HEADLINES INDIA
• Two yrs after launch, Govt asks: Who owns Aakash tablet IPR?
• Merck unit sues Glenmark Pharmaceuticals for infringing patent on diabetes drugs
• NRI companies stake in patents at 79.1% in India
• India allows advocates to file patents again
• Ericsson sues Micromax for patent infringement, claims about Rs 100 crore in damages
• Nutra Pharma Patent and Trademarks Published in India
• Patent Office publishes final version of Guidelines for Examination of Biotechnology Applications for
Patents
• Novartis Loses Glivec Patent Battle in India
• WIPO Hails India’s Accession To Trademark System; India Advocates Balance
• Leaked IP Chapter of India-EU FTA Shows TRIPS-Plus Pitfalls for India, Expert Says
• Kolkata’s Haldiram Bhujiawala stripped of its trademark
• South Africa follows India's lead with proposed drug-patent reforms
HEADLINES CHINA
• Patent Applied: production version of the Honda Concept C leaks out in China
• China Life Sciences Health Industry Client Briefing
• China firm sues Apple over Siri assistant
• Intellectual Property Rights in China
• Neusoft Medical Launches New Products to Global Market at 2013 Spring CMEF
• Aus drug delivery technology gets Chinese patent
• Solar3D Files Patent Application in China for Breakthrough 3-Dimensional Solar Cell
• China's winds of change buffet foreign investors
• China Issues White Paper on Intellectual Property Protection
HEADLINES JAPAN
• Grant of LiDCOrapid GUI patent in Japan
• Joint infringement case of Intellectual Property High Court of Japan
• U.S. Concerns on Japanese Intellectual Property Protection
• Japan, China, S. Korea end first talks on FTA, disagree on intellectual property
• Results of the Third ASEAN-Japan Heads of Intellectual Property Offices Meeting Held in Kyoto
• JPO and Indonesia's DGIPR to Advance cooperation in Patent Examination
• Japan’s rice lobby visits Capitol Hill to fight free trade pact
• Intellectual property is the market to make a name in
• The JPO to Act as a Competent International Searching Authority (ISA) and International Preliminary
Examining Authority (IPEA) for Malaysia