Krishna and Saurastri Associates, Bangalore

29/06/2018

With authorities in India and China keen to assist companies in protecting their marques, recent changes to trademark law are worth studying. Here we compare the two jurisdictions

12/03/2018

Filling Patents in India - Part- II

This article is the second of the three-part series which the author began writing with the hope that it would become a reference for Applicants…

31/08/2017

ndian Patent Office issued a revised CRI - guidelines: The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (“CGPDTM”) issued revised Guidelines on Examination of Computer Related Invention(s) (“CRI(s)”) on 30th June 2017. With the issuance thereof, the office has proposed to bring much needed clarity and consistency in examination of patent applications for computer related inventions.

The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks ("CGPDTM") issued revised Guidelines on Examination of Computer Related…

13/07/2017

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Anil Kapoor Film Co Pvt Ltd (“Plaintiff”) filed a suit for passing off before the Bombay High Court (“Court”) and sought an injunction against Make…

04/11/2016

NIE, Mysuru innovators convert the idea of coffee machine to bisibele bath and puliyogare machine: http://goo.gl/iXGVGGcontent

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12/07/2016

Why Narendra Modi’s US visits make the sick and poor in India anxious?
The fear is that if Modi capitulates to US pressure on India’s Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regime, which it has been overtly and covertly exerting for years, it will make many lifesaving drugs unaffordable.

The fear is that if Narendra Modi capitulates to US pressure on India’s Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) regime, which it has been overtly and covertly exerting for years, it will make many lifesaving drugs unaffordable

15/06/2016

LinkedIn getting acquired by Microsoft for 26.2 bn$. Here's Ceo of Linkedin explaining himself why he decided to sell to Microsoft... http://ift.tt/1UvsZok

It's a huge, $26 billion deal

26/05/2016

The Indian Patents Rules, 2003 has been amended by way of Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2016. The amendment comes into effect on May 16, 2016.

http://www.ipindia.nic.in/IPActs_Rules/Patent_(Amendment)Rules_2016_16May2016.pdf

11/05/2016

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/whats-important-during-company-acquisitions-human-qualities-or-due-diligence/articleshow/52184014.cms

The due diligence would have been stymied by the fact that on the other side of the deal, there were people who were specifically acting to hide facts.

09/05/2016

http://www.natlawreview.com/article/uspto-releases-patent-eligibility-update

On May 4, 2016, the USPTO released a “May 2016 Subject Matter Eligibility Update” (“Update”) providing guidance to patent examiners on formulating a subject matter el

25/04/2016

Led Zeppelin to face copyright lawsuit over opening riff
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/12/stairway-to-heaven-led-zeppelin-copyright-lawsuit

Jury to decide if band lifted opening chords of Stairway to Heaven from 1967 song Ta**us by the band Spirit, after judge notes ‘substantial’ similarities