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Official Journal Of The Patent Office 05th April 2013

In view of the recent amendment made in the Patents Act, 1970 by the Patents (Amendment) Act, 2005 effective from 01st January 2005, the Official Journal of The Patent Office is required to be published under the Statute. This Journal is being published on weekly basis on every Friday covering the various proceedings on Patents… Read More

The Trade Marks Journal No 1584 Dated 15th April 2013

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Modified Public Notice regarding constitution of joint committees of trademark stakeholders

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Office of the Controller General Patents, Designs and Trademarks Boudhik Sampada Bhawan S.M. Road, Antop Hill Mumbai-400037, India. Dated 03.04.2013 In partial modification of the Public Notice No CG/ Public Notice/2013/188 dated 20.03.2013 regarding joint committees of trademark stakeholders and officers of the Trade Marks Registry (TMR) Mumbai, the Committee about matters… Read More

Copyright Rules 2013 to provide new rules for statutory and compulsory licences

The Copyright Rules, 2013 has been notified by the Copyright Division, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development on 14th March, 2013. The amendments to the existing provisions of the Copyright Act, 1957 and introduction of new provisions under the Copyright(Amendment) Act, 2012, which came into the force on 21st June, 2012, necessitated… Read More

Copyright In Judgment: An Analysis

1.1 Introduction The primary purpose of this essay is to analyze the copyrightability of a judgment in India. It will examine whether a copyright can be granted to a judgment at all, and if yes, to what extent such copyright can extend. 1.2 The Law For Copyright In Raw Judgment Section 2(k) of the Copyright… Read More

Intellectual Property Rights (Imported Goods) Enforcement Rules, 2007 and clarification as notified on 2011

Intellectual Property Rights (Imported Goods) Enforcement Rules, 2007 (Rules[1]): The Rules were formulated to define the role of the customs authorities in India in combating Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) piracy, pursuant to India™s obligations under the WTO treaty on Trade Related Aspects of IPR. Hence on May 8, 2007, the Central Government by a notification… Read More

CCH: Intellectual Property Rights 2011

Intellectual Property Rights in India have been relatively emerging at a faster pace. There is a need to discuss the issues and solutions which are the major challenges of IPR faced by most of the businesses in the global market. The corporates should know how they can create, operate and protect their intellectual property. The Indian corporate… Read More

Draft Model Property Rights to Slum Dwellers Act, 2011

Kumari Selja, Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Minister of Culture,has issued the Draft Model Property Rights to Slum Dwellers Act, 2011' and Central Legislation for Street Vendors for public discussion in New Delhi. The main features of the drafts are as follows: Draft Model Property Rights to Slum Dwellers Act, 2011 The Ministry of HUPA proposed the strengthening… Read More

Income from license of software not assessable as royalty

Brief facts: The relevant material facts, as culled out from the material on record before , are like this. The assessee is a company incorporated in, and tax resident of, the State of Israel. The assessee company has its registered office at 12 Amal Street, Afek Park, Rosh Ha™ayain, Israel 48092, and it does not… Read More

Reconstitution of Copyright Board

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 (retired) as the Chairman of the Copyright Board for a period of five years or till further orders, whichever is earlier, with effect from the… Read More

Oracle seeking damages in billions from Google pertaining to Java Patent lawsuit

Oracle America, Inc v. Google Inc, 10-3561. Brief summary: The dispute which surfaced between the Google Inc and Oracle centres on the Java programming language, on infringement of Android mobile operating technology which was owned by Oracle after the acquisition of same from Sun Microsystems in 2010 has seen a new turn when Judge William Alsup… Read More

CS Practitioners meet on 30th May on Trade Marks

NIRC of ICSI cordially invitees all its members to attend, Meeting of Company Secretaries in Practice, the topic for the meeting is "Trade Marks". The meeting will be on the 30th May, 2011, Monday at 6PM at ICSI-NIRC Building Auditorium, 4, Prasad Nagar Institutional Area, New Delhi. For further details please contact Executive Officer, NIRC of ICSI Phones… Read More

Foreigners receiving more patents in India than Indians

There are more foreigners than Indians receiving patents in India, prompting the government to say "much needs to be done to encourage more domestic innovations". The number of patents granted to Indian applicants has steadily decreased from a high of 41 per cent in 2002-03 to a low of 17 per cent in 2009-10, according… Read More