Facebook has acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion. WhatsApp has upwards of 450 million users, and it is adding an additional million users every day. WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app for Smartphone, according to OnDevice Research. WhatsApp currently charges a dollar a year after giving customers their first year of use for free. WhatsApp…
Article L. 112-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code provides that all works of the mind are protected whatever their genre, form of expression, merit, or purpose, provided that they are original. Perfumes have recently provided a prime example in France and the Netherlands. Article L.112-2 of the French Copyright Act The following, in particular,…
Deliciously sweet! Deliciously addictive! Has now become deliciously confusing! Candy Crush Saga, the latest mobile game app which is available for android, iOS, Facebook and online has more than 62,085,632 fans/likes on FB page from all over the world. People who are crazily addictive to this game would be crushed with the new update that…
A proprietor from a Chennai based private enterprise held that the plaintiff had made out a case as MIDHANI was selling the prosthesis at INR 39,200, whereas the private enterprise sold it for INR 1.36 lakh each. Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited also known as, MIDHANI founded in 1973 placed in Hyderabad. Midhani, specialized in manufacturing…
HP announced that, they will provide firmware updates through the HP Support Center only to customers with a valid warranty, Care Pack Service or support agreement. This will be effective from February 19, 2014. Firmware is the combination of persistent memory and program code and data stored in it. Changing the firmware of a device may rarely or never be done…
Since the days when Darjeeling Tea from West Bengal, became the first GI tagged product in 2004-05, 195 more products have found their way into the list. The last product listed in the list, being Patan Patola from Gujarat. While Karnataka is occupying the top slot with 32 products to its credit, Tamil Nadu has…
India, as a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), enacted the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration & Protection)Act, 1999 has come into force with effect from 15th September 2003. From April 2004 till date, 195 GI Applications are registered under Indian IP. Among which Peruvian Pisco from Peru, Champagne from France & Napa Valley…
This report identifies the Top-15 Indian Patent Grants for the year 2013. The number one patent holder of the year is none other than Samsung India Software Operation Private Limited (SISO). In contrast CSIR comes second with 87 patents, Qualcomm Incorporated which landed in third position by gaining 84 patents. According to a recent report…
Amendments to the Singapore Patents Act and Rules are due to come into force on 14 February 2014. The amendments will affect all Singapore patent applications lodged in Singapore on or after this date. For example, the new law will apply to: any Singapore national phase application which enters the national phase in Singapore on…
A landmark drug is being manufactured by Gilead Sciences Inc. for the treatment of the deadliest liver infection. The drug is named as sofosbuvir (brand name Sovaldi), which will cost $1,000 per pill. Sofosbuvir is the first all-oral, interferon-free regimen approved for treating chronic Hepatitis C. The New Drug Application for Sofosbuvir was submitted on April 8, 2013…
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