India: Intellectual Property

The viewpoint of being able to provide cheap drugs to a population which cannot afford it has started yet another debate in the pharma sector about how drug companies should price the life saving drugs in the developing world.

In an eagerly awaited decision, India's Controller of Patents has granted a licence to generics pharmaceutical manufacturer, Natco Pharma Ltd (Natco) to manufacture Bayer's patented anticancer drug 'Naxavar'.

In Scan Biotech India & Another v Scan Biotech India , Scan Biotech India & Another (Plaintiffs), a pharmaceutical product manufacturing concern sought permanent injunction against Scan Biotech India (Defendant) for their use of the trademark "BOLRAN" and the use of the trade name "SCAN BIOTEK INDIA".

The interplay between copyright protection under the Copyright Act, 1957 ("Copyright Act") and design registration under Designs Act, 2000 ("Designs Act")...

I have heard Meryl Streep's Miranda Priestly's monologue, delivered as take down to Anne Hathaway's Andy Sachs, in Devil Wears Prada more times than I can remember.

In this age of technology, there has been a great rise in innovation and development, but at the same time it has also led to the rise in complicated cybercrimes.

Intellectual property laws allow its owners to exclude others from performing certain specified acts, at the same time it allows him to grant third parties special permission to perform any of those acts through licensing, while retaining ownership.

As millions tune into their love for cricket, we log into another IPL: the Indian policy landscape (IPL). This IPL looks more like a test match though, not a T20 — we are all in it for the long haul.

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I have heard Meryl Streep's Miranda Priestly's monologue, delivered as take down to Anne Hathaway's Andy Sachs, in Devil Wears Prada more times than I can remember.

Patent protection is vital for inventors in the technology and innovation sectors to safeguard their intellectual property.

A trademark is a distinctive mark, logo, name, or symbol used to identify and distinguish the goods and services of a company. There are several types of trademarks, including word marks, device marks...