In Roxane Laboratories, Inc. (hereinafter referred to be as “Roxane”) v. Camber Pharmaceuticals Inc., et al. (hereinafter referred to as “Camber”) decided by United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on November 17, 2016, Roxane had appealed against…
Sakshi Sharma, an intern at Khurana & Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys looks into the concept of Brand Valuation, its history, evolution and different approaches and methods thereto. Introduction: Brands today are not restricted to marketing or profits made by…
Access to robust data and effective analytics are the must for today's business world. But sometimes it can be difficult to acquire good data. That's where near-field communication (hereinafter referred as “NFC”) technology comes in. NFC is a short-range high-frequency…
On October 27, 2016, the Chinese Patent Office - State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) published Revised Patent Examination Guidelines draft to remove the software and business method patents hurdles in Chinese Jurisdiction. The published draft will be open for public…
Renova Therapeutics(hereinafter referred as “Renova”) founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Diego, California, a biopharmaceutical company develops gene therapy treatments for congestive heart failure (CHF) and other chronic diseases The Company also provides gene therapies in pre-clinical stage for…
Reportedly, Lupin Pharmaceutical Inc.(LPI,US subsidiary of pharma major Lupin Limited) and MonoSol Rx, a specialty pharmaceutical company have entered into a strategic licensing agreement (OCT-2016) wherein Lupin would develop multiple pediatric products utilizing MonoSol Rx’s patented PharmFilm® drug delivery technology.…
Ms. Sakshi Sharma, an intern at Khurana & Khurana looks into recent opposition matters pertaining to the Trade Mark Superhero of DC and Marvel. trademark of Superhero Upon uttering the word Superhero, pretty obviously all you can picture are comic…
Whenever a patent is granted, patentee gets a right to prevent third parties from doing certain activities without the permission of the Patent Owner. Exercising any of the rights without permission of the Patentee constitutes the infringement and infringer is…
The concept of trade dress, although closely associated with trademarks is not explicitly recognized in Indian legislations unlike its U.S.A. counterpart. In Indian context, upon looking closely at the definitions of “mark” and “package” under S. 2 of the Trade…
What is the effect of surrender proceedings on the ongoing opposition/ revocation proceedings? Can they be linked to each other when neither of section 63 or section 64 are subject to each other? It is important to note that both…