Author name: Anubha Sinha

Anubha Sinha - @anubhasinha_ on Twitter — is a graduate of Dr. RML National Law University, Lucknow, and presently works at the Centre for Internet and Society. She also blogs on www.cis-india.org

Bombay HC: Publication of Examination Report on website is not Communication

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The Bombay High Court recently held that mere publication of examination report /letter on the website (of Registry of Trademarks) shall not constitute as communication to the applicant for trademark registration. The writ petitions were filed by the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI). The instant petition was disposed of on 1st March, 2013, while the other was disposed of in August 2012.  Quick Facts:  In this particular case, the respondent (Registrar of Trademarks) merely published a letter on […]

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National Innovation Foundation: Boosting Frugal Technology

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Source In the recent past, there has been a spurt in grassroots innovation utilising the traditional knowledge bank. Grassroots innovation is ideation and development with only frugal resources at the innovator’s disposal. India has a distinctive expertise in developing and marketing frugal innovations to the world. An outstanding example of frugal innovation would be Dr. Devi Shetty who made cardiac surgeries extremely affordable by applying mass production techniques without compromising on the standard of healthcare. A more endearing term used

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Retraction Watch posts restored

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As hoped, Retraction Watch posts regarding Dr. Anil Potti have been restored. Retraction Watch is a website solely dedicated to publishing academic paper retractions in the scientific-medical research community. Dr. Anil Potti had nineteen retractions which were duly reported by Retraction Watch. We covered the incident about an Indian plagiarizing website [Newsbulet.in] reporting against Retraction Watch for copyright violations here. Retraction Watch received a DMCA takedown notice on account of apparently ten ‘copied’ posts. The issue evoked strong responses from free

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SpicyIP Weekly Review- ( February Week 3)

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SpicyIP posts: The week started with some good news brought to our notice by Sai Vinod, indicative of the government’s inclination to seriously consider the compulsory licensing route for cancer treatment drugs. The Patent Office issued a public notice on February 12, 2013 directing all patentees and license holders to submit Form 27 applications for each calendar year by end of March for the previous year, failure of which would make the patentee liable to a fine of up to

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RetractionWatch fiasco: Manipulation of DMCA notices to stifle criticism

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This post is about an Indian plagiarizer who has alleged that the original is a copy, and claimed copyright protection for his ‘original’ works using the DMCA.  Foul play against RetractionWatch:  A lot of published scientific reports and studies end up getting discredited for various reasons on a regular basis. These are consequently partially or wholly retracted. RetractionWatch is a blog solely dedicated to reporting retractions in the medical research field. Until Adam Marcus’ and Ivan Oransky’s RetractionWatch came into

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Latest In: Delhi HC bars Bisleri from using brand Maaza in India

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Source In a closely followed and rather interesting trademark dispute, the Delhi HC recently in a division bench order barred Bisleri International from using the trademark Maaza to market its products in India. Briefly revisiting the facts:  In 1993, Golden Agro Products assigned rights in a number of products(Limca, Thums-up..) to Coca Cola. The agreement contained a negative covenant that allowed Coca Cola to use the trademark Maaza only on products sold in India, and nowhere else. Golden Agro later

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