Quick IP Updates for the Busy Eye!

R. M. Kulkarni

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General

National IPR Policy to be finalized by the Government within 2 months

Patent 

Arrow Coated Products (ACP), a maker of water-soluble films in India, sees a 3000% rise in its share price in the last 2 years after it strategically monetized 3 of its 30 patents.

Google and Microsoft make truce; settle around 20  Motorola patent infringement litigations.

Queensland based cancer patient Yvonne D'Arcy successfully takes down pharma-giant Myriad Genetics in suit against the latter's patent in the BRCA1 human gene. 

Copyright

Indian musician Rupa Marya successfully gets invalidated Warner Bros' copyright in the famous "Happy Birthday to You" song before  the California District Court

Producers of the Kapil Sharma-starrer  Kis  Kis Ko Pyaar Karoon sued by makers of 2014 Kannada film Nimbe Huli before the Madras HC on grounds that the former film is a copy of the latter. 

New Zealand agrees to extend its copyright term to life plus 70 in accordance with the USA's requirement under the Trans-Pacific Agreement. 

Trademark and GI

Nestle fails before the CJEU to secure trademark protection for its four-finger wafer shape of KitKat because the shape was held to not be distinctive enough.

Bombay High Court finds NTC Industries guilty of infringement of ITC's trademark in GOLD FLAKE and HONEY DEW in relation to cigarette products. 

Pokalli rice, which already received GI protection in 2008, has now been trademarked by the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (Ernakulam) under brand name JAIVA POKKALI.

The Kashmiri Chamber of Commerce and Industry has successfully secured GI protection for Kasmhiri "MEERA" Carpets. 

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