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Jay Z’s big copyright win for ‘Big Pimpin’!
Shawn Corey Carter aka Jay Z, the internationally acclaimed hip hop star and his producer Timothy Mosley have won the eight years old […]
IPR – THE NEW AGE MANTRA FOR GETTING FUNDED
Engage an Intellectual Property (IP) Firm In order to provide credibility to the investors it is advisable that entrepreneurs of the start-up […]
Patentability of Computer Related Inventions in India
IPO elucidates patent guidelines regarding CRIs. For more follow here >>
Happy Birthday To All!
The Happy Birthday song is touted as the most popular song in the world. Not only is it the go-to anthem for birthday […]
Ambush Marketing: Where There Is Goodwill There Is A Way.
Ambush Marketing has emerged as a powerful mechanism for modern day advertisement of goods and services in the fiercely competitive market. This tactical […]
Supreme Court upholds Gujarat High Court’s decision in Neon Laboratories Ltd vs. Medical Technologies Ltd. & Ors.
The recent judgment rendered by Supreme Court (hereinafter SC) in Neon Laboratories Ltd vs. Medical Technologies Ltd. & Ors.,(Civil Appeal No. 1018 of […]
Bhaijaan in IP trouble
Karan Johar once said “as long as one can make viewers cry, one can go laughing all the way to the bank”. This […]
Close call for Amazon: saved by the grace of US Court of Appeals
In a rare move, the US Court of Appeals at San Francisco in Multi-Time Machine Inc. vs. Amazon Inc.[1] reversed its own opinion […]
Fallen, but unbroken? – Apple’s patent on shatterproof glass for iPhones
These days every individual is in possession of a touchscreen phone, be it an Android phone or the ever popular Apple iPhone. The […]