Rethink plan to abolish Intellectual Property Appellate Board: Industry groupsThe board was set up in 2003 to hear appeals against decisions of the registrar under the Trade Marks Act, 1999, and the Geographical Indic...
09 Mar, 2021, 07.52 AM IST
Peace or not, India & Pakistan first need to unite to save BasmatiRoughly, Basmati contributes Rs 33,000 crore out of total Rs 40,000 crore worth of the country's annual rice export.
28 Oct, 2015, 10.56 AM IST
US company moves High Court to quash trademark permission given to Tamil Nadu- based firmAn American apparel company has moved the Madras High Court to quash trademark persmission given to an Erode-based firm in Tamil Nadu for m...
21 Feb, 2015, 11.14 PM IST
US industry patent lobby meeting with judges foiledPublic health groups successfully prevented meetings that had been scheduled between a visiting delegation of a US industry patent grouping...
24 Nov, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Intellectual Property Appellate Board directs Apple Inc to respond on trademark issueThe directive was issued by IPAB here on the rectification petition filed by Erode-based iVoice, engaged in intellectual property rights an...
30 Oct, 2014, 10.23 PM IST
iVoice Enterprises files rectification petition with Intellectual Property Appellate BoardiVoice has acquired the IP rights of a pending trademark application (TM1556676 in Class 9) from iVoice Enterprises and title transfer .
20 Oct, 2014, 06.02 PM IST
Swarovski drops 'Crystal' mark after Indian company challengeIn 2007, Crystal Knitters, a textile manufacturer from Tirupur, had filed a complaint before IPAB contesting the firm's use of the name 'Cr...
17 Jan, 2014, 11.45 AM IST
Britannia can’t register biscuit brand 'Snax' as a trademarkThe IPAB, India’s patent appeals board, on Monday ruled that the Snax biscuit brand of Britannia Industries cannot be trademarked.
27 Aug, 2013, 08.07 AM IST
In desi Viagra market, companies fight over namesSettling a trademark dispute between two major desi viagra players on Wednesday, the IPAB disallowed them from using two trademarks.
02 Aug, 2013, 10.41 AM IST
Monsanto’s climate-resilient crop patent claims rejectedIndia’s patent appeals board has denied Monsanto a patent for a genetically-engineered method of increasing climate resilience in plants.
10 Jul, 2013, 04.09 AM IST
Novartis loses legal battle over Glivec, huge boost for local drug cosNovartis' Glivec is priced at Rs 1.2 lakh whereas local generic versions, which feed most of the poor countries of the world, cost a fourth...
01 Apr, 2013, 12.33 PM IST
- AstraZeneca stock rallies as patent plea for cancer drug rejected
Shares of AstraZeneca were witnessing selling pressure on reports that’s its patent plea on anti-cancer drug Gefitinib were rejected.
29 Nov, 2012, 11.25 AM IST
- Raising drug efficacy is an inventive step, Novartis tells SC
Novartis on Tuesday claimed in the SC that any incremental change in drug efficacy would tantamount to being an inventive step.
19 Sep, 2012, 06.00 AM IST
- IPAB dismisses Bayer's stay plea in Nexavar case
IPAB of Chennai has dismissed German pharma major Bayer's plea, seeking a stay on the Compulsory Licence issued to Hyderabad-based drugmake...
18 Sep, 2012, 05.05 AM IST
- Intellectual Property Appellate Board postpones Bayer's compulsory licence appeal
IPAB has postponed German company Bayer AG's appeal against the grant of a compulsory licence of its patented drug Nexavar to Natco Pharma ...
21 Aug, 2012, 07.11 PM IST
- Yahoo's unit Overture Services Inc faces patent roadblock for paid-search technology
Intellectual Property Appellate Board in Chennai has rejected a patent filed for a paidsearch technology by yahoo's unit after opposition f...
27 Dec, 2011, 05.41 AM IST
- Natco Pharma up 5% as SC stays Novartis hearing
Natco Pharma shares were up 4.76 per cent at Rs 118.80 on Tuesday with the Intellectual Property Appellate Board Monday adjourning the hear...
29 Jan, 2008, 03.10 PM IST