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Patent Litigation

Patent litigation is always a complex task and involves huge expenses and may take years for the issues to be resolved. Whether a patent to be enforced or challenged is an important event to decide and it counts over the company’s overall business goals and strategies.

Before enforcing a patent, a company should take into account a number of issues, for example, if there is any infringement, what could be the possible remedies, the costs in pursuance with the infringement versus the costs if not pursued, what could be the probable counter claims would have been raised by the defendant etc . With the possibility of facing a similar law suit, a company, being a defendant, may procure a similar list of issues of consideration for determining the procedure for responding the possible law suit. In both of the cases, it is very important to involve or recruit a patent litigating counsel/a specialized firm and seek useful consultations.

As the process of patent litigation is very expensive may take years to resolve the issues related to the litigation, it is not a prudent decision to challenge or enforce a patent without rigorous and thorough accountability process and due diligence with specialties. The strategy, mission and vision statement of the company, the business goals…all these must be taken into account before a decision to file a suit of patent litigation is conceived.

PATENTS ON INDIAN BIO-RESOURCES ENLISTED

The Unit for Research and Development of Information Products (URDIP) of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has prepared a database of patents granted world-wide to Indian bio-resources, which include food crops, forest trees, marine organisms, microbial resources, livestock, other animals and agro-resources..................more

YASH RAJ FILMS ACCUSED OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

Yash Raj Films has been accused of copyright infringement in a lawsuit filed by the producers of a Tamil movie “Naan Avan Illai” against Yash Raj Chopra. They claim infringement of their copyright with YRC’s recent film "Ladies v. Ricky Bahl".

“Naan Avan Illai” released in 2007 is a remake of a 1974 movie by the same name and it was a remake of a 1962 Marathi film and play – “To Mee Navhech”................more

ANGELINA JOLIE ACCUSED OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

Angelina Jolie has been accused of copyright infringement by a Croatian journalist James Braddock. Braddock has filed a lawsuit against Jolie, Film District and the producers of Jolie's upcoming directorial debut, “In the Land of Blood And Honey”, claiming copyright infringement of his book entitled, “The Soul Shattering”. The actress however claims to have written the story for “In The Land of Blood and Honey”.............more