Copyright Law In India

Elucidating copyright law in layman’s terms, whenever a person produces a unique work, he is inevitably granted the sole ownership of the work, having absolute right over the same. Nevertheless, the owner has the authority to either transfer his rights to any other person or keep the ownership to himself, restricting others from copying or […]

3D Printing In Pharmaceutical Industry

3D Printing In Pharmaceutical Industry: The technology and formulation developed to efficiently transport a pharmacologically active molecule in the body in order to achieve therapeutic efficacy in a safe manner is referred to as drug delivery. Controlling the release profile, which changes the pharmacokinetics of a medicine, can increase the efficiency and safety of a […]

Analysis Of Patent prosecution History Estoppel And Its Use In The Doctrine Of Equivalents

Introduction Patent prosecution is an iterative procedure in which the applicant frequently alters the language of their submitted claims. A patent’s prosecution history (i.e., the proceedings between the patent applicant and the USPTO from application filing to patent issuance) is relevant in the context of claim construction (for example, before a district court, the PTAB […]

Clear One wins Design Patent infringement suit

Recently, ClearOne, a Salt Lake City, US-based global provider of audio and visual communication solutions announced that a jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware returned a verdict of no infringement by ClearOne’s Ceiling Tile Beamforming Mic Array product line on Shure Incorporated’s U.S. Design Patent No. D865,723 (the “’723 patent”). […]

Clear One wins Design Patent infringement suit

Recently, ClearOne, a Salt Lake City, US-based global provider of audio and visual communication solutions announced that a jury in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware returned a verdict of no infringement by ClearOne’s Ceiling Tile Beamforming Mic Array product line on Shure Incorporated’s U.S. Design Patent No. D865,723 (the “’723 patent”). […]

Sun Pharma and Celegene Settle Patent Dispute over Lenalidomide (Revlimid®)

Settling an over three old patent infringement dispute, Indian pharmaceutical major, Sun Pharmaceuticals and its subsidiary, including US subsidiary (“Sun”), has reached a settlement with Celgene Corporation (“Celgene”), a subsidiary of pharmaceutical major Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), to resolve and settle the patent litigation regarding submission of an Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for a […]

Serum Institute ‘Shields’ Its Covaccine in the Bombay High Court

The Bombay High Court, on April 20, 2021, through the Division bench of J. Nitin Jamdar and J. C.V. Bhadang, presided over the matter of Cutis Biotech v. Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd.[1] The two pharmaceutical companies manufactured vaccines for COVID-19, titled ‘Covishield’, and therein, both had applied for registering this trademark, whose applications were pending. […]

Web Scraping and Intellectual Property Rights

The Internet is glutted with the presence of a myriad variety of goods and services. These goods and services present online that form the bread and butter for business are a protected product/content that is categorized as intellectual property and is protected under the Intellectual Property laws through copyright, trademark, design, etc.  Thus, the protection of the […]

Edge Computing: Past And Future

In the past decade, massive growth and increasing computing power of IoT devices has resulted in unprecedented volumes of data. Trends show that there will be a continuous growth of data volumes as 5G networks has increased its number of connected devices. Further there will be the need of efficient management of data. Edge computing […]

Covid-19: Patent, Economy, Prophylaxis and Treatment

Everyone around the globe is suffering from the Covid-19 pandemic and several industries are trying to overcome the economic turmoil.There is a steep decline in product sales & product manufacturing segments, Covid-19 and worldwide lockdowns has severely affected R&D activities as well.However, few industries like the mask, infrared based thermometer, PPE Kits, online meeting tools, […]