THE NOMINATION PROCESS FOR THE IP HALL OF FAME 2010 IS NOW OPEN. The IP Hall of Fame honours individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the global Intellectual Property system. Inductees to the Hall of Fame have included people from various backgrounds, united by their commitment to the promotion of Intellectual Property. The Hall of Fame has been devised and developed by the IP Publication Intellectual Asset Management Magazine. Hurry and start nominating as the process closes on 2nd […]

Sumathi ran quite a few interesting posts on the grant of GI to Tirupati Laddu. In the last post, a regular reader of the blog and a scientist from Kerala, Mr.Praveen Raj, posted in his comment that he had written a letter to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India K.G.Balakrishnan against the grant of the GI, further requesting that the letter be treated as a writ petition. We now have information that a PIL has been filed before the Madras

Last month, we had reported on the Indian Supreme Court’s observations on parties in IP cases squabbling over temporary injunctions. Apparently, this view is shared by China’s Apex Court as well. In a short article, Peter Ollier of Managing IP reports a formal opinion expressed by China’s Supreme People’s Court on April 21 on Intellectual Property adjudication. It however comes from a perspective different from that of the Indian Supreme Court; it requires Chinese courts to exercise caution in granting