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Patent stats, Industrial designs, Startup innovations, Latest Patent Decisions, Intellectual Property Exchange and NRDC, FTC versus Qualcomm, Computer-related Inventions guidelines, Monsanto, Patent Tip, ISR – PCT and more

Patent stats, Industrial designs, Startup innovations, Latest Patent Decisions, FTC versus Qualcomm, Computer-related Inventions guidelines, Monsanto, Patent Tip, International Search Report - PCT and more weekly news updates, presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Patent Quote of the week "The art of obtaining a patent is in the language of the draft.” Nisha Kurian, Managing Associate – Patent Portfolio, BananaIP Counsels Patent Stats from the Indian Patent Office Early publications…

July 3, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property, Patents, Plant Varieties 0Comment 713Views 0Like

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The Pirate Bay to be Blocked, EU Court Rules

Recently the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden or the Supreme Court of Netherland pronounced an important ruling in a seven-year-long legal altercation, involving the infamous file sharing platform Pirate Bay. In this case, two internet access providers (IASs), Ziggo and XS4ALL, has subscribers who were using the platform Pirate Bay to upload and share several copyrighted works. Such sharing and uploading being completely unauthorized by the respective right holders. The proceedings were brought before the Court by Stichting Brein, an organization…

July 3, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 744Views 0Like

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Non-conventional Trademark-Smell marks

In the earlier post, we had discussed Sound marks as one of the unconventional marks. This post is a continuation of the previous post, where we will be discussing Smell marks. Olfactory memory is the most unused mean to link a brand to consumers. The smell as the most potent type of human memory can potentially identify a product if it qualifies the criteria of a trademark. Smells have also the ability to recollect pictures and emotions and this may affect…

June 30, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 2314Views 0Like

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Legal row over Half Girlfriend, Google directed to de-index infirnging contents, Dangal sets a new record, Amazon and Warner bros sign a licensing deal and more

Indian copyright and entertainment law updates, International copyright and entertainment law updates, licensing and merchandising news and more weekly news updates, presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm Copyright quote of the week "Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device" --Lawrence Lessig Indian Copyrights and Entertainment Law Updates Bangalore…

June 30, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 741Views 0Like

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Apple’s app store, Summary disposal granted in a trademark infringement suit, Patanjali Trademark tiff, Dahanu-Gholvad chikoo obtains GI registration and more

Interesting Trademarks, Indian Trademark Updates, International Trademark Updates, Geographical Indication updates and more brought to you by the Trademark Team of BananaIP Trade Mark News: Trademark Quote of the Week "Within Every Brand is a Product, but not every product is a brand" --David Ogilvy TRADEMARK STATS FROM THE INDIAN TRADEMARK OFFICE Particulars Last week This week Change in % Total Trademark applications examined by Trademark Office 8447 7536 A decrease of 10.2% Total applications disposed through…

June 28, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 750Views 0Like

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Industrial Designs and Yoga

To commemorate the 3rd International Yoga day, we bring to you accessories that have acquired design registrations that help one to practice yoga. Pants Knee Zone for Yoga Pants The above design registration bearing number D732,277 was filed in 2012 as “Pants knee zone for yoga pants, dance pants, rock climbing pants, gardening pants or the like” with the US Patent office. As per the claim made in the application, the design registration is not on the entire pants…

June 26, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property 0Comment 800Views 0Like

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Patent stats, Industrial designs, Interesting Patents, Startup innovations, PortBOTS, Patent seminars, conferences, conclaves, Apple versus Qualcomm, Pharma patents, PPVFR, Patent Tip and more

Amazon’s drone towers, HCL Technologies – parking patents, Interesting Patents, Startup innovations, PortBOTS, Patent seminars, conferences, conclaves, Apple versus Qualcomm, Pharma patents, PPVFR, Patent Tip and more, presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Patent Quote of the week “The good patent gives the world something it did not truly have before, whereas the bad patent has the effect of trying to take away from the world something which it…

June 26, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property, Patents, Plant Varieties 0Comment 656Views 0Like

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Ola caught in copyright infringement, Coal Ministry accused of Plagiarism, ‘Dancing baby’ Copyright case, Volvo sued for Copyright infringement and more.

Copyright quotes, Indian copyright and entertainment law updates, International copyright and entertainment law updates, licensing and merchandising news brought to you by the Copyright and Entertainment Law Team of BIP Counsels Copyright quote of the week: “The copyright bargain is a balance between protection for the artist and the rights for the consumer.” -- Robin Gross Indian Copyright and Entertainment Law Updates Ola caught in copyright infringement row The music company, Lahari Recording, had filed a police…

June 23, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 910Views 0Like

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Yoga Patents

The third international day of YOGA is being celebrated worldwide on 21st June. On 11th December 2014, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared June 21st as International Day of Yoga. Yoga is a universal language which is not all about exercise but it has other dimensions attached to it. The word ‘Yoga’ literally means ‘union’- the union of mind, body and soul. In this post, we bring to you some patent applications/patents that directly or indirectly relates to Yoga. Indian Patents/Applications Patent …

June 22, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1610Views 0Like

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Mumbai’s TAJ PALACE acquires image trademark, Offensive trademarks to be protected, KISS singer seeks registration for a hand gesture, Snap Inc loses domain name dispute, Bandar Laddu obtains GI registration and more

Interesting Trademarks, Indian Trademark Updates, International Trademark Updates, Domain Name Disputes, Geographical Indication updates and more brought to you by the Trademark Team of BananaIP Trade Mark News: Trademark Quote of the Week "A brand is a living entity- and it is enriched or undermined cumulatively over time, the product of a thousand small genius" -- Michael Eisner TRADEMARK STATS FROM THE INDIAN TRADEMARK OFFICE Particulars Last week This week Change in % Total Trademark applications examined by Trademark Office 13402 8447 A decrease of 36.2% Total…

June 21, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Geographical Indications (GI), Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 770Views 0Like

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Patent stats, Industrial designs, Startup innovations, Latest Patent Decisions, Intellectual Property Exchange and NRDC, FTC versus Qualcomm, Computer-related Inventions guidelines, Monsanto, Patent Tip, ISR – PCT and more

The Pirate Bay to be Blocked, EU Court Rules

Non-conventional Trademark-Smell marks

Legal row over Half Girlfriend, Google directed to de-index infirnging contents, Dangal sets a new record, Amazon and Warner bros sign a licensing deal and more

Apple’s app store, Summary disposal granted in a trademark infringement suit, Patanjali Trademark tiff, Dahanu-Gholvad chikoo obtains GI registration and more

Industrial Designs and Yoga

Patent stats, Industrial designs, Interesting Patents, Startup innovations, PortBOTS, Patent seminars, conferences, conclaves, Apple versus Qualcomm, Pharma patents, PPVFR, Patent Tip and more

Ola caught in copyright infringement, Coal Ministry accused of Plagiarism, ‘Dancing baby’ Copyright case, Volvo sued for Copyright infringement and more.

Yoga Patents

Mumbai’s TAJ PALACE acquires image trademark, Offensive trademarks to be protected, KISS singer seeks registration for a hand gesture, Snap Inc loses domain name dispute, Bandar Laddu obtains GI registration and more

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