National IPR Policy – May 2016
Published: 5/20/16
Publication: Lexology
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry of the Government of India released the much awaited National IPR Policy on May 13, 2016, with a vision to transform India as a knowledge economy. Under the tag line “Creative India; Innovative India,” the Policy hopes to catalyse the innovation ecosystem towards India’s economic growth and socio-cultural development… [READ MORE]
Essential patents in the telecommunications sector
Published: 5/18/16
Publication: Lexology
In Unwired Planet International Ltd v Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and others the claimant, Unwired Planet, claimed that the defendants had infringed its patent for a method of improving handovers between mobile telecommunication systems. The three issues for Birss J to determine were whether the patent (1) had been infringed; (2) was ambiguous; and (3) was obvious over common general knowledge and a document written in 1999…[READ MORE]
The Canadian Competition Bureau releases revised Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines
Published: 5/18/16
Publication: Lexology
The Competition Bureau released a revised version of its Intellectual Property Enforcement Guidelines (“IPEGs”) on March 31, 2016, following an extensive public consultation process held in 2015 based on previous drafts released in 2014 and 2015. [READ MORE]
Cabinet approves India’s first national IPR policy
Published: 5/17/16
Publication: Lexology
On 13 May 2016, the Union Cabinet approved India’s first Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) policy for awareness, creation, commercialization, protection and enforcement of Intellectual Property (IP) in India. As our readers may recall, the Indian Patent Office (IPO) had previously published a draft IPR policy on 9 January 2015 for comments from the stakeholders and the present policy has been finalized after discussions and comments provided by the stakeholders. The policy has been structured based […]
All You Want to Know About the Ericsson-Micromax Patent Dispute
Published: 4/29/16
Publication: The Quint
In March 2013, the Swedish multinational Ericsson sued Micromax for patent infringement, setting in motion a series of events, with the potential to disturb India’s mobile phone dream. Then last month the Delhi High Court recognised the authority of the regulator – the Competition Commission of India (CCI) – to probe Ericsson for its allegedly anti-competitive conduct…[READ MORE]
EU: Merger Case Cleared Following Offer of FRAND Technology License
Published: 4/25/16
Publication: National Law Review
On April 20, 2016, the European Commission (Commission) cleared, under its merger control rules, the acquisition of Equens and PaySquare by Worldline subject to, amongst others, a commitment to license technology to any customer interested, at Fair, Reasonable and Non-Discriminatory (FRAND) conditions.