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A Gujarati firm faces patent lawsuit

prometheusip · January 20, 2016

IIa Technologies Pte Ltd, a synthetic diamond manufacturing company co-founded by Mumbai-based Vishal Mehta is facing litigation from De Beers subsidiary and ac…

• Aneuploidy • cfDNA • Gene expression markers

Illumina files lawsuits in Europe against Ariosa and The Doctors Laboratory for NIPT patent infringement

Yamini Asthana · January 20, 2016

Illumina, an American company announced on 7th January 2016 that it has filed two patent infringements lawsuits against five companies in Europe over their use of noninvasive prenatal tests. In the lawsuit, Illumina claims violation of its intellectual property protections. Illumina’s profile: The American company was founded in April 1998 by David Walt, Larry Bock, John Stuelpnagel, Anthony Czarnik, and Mark Chee with the headquarters located in San Diego, California.

• Geographical Indicator • Saree

The Magical Six Yards

S.L.Soujanya · January 20, 2016

The manhandling of a long piece of cloth draped over a royal lady lead to war in the age old epic Mahabharata. A long fabric made up of cotton, silk, crepe, nylon, chiffon and a whole lot of others; available in various colours when draped artistically in a set pattern is a saree. The word saree (originated from Sanskrit word sati or sattika meaning a long piece of cloth) is pronounced in many ways all across South Asia where it is primarily used as attire.

• assembly technology • DNA synthesis • microfluidic devices

Four U.S patents in synthetic biology awarded to Gen 9

Yamini Asthana · January 20, 2016

It was on January 7th 2016, that Gen9, an established company involved in DNA synthesis and assembly technology announced the issuance of four innovative U.S. patents in the ending of 2015. The patents are related to gene synthesis and synthetic biology technologies. It is quite understandable that the awarded patents have further added feathers of success to Gen9’s already extensive intellectual property portfolio encompassing more than 100 patents and with many patents pending.

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• trademarks • Colour Combination • Exterior Building Design

Trade Dress – An Indian Perspective

Madhusudan P · January 19, 2016

The concept of trade dress is in the development stage in India. Its meaning has now begun to expand, beyond the traditional forms of trade dress to the more nontraditional ones like cover design of a magazine, design of a door knob, appearance of a water meter or a lamp, design of a sports shoe, distinctive performing style of a rock music group, etc. As such, it comprises nontraditional trademarks based upon sound, texture, three dimensional shape, taste and smell and the following: color marks, sound marks, smell / scent / olfactory marks, shape marks, moving Image marks, holograms, gesture marks, taste marks / gustatory marks, feel marks / tactile marks, celebrity marks, digital marks. The statute, however, has yet to specifically recognize these forms.

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