In May of 2007 scientists at J. Craig Venter Institute filed a U.S. patent application on the world’s first synthetic living organism (U.S. Patent application number 20070122826). The patent application…
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An Innovative Policy in the Law of Innovation: So Why the Outcry?
In January 2006, the Patent Office of Chennai rejected the patent application by Novartis for patent of the drug Gleevec (chemically known as imatinib mesylate). Since then till date, the…
Music Publishers Join Case Against Video Sharing Site YouTube
It is virtually impossible to prohibit users from uploading any type of video on YouTube, including uploading parts or all of a musicians’ music video. Even when artists request YouTube…
Patent on Improvements- Did the Novartis Case Really Solve the Issue?
India, which followed the approach of process patenting to pharmaceuticals switched over to product patenting by way of an amendment in 2005 in order to be in consonance with the…
New Weapons Used in Pursuit of Film Pirates
Although the imagery of the article from which this post takes it’s title, is hilarious; turn our movie theatres into war zones, with metal detectors, pat-downs, and night-vision goggles, while…
Tax On MP3 Players May Return
Admittedly, I cannot recall the last time I purchased a music CD but I do have a half empty box of blank CDs on my bookcase. I also have an…