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A Case for Statutory Licensing of Music for Broadcasting

After the Wynk decision of the Bombay High Court, which came to the conclusion that internet broadcasting is not covered under Section 31D of the Copyright Act, the record labels are on a drive to convince the Government, industry and academics that statutory licensing does not provide fair value to sound recording holders. Their efforts seem to have doubled and tripled after publication of the draft Copyright Rules, 2019, which proposed to include internet broadcasting within the scope of statutory…

September 4, 2019 Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala Copyrights, Intellectual Property, IP Commercialization/Licensing, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 1533Views 0Like

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Weekly Trademark News Bulletin: Suzuki Declared as a Well-Known Trademark, The Dindigul Lock Gets GI Tag, Cornetto Defends its Little Horn and Other News

Indian Trademark Statistics for September (First Week), Ariana Grande Sues Forever 21 for 10 Million, Salman Khan to Launch Gym Franchise and more, brought to you by the Trademark Attorneys at BananaIP (BIP) Counsel. TRADEMARK QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Brand is the promise, the big idea, the expectations that reside in each customer's mind about a product, service or company. Branding is about making an emotional connection” -Alina Wheeler INDIAN TRADEMARK UPDATES Cornetto Defends its Little Horn Unilever PLC, filed a trademark…

September 4, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 994Views 0Like

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Trademark News Bulletin: Indian Trademark Statistics

These statistics have been compiled from the official journal of the trademark office published weekly on Mondays. INDIAN TRADEMARK STATISTICS The Indian Trademark Office has had a slow week. The total number of applications published in the trademark journal have increased by sixty one percent (61%). However, there has been a decrease of fifty one percent (51%) in the total hearing notices issued, and also a decrease of twenty two percent (22%) in the total applications disposed through show cause hearings. Weekly…

September 4, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 754Views 0Like

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Digital Rights Management

This post was first published on December 24, 2014. Laws alone cannot eliminate copyright infringements. For the Copyright Law to take its course, there have to be effective detection of infringements and identification of infringers. Furthermore, as with any property rights, owners of copyrighted content have to take certain measures to protect their copyrights before expecting law enforcement to aid them. DRMs and ETMs are such measures a copyright owner is expected to take in order to protect his copyrights…

September 3, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 833Views 0Like

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Outsourcing, In-Sourcing and Intellectual Property

This post was first published on November 03, 2014. An article published in The Hindu on October 24, 2014, talks about the silent in-sourcing movement in Multi-National Companies. Organisations such as General Motors, focussing on in-sourcing IT operations during the last three years, and Astra Zeneca, setting up a captive unit in Chennai to move a large portion of global IT operations, have been cited in the news report as examples to highlight the growing in-sourcing phenomenon. One of the…

September 3, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property 0Comment 1196Views 0Like

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Wacky Patents 1 – Method of Presenting Beer

This post was first published on November 12, 2014. There is nothing more refreshing than a pint of chilled beer and a hearty chat with friends after a generally lousy week. But beware! You may be infringing a patent while sipping down the chilled “barley juice”. Here is why - Below is the description of a patent granted for the “Method of Presenting Beer” which is our Wacky Patent No. 1. US Patent No. 8,240,155 B2 relates to a Method…

September 2, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 758Views 0Like

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Wacky Patents 3: Earth Orbital Bombs as Nuclear Deterrents

This post was first published on December 05, 2014. The world is facing a lot of problems like energy crisis, border disputes, international security issues and the deadliest of all, the Nuke! The world is trying to combat these issues, both individually and collectively, and yet is unable to come up with a comprehensive solution. But Arthur Paul Pedrick came up with a one-stop shop for all global concerns with his invention titled, Earth Orbital bombs as Nuclear Deterrents. The patent…

September 2, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1159Views 0Like

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It is Fair and Enabling – Data Mining from JNU Depot

Author: Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala Data Mining in today's context is not limited to collection, organisation, management, searching and displaying of relevant data, it means much more than that, and includes creation of information, knowledge and intelligence from data sets, among others. At a basic level, data mining involves extraction of data, which is mostly done by using data mining software, applications or tools, and analysing the extracted data for a defined purpose. The data sets extracted may be further used…

September 1, 2019 Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 1492Views 0Like

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From China with Love: The Xiaomi Story

This post was first published on December 19, 2014. Just a few months ago, this particular cellular company took the market by storm and made its stand in the 3rd rank of the world's cellular companies. It not only pleased consumers, but also gave tough competition to leading brands in the market. As a matter fact, the phones sold like hot cakes within minutes of its release on one of the biggest online shopping destinations, Flipkart. More recently, the company got into…

September 1, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1042Views 0Like

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Understanding Trademark Registration Procedures in the Maldives

This post was first published on October 15, 2014. The Intellectual Property Regime in the Republic of Maldives, the smallest Asian country in population and in area, is an interesting study. In order to comply with the TRIPS Agreement, the Maldives Government (referred to as GOM) enacted the Copyright Law in April, 2011, and thereafter spread public awareness of Copyright Law through TV and radio programs, Government announcements, school events and meetings with relevant media and entertainment sector associations.…

August 31, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 958Views 0Like

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A Case for Statutory Licensing of Music for Broadcasting

Weekly Trademark News Bulletin: Suzuki Declared as a Well-Known Trademark, The Dindigul Lock Gets GI Tag, Cornetto Defends its Little Horn and Other News

Trademark News Bulletin: Indian Trademark Statistics

Digital Rights Management

Outsourcing, In-Sourcing and Intellectual Property

Wacky Patents 1 – Method of Presenting Beer

Wacky Patents 3: Earth Orbital Bombs as Nuclear Deterrents

It is Fair and Enabling – Data Mining from JNU Depot

From China with Love: The Xiaomi Story

Understanding Trademark Registration Procedures in the Maldives

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