Trademarks in Healthcare:
SC restrains Dabur from using trade mark ‘Glucose-D’
New Delhi, May. 21 (PTI): Leading ayurvedic products manufacturer Dabur India LTD has been restrained by the Supreme Court from using the trade mark “Glucose-D” for its popular health drink as it was packaged on the lines of Glucon-D owned by rival company M/s Heinz Italia.
Source :The Hindu
Trademarks in Education :
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), India’s technical education regulator, has ordered the CFA Institute “to cease operations in India”. AICTE’s order is the latest chapter in an ongoing fight between the CFA Institute and the Hyderabad-based Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (Icfai) over the use of the terms—CFA and chartered financial analyst.
On 18 May, AICTE issued a notification that said the CFA Institute and its programme were not approved by it.
Source :Live Mint
Patent Exploitation in Yoga:
As has happened in the past with several plant products like turmeric and neem used in traditional Indian medicines, yet another application has been filed in the US for patenting a form of indigenous knowledge from India. An NRI is aggressively claiming patent for a sequence of yoga asanas. And with the US Patent and Trademark Office issuing 150 yoga-related copyrights, 134 patents on yoga accessories, and 2,315 yoga trademarks, any one teaching these patented asanas might have to pay a royalty to the American patent holder.
Source: Times of India
