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This image depicts Tablets of different colors. This image is relevant as there is a Patent Infringement dispute between Aurobindo Pharma and Astrazeneca. Click on the image for more information.

Astrazeneca to retain Sweetness of Onglyza

Aurobindo Pharma, USA, has been dragged to the Court for patent infringement by Astrazeneca. The suit filed is against the ANDA (Abbreviated New Drug Application) filed by Aurobindo Pharma with the USFDA with regard to seeking the market approval for Saxagliptin hydrochloride tablets before the expiry of its US patent. Aurobindo Pharma plans to market the generic versions of Saxagliptin hydrochloride tablets of 2.5 mg and 5 mg strengths. Astrazeneca is the sole marketer of Saxagliptin hydrochloride tablets having got…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents January 8, 2015 794Views 0Like

LSU helps faculty Transfer Innovation into the market

In January this year, Louisiana State University (LSU), established LSU LIFT (Leveraging Innovation for Technology Transfer) Fund, which offers bi-annual funding to LSU faculty members on a competitive basis, to effectively transfer innovation out of the lab and into the market. The board also agreed to continually support the LSU LIFT Fund by assigning 5% of the university’s future IP licensing income to the new fund. In Round 1 of funding, the program attracted 47 applications out of which…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property January 8, 2015 703Views 0Like

Spanish Publishers Suffer as Google News Closes Operations

Last week, Google closed its operations in Spain, in response to the new Copyright Law which has made it mandatory for Google, Yahoo and other news aggregators to pay licensing fee to all news publishers for using their stories or snippets in Google News. The regulation, expected to come into effect in 2015, will deal with websites that share pirated content. As per the law, Spanish Government will have the authority to penalize websites up to US$ 750,000 for directing links…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, IP Commercialization/Licensing January 7, 2015 738Views 0Like

Development of Copyright Law in the UK

Following recommendations given in an independent report by Professor Ian Hargreaves in 2011, the UK Government had come up with several changes in the Copyright Law, covering aspects of fair dealing for accessible formats for the disabled, research and education, public administration, parody and personal copies for private use. Of these, regulations allowing personal copies of legally-bought music to be made for private use under exceptions to copyright are facing strong resistance from the UK music industry. Having come into force…

BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law January 7, 2015 850Views 0Like

Creative Commons Prints infringed by Flickr

Yahoo-owned image hosting website, Flickr, has issued an apology for using prints of images licensed under Creative Commons (CC) in its recently launched Wall Art paint service. The month-old service allowed people to purchase canvas or wood prints for images that were featured in Flicker’s CC gallery. Yahoo had initially planned to retain all the earnings from the sales of CC images, while giving a 52% cut to the photographers of images not covered by CC. The wall art paint service…

BananaIP Reporter IP Commercialization/Licensing January 7, 2015 780Views 0Like

Are LinkedIn Connections Trade Secrets?

This question came up in an Employer-Employee trade secret dispute before a California Court. David Oakes was working in a sales position with a company called Cellular Accessories under an Employment Agreement with a clause to safeguard the company's trade secrets. As a part of his employment with Cellular Accessories, David established more than nine hundred contacts on LinkedIn and maintained the list on his computer. The list was updated whenever a new contact was made. On leaving the company,…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets January 7, 2015 946Views 0Like

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Royalties for Singers – Delhi High Court passes a favorable order

For all of us waiting to hear of development in the Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012, yes, we have some news for you. It is not for Lyricists, or for Music Composers, but for Singers this time! The Indian Singers Rights Association (ISRA) has obtained a favourable order against one of the Delhi based clubs, Night Fever Club & Lounge, that has been playing songs and not paying Singers their due. The ISRA filed a suit against this lounge before the Delhi High Court…

BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, IP Commercialization/Licensing, Media and Entertainment Law January 7, 2015 1071Views 0Like

Patent licensing agreement for Google and Verizon

Google has now entered into a patent cross selling agreement with Verizon after cutting similar deals with Cisco, Samsung and LG, in its pursuit to attain cutting-edge technology and fend off lawsuits. The contract will not give Google and Verizon access to each other’s patents, but will forbid them from filing lawsuits against each other over patent infringements of their existing patents as well as patents obtained by them over the next five years. The agreement will cover a wide…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents January 5, 2015 941Views 0Like

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University of North Carolina Records Extraordinary Growth in Technology Licensing Revenue

University Of North Carolina (UNC)’s investment into new technology businesses paid off, last year, with its Office of Innovation Commercialization recording an exceptional growth in licensing revenue. UNC recorded US$ 7.9M from technology licenses - a whopping 160% increase in revenues from commercialization of innovation since its inception in 2009. UNC received a major boost in revenue from two of its biotechnology start-ups - Epizyme Inc. and Sarepta Therapeutics Inc., that started yielding results in 2013. UNC receives a lump sum when…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, IP Commercialization/Licensing January 5, 2015 804Views 0Like

Intellectual Property: EVENT- IP Litigation & Enforcement Summit

Date: 1-3 July 2015 Venue: London, UK Agenda: To address the critical issues affecting us as a whole, including how to maximize profits, efficiency and protection whilst ultimately fostering a smootherIP litigation and…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property January 5, 2015 627Views 0Like

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Astrazeneca to retain Sweetness of Onglyza

LSU helps faculty Transfer Innovation into the market

Spanish Publishers Suffer as Google News Closes Operations

Development of Copyright Law in the UK

Creative Commons Prints infringed by Flickr

Are LinkedIn Connections Trade Secrets?

Royalties for Singers – Delhi High Court passes a favorable order

Patent licensing agreement for Google and Verizon

University of North Carolina Records Extraordinary Growth in Technology Licensing Revenue

Intellectual Property: EVENT- IP Litigation & Enforcement Summit

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