Patent & IP news for September 19, 2009

Guest Post: ‘Tirupati’ - Laddu or the Lord? from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

After everybody in the Indian mainstream media, from the op-ed writer to the cub reporter, has run riot on the Tirupati Laddu news-item, with their own interpretations of whether it's a GI copyright on ...

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Stood Up from www.patenthawk.com

AsymmetRx sued Biocare over cancer detection patents which Harvard owns by assignment. AsymmetRx had a conditional exclusive license, while Biocare had its own conditional non-exclusive license. Before asserting the patents, "AsymmetRx was to 'give careful ...

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Bajaj-TVS Dispute: SC Permits Temporary Sale of Flame, TVS to Maintain Accounts of Sale from spicyipindia.blogspot.com

In a crisp order on the Bajaj-TVS patent dispute, the Supreme Court ordered that TVS shall be entitled to sell its motorcycle ‘Flame’, but shall maintain an accurate record of all its domestic and international ...

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Lose patents, lose jobs from ipbiz.blogspot.com

On the announcement that Lilly will cut about 5,500 jobs, or 14 percent of its workforce:

Chris Schott, an analyst with JP Morgan Chase & Co.: “Lilly’s move is consistent with announcements by its ...

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DoJ weighs in AGAINST Google Books settlement from ipbiz.blogspot.com

AP wrote on 19 Sept 09:

The U.S. Justice Department advised a federal judge Friday [Sept. 18] that a proposed legal settlement giving Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books threatens ...

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Inventing for Kids: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs from www.ipwatchdog.com

Yesterday an interesting animated film opened in theaters across the United States. The film by Columbia Pictures’ and Sony Pictures is titled Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and is billed as “the most delicious ...

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