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Intersection of Intellectual Property Law and Competition Law with respect to Cross Licensing Agreements

IIPRD

This has led to the introduction of intellectual property rights which are a set of exclusionary rights as it excludes the world from enjoying a set of rights arising out an invention or creation, except the inventor or creator. Cross-licensing agreements can both restrain and advance competition.

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National IPR Policy: Substantiating the Need for a New Regime

Intepat

In 2016, India introduced its National IPR Policy with the objective of stimulating creativity, protecting intellectual property, and promoting its commercialization. But first, let’s look at what the 2016 India’s National IPR Policy states. The major focus is to promote “Make in India” products.

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Hollow Victory? Delhi High Court Says Patents Act Supersedes Competition Act, with Shaky Reasons

SpicyIP

In both disputes, Justice Vibhu Bakhru of the Delhi High Court (DHC) had ordered that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) can intervene in patent licensing disputes under Sections 3 and 4 of the Competition Act – first in 2016 ( Ericsson v. Taking guidance from earlier case law ( Ashoka Marketing Ltd.

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Guest Post by Prof. Hrdy & Dan Brean: The Patent Law Origins of Science Fiction

Patently-O

Gernsback was also an inventor and serious scientific thinker in his own right. To support his business, he initially published catalogs for mail-order electrical components, but the catalogs soon morphed into full-sized magazines with titles like “Modern Electrics, ” marketed to inventors and amateur “tinkerers.” 709 (2012).

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2H 2022 Quick Links, Part 3 (Copyrights and More)

Technology & Marketing Law Blog

August 5, 2022): “the Patent Act requires an ‘inventor’ to be a natural person…only a natural person can be an inventor, so AI cannot be.” ” The post 2H 2022 Quick Links, Part 3 (Copyrights and More) appeared first on Technology & Marketing Law Blog. Vidal, 2021-2347 (Fed. April 8, 2022).

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National IPR Policy : An Analysis

IP and Legal Filings

On May 12, 2016, the Indian Cabinet gave its approval on the “National Intellectual Property Rights Policy” to ensure adherence to the “TRIPS Agreement” and “Doha Development Round.” Additionally, it seeks to develop a public platform where inventors and producers can communicate with users and purchasers.

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Compulsory licensing for expensive medicines: KCE report

SpicyIP

The IPAB, in Bayer v Natco, held that ‘reasonably affordable price’ has to be fixed from the point of view of the public and not the inventor. This study identified 100 instances of compulsory licenses / government use licenses issued by countries to gain access to lower priced medicines between 2001 to 2016.

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