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Drafting a Patent Specification

Introduction and Approach A patent specification is considered to be a techno-legal document because of the presence of technical details of the invention and legal limits of the protection embedded therein. The language used in a patent specification has a combination of technical and legal jargons. Patent specification is a document through which an inventor discloses the details of his invention in exchange for the exclusive rights awarded by the government. From a broader perspective, the government expects a patent…

May 19, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 7486Views 0Like

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SanDisk Trademark dispute, Amazon Domain dispute, Banganapalle Mangoes and more

Trademark statistics, Trademark infringement, Trademark office updates, Domain name disputes and Geographical Indication updates brought to you by the Trademark team of BIP Counsels. Trademark quote of the week " The designer’s role in the development, application and protection of the trademark may be described as pre-creative, creative and post-creative" -- Lester Beall TRADEMARK STATISTICS The Trademark Registry has been little slow this week. There has been a decrease of 16% in the total number of applications examined…

May 17, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Geographical Indications (GI), Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 949Views 0Like

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Patents granted to Google, TVS & Microsoft, DIPP and WIPO agreement, Apple and Samsung v. Qualcomm, Expedited examination and more

Patent Validity, Interesting patents from Google, TVS & Microsoft, DIPP and WIPO agreement, WIPO Summer School on IP, Apple and Samsung versus Qualcomm, Seminars, and Conferences, Startup patents, Expedited examination and more, presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Patent Quote of the Week “Patent Validity is a figment of legal interpretation, it can be contested, reversed and cancelled any time before expiry.” – Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Renowned IP Attorney, Professor and Novelist…

May 15, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 732Views 0Like

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Indian Copyright News and Updates

Copyrights & Entertainment Law News: Indian Copyright News and Updates, Entertainment Trademark News and Updates, International Copyright Updates, Entertainment Patent News, Entertainment Licensing Updates, BananaIP Copyright Tip of the Week and more presented by the Media & Entertainment law attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm Copyright Thought of the Week “Originality is undetected Plagiarism.” --William Ralph Inge Indian Copyright News and Updates Supreme Court rejects IRRO appeal in DU copyright case. The Honorable Supreme…

May 12, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 1777Views 0Like

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Interesting Trademarks, AASHIRWAD Trademark Dispute, CGDPTM Annual Report 2015-16, US Special 301 Report, Pokemon Merchandising License and more

Interesting Trademarks, Trademark Statistics, Recent Trademark Updates, International Trademark Updates, Licensing Updates, Geographical Indication Updates and more brought to you by Trademark team of BIP Counsels. Trademark quote of the week “Trademark law must not be used to inhibit the freedom of speech in this powerful and important medium” - Kent Wills Trademark Statistics The Trademark Registry has been really busy this week. There has been an increase of 33% in the total number of applications examined by Trademark Office for this…

May 10, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Geographical Indications (GI), Intellectual Property, IP Commercialization/Licensing, Trademarks 0Comment 1023Views 0Like

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Patent office updates, Interesting Patents, CRI Guidelines, Qualcomm v. Apple and Samsung, Recent patent grants, GoDaddy Patent Infringement, Patent Tip of the Week and more

Patent office updates, Interesting Patents, CRI Guidelines, Qualcomm v. Apple and Samsung, Recent patent grants, GoDaddy Patent Infringement, Patent Tip of the Week and more, presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Quote of the Week “Patent Law cannot afford to sit and watch while technology advancement changes its dynamics.” – Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Renowned IP Attorney, Professor and Novelist Patent stats from the Indian Patent Office Patent publications have…

May 8, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 699Views 0Like

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The featured image shows a mic in a sound recording studio. To read more about this, click here. Entertainment Law and Copyrights: Sound Recording, Literary & Musical Works and Right to Royalty – Part 3

Sound Recording, Literary & Musical Works and Right to Royalty – Part 4

Continued from Part 3, read part by clicking here. Conclusion Reiterating that said earlier, sound recording consists of the acoustic portion including a lyric or a musical work despite which underlying works do not lose their existence upon a sound recording being made but remain exclusively mutual. However, the anomaly of the provision of the Act that grants the authors of musical & literary work and authors of sound recording the right to communicate to public their work has questioned the…

May 6, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 1327Views 0Like

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Indian Copyright News and Updates, Entertainment Trademark News and Updates, International Copyright Updates, Entertainment Licensing News and Updates and more

Copyrights & Entertainment Law News: Indian Copyright News and Updates, Entertainment Trademark News and Updates, International Copyright Updates, Entertainment Licensing News and Updates and more presented by the Media & Entertainment law attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Copyright Thought of the Week “Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.” ― United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights Indian Copyright…

May 5, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 841Views 0Like

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Jawed Habib Trademark Infringement, Disney challenges The Gospel According to Kevin Movie, Snoop Dogg Merchandise, Amazon Domain Name Dispute and more

Trademark quote of the week “The ideal trademark is one that is pushed to its utmost limit in terms of abstraction and ambiguity, yet it is still readable” --Saul Bass TRADEMARK STATS FROM THE INDIAN TRADEMARK OFFICE The Trademark Registry has been really busy this week. There has been an increase of 124% in the total number of applications examined by Trademark Office for this week compared to the last week. Particulars Last week This week Change in % Total Trademark applications examined by Trademark Office 3383 7580 An…

May 3, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 856Views 0Like

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The featured image shows a Doodle work on Fair dealing and Fair use under Copyright Act, 1957.

Copyrights, Fair Dealing, and Fair Use in India

Fair dealing provisions under the Indian Copyright Act, 1957 as amended in 2012 exempt certain activities from the purview of copyright infringement. While certain exceptions mentioned under Section 52(1) of the Copyright Act are applicable to all kinds of works in which copyright subsists, the applicability of certain provisions are restricted to specific works. The following table identifies the various fair dealing and fair use provisions under the Copyright and its applicability to specific works: Sections Provisions Applicability 52(1)(a) Fair dealing All works 52(1)(a) Private or personal…

May 2, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 4199Views 0Like

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Drafting a Patent Specification

SanDisk Trademark dispute, Amazon Domain dispute, Banganapalle Mangoes and more

Patents granted to Google, TVS & Microsoft, DIPP and WIPO agreement, Apple and Samsung v. Qualcomm, Expedited examination and more

Indian Copyright News and Updates

Interesting Trademarks, AASHIRWAD Trademark Dispute, CGDPTM Annual Report 2015-16, US Special 301 Report, Pokemon Merchandising License and more

Patent office updates, Interesting Patents, CRI Guidelines, Qualcomm v. Apple and Samsung, Recent patent grants, GoDaddy Patent Infringement, Patent Tip of the Week and more

Sound Recording, Literary & Musical Works and Right to Royalty – Part 4

Indian Copyright News and Updates, Entertainment Trademark News and Updates, International Copyright Updates, Entertainment Licensing News and Updates and more

Jawed Habib Trademark Infringement, Disney challenges The Gospel According to Kevin Movie, Snoop Dogg Merchandise, Amazon Domain Name Dispute and more

Copyrights, Fair Dealing, and Fair Use in India

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