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Opinion | Pune Porsche Crash And India's Shoddy Juvenile Justice System
In the Pune incident, the act of granting bail to the juvenile on trivial conditions, such as writing an essay on traffic safety and assisting the traffic police, was not only naive but also patently illegal.
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Justice Prathiba M Singh to Launch Groundbreaking Book On Patent Law
Justice Prathiba M Singh, currently serving as a Judge at the Delhi High Court, is set to release a comprehensive two-volume book on Patent Law. The unveiling ceremony is scheduled to take place tomorrow in Delhi.
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Delhi High Court Sets Aside Order Revoking PepsiCo's Potato Patent
The court directed that the application be decided by the law and the present order
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Apple-Broadcom Challenge to Caltech Patents Declined by US Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by Apple and Broadcom to revive their challenges to Caltech data-transmission patents in a patent infringement case in which the university's earlier $1.1 billion (nearly Rs. 9,000 crore) jury verdict against the companies was thrown out.
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Delhi University Plans To Start Certificate Course On Patent Laws
Delhi University has constituted a committee for framing the syllabus and other modalities for a course on patent laws.
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Apple Patents Communication System That Can Allow a Device to Relay Its Network in Crisis Situations
Apple has been granted a patent for a communication system in which a device with cellular connectivity can relay its network to another device for effective communication in situations of crisis.
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WHO, 37 Countries Launch Alliance To Share Tools To Battle COVID-19
Thirty-seven countries and the World Health Organization (WHO) appealed on Friday for common ownership of vaccines, medicines and diagnostic tools to tackle the global coronavirus pandemic, taking aim at patent laws they fear could become a barrier to sharing crucial supplies.
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Logic Of Order Over Judges Appointments "Flawed": Ravi Shankar Prasad
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday said that the government had accepted the Supreme Court's 2015 judgement striking down a law which sought to give the executive a greater say in appointment of judges but he has "very strong reservations" on the "patently flawed" logic given in the order.
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Flash Electronics Files Suit Against Royal Enfield For Patent Infringement; RE Refutes Claims
Domestic electronic and electric component maker Flash Electronics India Ltd has filed a law suit against motorcycle maker Royal Enfield in the US. The suit has been filed for patent infringement of the regulator rectifier device that Flash claims was its invention and has been blatantly used by RE on its vehicles. Royal Enfield though has refuted ...
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Qualcomm's iPhone Patent Complaint to Be Reviewed by US ITC
The US International Trade Commission on Tuesday said it will look into Qualcomm's complaint that Apple is violating its patents in some iPhones.
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Government Defends Right To Issue Drug "Compulsory Licences"
India has defended its right to grant licences allowing local firms to override patents and make cheaper copies of drugs discovered by big Western drugmakers, and said reports to the contrary were "factually incorrect".
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Indian Patent Office Says No to Software Patents
India's patent office has ruled that only genuine applications claiming a novel hardware component along with software will be eligible for patent protection.
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Big Tech Winning Battle With 'Patent Trolls'
In the wake of several changes in US law that make it easier to challenge software patents, patent prices are plummeting, and the number of court fights is down.
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India, US row over trade policies, intellectual property rights likely to worsen
After a furious India decided to block investigations by US authorities into its trade policies and patent laws, New York could label India as a "Priority Foreign Country", a tag it gives to worst offenders of intellectual property rights. The accusation could lead to trade sanctions and escalate the already-strained tension between the two countri...
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Global doctors association slams US for pressuring India on pharma
A Geneva-based non-profit doctors association has criticised the US and its pharma lobby for exerting pressure on India for its patent laws, saying such actions undermine the global trading system.
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Opinion | Pune Porsche Crash And India's Shoddy Juvenile Justice System
In the Pune incident, the act of granting bail to the juvenile on trivial conditions, such as writing an essay on traffic safety and assisting the traffic police, was not only naive but also patently illegal.
-
Justice Prathiba M Singh to Launch Groundbreaking Book On Patent Law
Justice Prathiba M Singh, currently serving as a Judge at the Delhi High Court, is set to release a comprehensive two-volume book on Patent Law. The unveiling ceremony is scheduled to take place tomorrow in Delhi.
-
Delhi High Court Sets Aside Order Revoking PepsiCo's Potato Patent
The court directed that the application be decided by the law and the present order
-
Apple-Broadcom Challenge to Caltech Patents Declined by US Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a bid by Apple and Broadcom to revive their challenges to Caltech data-transmission patents in a patent infringement case in which the university's earlier $1.1 billion (nearly Rs. 9,000 crore) jury verdict against the companies was thrown out.
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Delhi University Plans To Start Certificate Course On Patent Laws
Delhi University has constituted a committee for framing the syllabus and other modalities for a course on patent laws.
-
Apple Patents Communication System That Can Allow a Device to Relay Its Network in Crisis Situations
Apple has been granted a patent for a communication system in which a device with cellular connectivity can relay its network to another device for effective communication in situations of crisis.
-
WHO, 37 Countries Launch Alliance To Share Tools To Battle COVID-19
Thirty-seven countries and the World Health Organization (WHO) appealed on Friday for common ownership of vaccines, medicines and diagnostic tools to tackle the global coronavirus pandemic, taking aim at patent laws they fear could become a barrier to sharing crucial supplies.
-
Logic Of Order Over Judges Appointments "Flawed": Ravi Shankar Prasad
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday said that the government had accepted the Supreme Court's 2015 judgement striking down a law which sought to give the executive a greater say in appointment of judges but he has "very strong reservations" on the "patently flawed" logic given in the order.
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Flash Electronics Files Suit Against Royal Enfield For Patent Infringement; RE Refutes Claims
Domestic electronic and electric component maker Flash Electronics India Ltd has filed a law suit against motorcycle maker Royal Enfield in the US. The suit has been filed for patent infringement of the regulator rectifier device that Flash claims was its invention and has been blatantly used by RE on its vehicles. Royal Enfield though has refuted ...
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Qualcomm's iPhone Patent Complaint to Be Reviewed by US ITC
The US International Trade Commission on Tuesday said it will look into Qualcomm's complaint that Apple is violating its patents in some iPhones.
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Government Defends Right To Issue Drug "Compulsory Licences"
India has defended its right to grant licences allowing local firms to override patents and make cheaper copies of drugs discovered by big Western drugmakers, and said reports to the contrary were "factually incorrect".
-
Indian Patent Office Says No to Software Patents
India's patent office has ruled that only genuine applications claiming a novel hardware component along with software will be eligible for patent protection.
-
Big Tech Winning Battle With 'Patent Trolls'
In the wake of several changes in US law that make it easier to challenge software patents, patent prices are plummeting, and the number of court fights is down.
-
India, US row over trade policies, intellectual property rights likely to worsen
After a furious India decided to block investigations by US authorities into its trade policies and patent laws, New York could label India as a "Priority Foreign Country", a tag it gives to worst offenders of intellectual property rights. The accusation could lead to trade sanctions and escalate the already-strained tension between the two countri...
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Global doctors association slams US for pressuring India on pharma
A Geneva-based non-profit doctors association has criticised the US and its pharma lobby for exerting pressure on India for its patent laws, saying such actions undermine the global trading system.
