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Trade Marks: Revised guidelines for calculating renewal dates for applications with priority claim
As you may know, Trade Mark registrations in India are granted for a period of ten years at a time and fall due for renewal six months...

Chetan Chadha
Feb 21, 2017


India: Proposed Amendment to Allow Applications for Declaration of Marks as Well Known
The Trade Mark (Amendment) Rules, 2015, were released for public comment in November 2015, and look set to be in effect very soon. The...

Chetan Chadha
Dec 18, 2016


DATA EXCLUSIVITY REGIME- BOON TO BIG PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ?
Recently, the Government of India has proposed a change to the Drugs & Cosmetics Rules, 1945 seeking to introduce changes to the present...

Chetan Chadha
Dec 12, 2016


Indian Patent Office rebuffed a prostate cancer drug patent to Xtandi
The Indian Patent Office in one of its recent decisions dated November 8, 2016, repudiated a patent to Xtandi (Enzalutamide), an...

Chetan Chadha
Dec 9, 2016


Get Up, Stand Up: Farmers Collective Applies for Trademark “WAYANANDAN”
Biowin Agro Research, a company in Kerala, has applied for the mark “WAYANANDAN” under classes 29 and 30, with the Indian Trade Mark...

Chetan Chadha
Dec 8, 2016


Trade Mark Protection in Myanmar-Time for the big leap!
Under current Myanmar law, there is no codified system for protection of trademarks. Indeed, there is no dedicated trademark law....

Chetan Chadha
Dec 5, 2016


Vigilance Saves the Day For Peter England
The Delhi High Court decision in the case of Aditya Birla Nuvo v M/s RS Sales Corporation & Anr (CS(COMM) 644/2016) discussed the...

Chetan Chadha
Dec 5, 2016


Bt COTTON PRICE CONTROL: FIXATION OF LICENSE FEES BY THE KARNATAKA HIGH COURT
Monsanto’s much discussed Bt Cotton has spawned the biggest of all intellectual property disputes in India. In series of matters...

Chetan Chadha
Nov 30, 2016


Capturing the Airwaves: Territorial Jurisdiction, Exclusive Licenses, and DTH Broadcasting
Direct to home (DTH) technology essentially renders a cable connection redundant in homes, by enabling broadcasting companies to directly...

Chetan Chadha
Nov 28, 2016


Scope of Compulsory Licenses under Copyright Act Expanded to Cover Online Streaming
Section 31D of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957, as amended by the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012, addresses compulsory licensing of...

Chetan Chadha
Nov 24, 2016
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