Patent infringement

• What would your choice be? Ever hear of New Coke? In 1985 the Coca-Cola Company decided to retire the existing Coke formula in use for decades and replace it with a sweeter formula in order to compete with increased Pepsi Sales (New Coke, 2016). The plan backfired and public outrage was so furious, in three short months the original formula was brought back. New Coke is an often attributed cautionary tale against tampering too extensively with a well-established and successful brand (New Coke…

1.0As we all may know technology flipped our universe upside down, it opened new possibilities for everything and everyone in the world including our own nutrition. No Farmer have to worry about his crops, no grocery store have to worry about his fresh products to rot and get thrown away because with the new invention of genetically modified foods tomatoes will last longer, carrots will last longer and crops will be fully protected from insects that might cause some infections. 1.1Genetically…

So the Court laid down a criterion for the determination of “appropriate cases”, ie., the infringement must be patent, incontrovertible, gross and shocks the conscience of the court. It is being attempted here to make a fact analysis of some cases, where compensation was awarded under article 32, to expose and analyze this trend- the trend in choosing “appropriate cases”. As already mentioned, in Rudul Sah case, violation was of right to life and personal liberty and the fact was already stated.…

Jackson. This documentary makes the viewer question the morality of the Monsanto having this patent on their GMO-seed because it causes them to take aggressive action against farmers that opt out of using their products. Michael White says, “It’s just not morally, or economically, right to be able to patent anything that reproduces” (Jackson 2015). White is referring to the fact that Monsanto has not only a patent on their formula, but they also have gotten legislators to pass laws that prohibit…

with three customers; They have expanded to eight hundred rural utilities and telephone companies, fourteen million end customers in 49 states, and one thousand employees. NISC is loyal to their customers; in 1996, the company was sued for patent infringement. NISC didn’t need to take action because they were covered under their contracts; however, it would affect their customers that trusted in them. Vern wasn’t going to let all the customers be sued after they committed to his company; It…

For example, in the United Kingdom, a work of fashion must fall within one of eight different categories set out in Section 4 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, 1988). The category that is the most appropriate is the works of artistic craftsmanship. This becomes difficult depending on the definition of the word “artistic” as it has multiple meanings. A work can be aesthetically…

produce the cotton gins and sought a patent on the machine in 1794 (“Eli Whitney Biography”, n.d.). However, the success stories of the cotton gin spread wide and fast, resulting in numerous pirated versions of the cotton gin being built and installed all around the south. This presented a large problem for Eli Whitney and Phineas Miller as they sought to produce the gin and receive exponential profits from the farmers. Whitney filed many lawsuits for infringement but did not find encounter…

Quest Lawsuit A current event that is of significant interest is the lawsuit between Dan Henderson and Matt Lindland over trademark rights to the famous Team Quest Fight Club. This lawsuit is an interesting battle over trademark rights, copyright infringement, and unfair competition. Who owns a name or a trade mark? Who has rights or ownership of its use? Is it the “senior” user of a name or the person that files for its copyright? Who has more claim to it? This case is also of particular…

In a recent lawsuit against Chipotle arguing that Chipotle’s non-GMO claims from the franchises’ new “G-M-Over it” marketing campaign were false and misleading. Although it advertises it is GMO free, Chipotle sells meat and dairy products produced from animals fed genetically modified feed, and a variety of soft drinks from third party suppliers that contain sweeteners from genetically altered corn as clearly stated on its website. Apparent ethical values would be transparency and honesty…

Monsanto. This precedent has led to the development of what Stein (2005) deems “Terminator Technology.” Terminator technology prevents the seed from reproducing thus forcing farmers to purchase new seeds each year (Stein, 2005). Monsanto holds the patents to this technology and utilizes it in their own seed production (Stein, 2005). Stein (2005) deems that Monsanto’s use of such technology leaves behind international small farmers, who rely on traditional seed sharing practices and do not have…