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Novartis case: India to revoke drug patents in case of pandemics
Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said India would revoke drug patents if outbreaks of serious diseases or pandemics made it necessary, defending a Supreme Court ruling against Swiss drug firm Novartis. #WhyNow #Anand Sharma #Intellectual property #Novartis #Drug Patents
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How the Indian judgment on Novartis will reverberate across the world
A systematic campaign organised by major pharma companies against India is already underway for alleged lack of intellectual property protection. #HowThisWorks #US #Cipla #patents #intellectual property rights #Novartis #glivec
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Timeline: How Novartis lost a seven-year long battle over Glivec
The battle over cancer drug Glivec began in 2006 when the pharmaceutical firm was not granted a patent for the drug. #Supreme Court #ConnectTheDots #Madras High Court #Novartis #glivec #Intellectual Property Appellate Board
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India undermining intellectual property: Pfizer tells US lawmakers
Months after its patent for a cancer medication was revoked by India, American firm Pfizer has told US lawmakers that the country is undermining intellectual property by misuse of its compulsory licence provisions. #TheySaidIt #Pfizer #Intellectual property #cancer drugs
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Banning websites is a crude way to stop piracy
John Doe orders to stop piracy, hacker attacks by Anonymous and the blocking of entire websites: Why we need to rethink this entire issue of copyright and Internet piracy #Copyright #File sharing #InsecureNet #Internet censorship #Intellectual property law #Cyberlaw
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Did Sibal just get arm-twisted by book publishers?
Publishing houses have managed removal of an amendment allowing parallel imports from the Copyright (Amendment) Bill, 2012 that was passed by the Lok Sabha on 22 May. #NewsTracker #Kapil Sibal #Copyright #publishing #Intellectual property law
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Apple may lose iPad trademark in China
A Chinese official has said they consider Proview the rightful owner of the trademark for the popular tablet computers. His remarks could add to pressure on Apple to find a solution to the standoff. #China #IPhone #Apple #iPad #TechBuzz #Intellectual property law #Proview International Holdings Ltd
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Can Pinterest's new rules stop copyright violations?
Pinterest has taken note of the copyright dilemmas and changed user policy and terms of service. In an email sent to users it announced these changes. But are they going to be enough to avoid lawsuits? #facebook #privacy #TechBuzz #Intellectual property law #Pinterest
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More US govt websites hacked by Anonymous
Cyber rebels from Anonymous announced Friday the group has carried out a new series of attacks against US government websites to protest a global copyright treaty. #TechBuzz #Anonymous #Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement #Intellectual property law