The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) has ordered the Register of Trademark to cancel the v-shaped trademark of “Haldiram Bhujiwala”, a Kolkata based company. The farm manufactures the north Indian sweets and snacks and sells it through different outlets using the v-shaped logo in the packets. The order was the outcome of a petition filed […]
Read moreThe Department of Pharmaceutical in the Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers gazetted the Drugs (Prices Control) Order 2013 on May 16th, 2013. The new pricing policy will replace the previous drug pricing policy of 1995. It will be effective from 1st July, 2013. The new order will control the pricing of 348 drug formulations […]
Read morePatent laws protect the innovators to gain the financial benefits from their inventions. It also prevents others from getting monetary advantages using the unique ideas of others. The Word ‘Patent” is the derivative of the Latin term ‘litterae patentes’ which means an open letter. This type of open letter were conferred the rights of the […]
Read moreMarico Limited filed two suits seeking permanent injunction restraining Adani Wilmar Limited from broadcasting, publishing and printing the advertisement of its product “Fortune”. Both the companies are the manufacturers of rice bran oil. Saffola is the brand name of the plaintiff’s product and the brand name of the defender is “Fortune”. The plaintiff argued that […]
Read moreComparative advertising is a marketing strategy in which a company wants to show that its product or services is better than the competitors. However, the comparative advertising is not only used to promote a product or services, it has now become a common practice in political advertising as well. An example of comparative advertising is […]
Read moreA large number of databases are regularly created by government and private organizations to meet the specific requirements of the organizations. Some of the created data are not only serving the purpose of the creator, but it may be very much beneficial to the other people as well. As for example, Newton discovered the laws […]
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