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Common Drug Names in Trademarks Disregarded in Indian Law  
 
 
Approximately one-fifth of the pharma trademark applications in India face opposition over deceptive similarity, when companies deliberately choose similar sounding names to mislead consumers

The government is contemplating a ‘Central Licensing Authority’ to curb the trade name game of confusingly similar sounding names of popular drug brands. According to a recent news feature, over a lakh1 applicatio

 
 

IIA Offers IP Owners Key Insights and Best Practices  
 
   

New York (September 4, 2008) - The road from invention to commercialization can be a difficult one to navigate. To help IP owners overcome the many challenges lining that path, experts from Innova

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ALL INDUSTRIES
YTD MOST ACTIVE US PATENT CLASSIFICATIONS (annualized)

CLASS / TITLE 2007 YTD + / -
438-Semiconductor device man48013240 97%
257-Active solid-state devic44923055 98%
D14-Recording, communication27211814 96%
514-Drug, bio-affecting and 34122387 101%
370-Multiplex communications38021901 72%
455-Telecommunications40782497 88%
435-Chemistry: molecular bio31252093 97%
361-Electricity: electrical 17141274 107%
250-Radiant energy22871457 92%
428-Stock material or miscel19621277 94%

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