The number one patent holder of the year is none other than Samsung India Software Operation Private Limited (SISO).  In contrast CSIR comes second with 87 patents, Qualcomm Incorporated which landed in third position by gaining 84 patents. According to a recent report …

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New Positive Grant system – Effective from February 14th 2014.

Amendments to the Singapore Patents Act and Rules are due to come into force on 14 February 2014. The amendments will affect all Singapore patent applications lodged in Singapore on or after this date.  For example, the new law will apply to: any Singapore national phase application which enters the national phase in Singapore on …

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New $1,000 pill to cure Hepatitis C

A landmark drug is being manufactured by Gilead Sciences Inc. for the treatment of the deadliest liver infection. The drug is named as sofosbuvir  (brand name Sovaldi), which will cost $1,000 per pill. Sofosbuvir is the first all-oral, interferon-free regimen approved for treating chronic Hepatitis C. The New Drug Application for Sofosbuvir was submitted on April 8, 2013 …

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and General Electric’s wind turbine patent dispute solved.

In 2008 General Elctric.co (GE), the Largest US Producer of wind turbines filed a complaint with the US International Trade commission (ITC) on February 27, 2008 alleging that Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)’s 2.4MW Turbines Infringes its patents. In light of the complaint, MHI accused GE of illegally trying to monopolise the US market for variable-speed …

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Farmers Welfare and Agriculture Development will file applications for Patenting breed soon.

Madhya Pradesh has set its sights on getting a patent for the Kadaknath Chicken, which was almost on the verge of extinction in the 1990’s. The kadaknath chicken is found in the tribal dominated district of Jhabua in western MP and had reached extinction due to over consumption. Commonly known as Kali Masi, was popularly …

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