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Mannatech obtains favorable patent ruling against Glycoproducts

   12 July 2008 at 14:38

Mannatech, Inc., a manufacturer of nutritional supplements, said Friday that the US District Court Judge found Glycoproducts International Inc. guilty of infringing both Mannatech patents at issue in the case.The Jury stated that Mannatech is entitle ..



Medico-legal, ethical issues come into focus

   11 July 2008 at 18:53

The morbid indifference of some private hospitals in extending primary emergency treatment to accident victims has drawn flak from the doctors community in the city. The recent death of two accident victims under such circumstances have brought vario ..

Posted in Others |   474 Views


Sterlite, Asarco unions reach agreement

   11 July 2008 at 18:53

The unions representing the workers of Asarco LlC and Sterlite Industries, a subsidiary of Vedanta Resources Plc and a party to an agreement to acquire substantially all assets of Asarco, jointly announced today that they have reached agreement on th ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   264 Views


Flight Duty Time Limitation: SC Stays Bombay HC order

   11 July 2008 at 18:53

The Supreme Court of India today heard the Special Leave Petition filed by the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) & Others Vs. the Joint Action Committee of Airlines etc. on the matter of High Court Order of Bombay dated 1 July 2008.On 1 July ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   301 Views


Broadcom, Qualcomm fight over mobile phone patent

   11 July 2008 at 18:53

Chip makers Broadcom Corp and Qualcomm Inc sparred in an appeals court on Wednesday over patents used to make cell phones that offer Internet and other multimedia features.Qualcomm was ordered last year to stop selling phones with WCDMA chips by Janu ..



Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center Opens in Virginia

   11 July 2008 at 18:53

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced today the opening of a new high-tech National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) in Northern Virginia that will help maximize member agencies’ authorities and resources to ..



Indian gets $10,665 compensation after 27-year battle

   10 July 2008 at 15:42

An Indian engineer, who once worked in Saudi Arabia before becoming physically challenged after an automobile accident, has been awarded 40,000 Saudi riyals ($10,665) after a 27-year legal battle.Ajay Basker, who was involved in the accident March 26 ..

Posted in Criminal Law |   218 Views


SC allows Tata's petition on JV with Idea

   10 July 2008 at 15:42

The Supreme Court today allowed Tata Industries' petition seeking arbitration to resolve its dispute related to the termination of their joint venture Idea Cellular with A V Birlas' group firm Grasim.Justice V S Sirpurkar while allowing Tata's pleas ..

Posted in Corporate Law |   240 Views


India in the red on human rights record

   10 July 2008 at 15:42

The government in India has failed to protect economic, social and cultural rights of the people who have been electing it since Independence in 1947, according to a United Nations report. The concluding observations of the Committee on Economic, Soc ..

Posted in Constitutional Law |   296 Views


No tax on referral fees paid to overseas companies

   10 July 2008 at 15:42

Authority for Advance Rulings has ruled that the revenue earned by foreign firms by referring business clients to domestic companies is not taxable in India. The Indian companies paying referral fees will also "not be required to withhold any tax und ..

Posted in Taxation |   465 Views