Joint Ownership of a Trade Mark: The Tribulations of Termination from ipkitten.blogspot.com "Joint ownership of IP" -- no words strike more terror into the heart of an IP practitioner than the task of having to provide appropriate contractual provisions in such a situation. Truth be told, while I ...
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Super Casette Industries vs Board of Film Certification: Certifications Galore from spicyipindia.blogspot.com The court has clubbed thirty six writ petitions together and the petitioners are mostly producers, manufacturers, sellers, and also replicators for music companies holding copyrights in audio-visual materials recorded on VCDs and DVDs (discs). The ...
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No Charge from www.patenthawk.com A123 System filed a declaratory judgment action in Massachusetts against Hydro-Quebec (HQ), who had a license for two lithium battery patents owned by the University of Texas (UT). The district court dismissed the suit because ...
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Recent publications from patlit.blogspot.com Patent Law in India, by M. B. Rao and Manjula Guru, is a bit of a curiosity. Just out this September, this book is part of Wolters Kluwer's Law & Business series (web page
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Europe burns with impatience, while heat is turned up on Pizza from ipkitten.blogspot.com Like the EU patent, the perfect pizza
requires the subjugation of each
individual ingredient for the good
of the whole Many of the readers of this blog also avidly follow developments as they unfold on ...
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That Wedding ... and That Conference from ipkitten.blogspot.com In the olden days, before paparazzi were invented,
the popular press had a dreadful time getting wedding pics ... A royal wedding is an exciting event – and not just for the friends and family of the ...
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Friday fantasies from ipkitten.blogspot.com It's Friday again, time to reflect not on what might have been but on what hasn't yet been. The best way to do this is by checking the IPKat's Forthcoming Events list ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Study Of Public Domain, Copyright At WIPO Offers Recommendations from www.ip-watch.org A better definition of the public domain is needed, but copyright and public domain are not antagonistic, said a study commissioned by the World Intellectual Property Organization presented this week. Also this week, a book ...
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To amend Your Copyright Claim, Better hurry lest You miss the Game: Delhi High Court rejects Application for Amendment of Plaint from spicyipindia.blogspot.com Among the followers of Spicy IP, those who are musically inclined must be familiar with the name of Shubha Mudgal, a renowned artist by any standard in the world of music and theatre. The present ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Smart Patents at War from www.ipeg.eu The mobile communications industries is encountered by a so far unexampled burst of patent infringement claims. Almost all big market players are either faced with infringement claims driven by competitors or self taking court action ...
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Disappointing Results At ICAP Ocean Tomo Auction from gametimeip.com So, after my original report and post about the ICAP November patent auction, Joff over at the IAM Blog predicted that “things should be sizzling,” while also recommending caution. It seems caution was the recommendation ...
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US DOJ weighs in on battle over gene patents from www.iposgoode.ca Ivy Tsui is a JD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School The U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed an amicus brief to support the ACLU and the PUBPAT in a lawsuit challenging Myriad Genetics ...
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Group Purchasing Power – An Interesting Use Of The Patent Marketplace from gametimeip.com There’s nothing quite like a patent war over group, pre-purchase discounts to get people excited, is there? A couple of different news outlets have picked up on a lawsuit by Groupon against apparent competitor ...
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Facebook Is On the Receiving End Of A Trademark Battle – Lamebook sues Facebook from tacticalip.com By: Mark R. Malek As you may have already heard, Facebook has been in the process of vigorously enforcing its intellectual property. Some commentators, such as, for example, ME, have likened their tactics to bullying ...
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