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The impact of Geographical Identification tags on Indian local markets and economies

IP and Legal Filings

Geographical indications bring a sense of security that protects unique property that belongs to a particular geographical location, increasing its value in the market. By throwing more light on the market economy and local market, it can be noted that G.I. This was the first product from India to be granted the GI tag in 2004.

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Central Role of IP and Marketing in Business Design

azrights

This is one of the many misconceptions about IP that I’ve noticed since starting my business in 2004. There was no real marketing or business guidance. Even if entrepreneurs did seek out a marketer and a graphic designer separately, IP strategy would be missing because neither of these professionals are trained in IP.

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Court Rejects Law Firm’s Bid to Directly Obtain BitTorrent Users’ Identities

TorrentFreak

Law Firm Seeks Rightsholder-Like Rights In an application submitted to Finland’s Market Court on March 15, 2024, the law firm Hedman Partners Oy sought a court order to compel an unnamed internet service provider to provide the personal details of an unspecified number of subscribers.

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Unroll the Scroll Painting: Inside the Chinese Art Market and Its Regulatory Landscape

LexBlog IP

When Christie’s Auction House first entered the secondary art market of mainland China in 2005, it licensed its brand to a local auction house and received a total of RMB 97,000,000 (roughly $12,100,000) for its inaugural sale. [1] A relaxed regulatory environment helps explain the enormous growth of the Chinese art market.

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CJEU: Damage claim for unlawful provisional measures may be based on strict liability

The IPKat

Gilead brought an infringement action and applied for provisional measures against Mylan before the Finnish Market Court in 2017. The Market Court granted provisional measures against the marketing and sale of Mylan’s generic medicine in 2017. Also in 2019, the Market Court declared Gilead’s SPC invalid.

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Landmark Trademark Battles: Shaping Brand Protection Globally and in India

IP and Legal Filings

The judgment made budget retailers realize the price they must pay for imitating established brands and stressed the virtue of originality in design, even within the lower end of the market. [3] As the markets are changing all the time, so will be the understanding and application of trademark law. Apple Inc. v Samsung Electronics Co.,

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Nutraceuticals in Colombia

Olartemoure Blog

It is to be mentioned that many products fall in different regulatory categories than those whereby they were registered in the country of origin, sometimes requiring additional technical documentation for its sanitary registration (Marketing Authorization-MA). Sentence 2004-00883 of June 7, 2018.