Intellectual Property Archives

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Rangoon movie, Facebook Licensing, DC Super Hero Girls, Special 301 and more

This weekly update on Copyrights, Media and Entertainment Law is brought to you by the Entertainment Law experts of BananaIP (BIP) Counsels. Thought of the Week "Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that tiny fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device." - Lawrence Lessig Copyright Infringement Case updates Kangana and Rangoon team land in murky waters of copyright infringement Film production company Nadia Movietone Pvt Ltd. has filed a copyright…

February 24, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law, Patents 0Comment 809Views 0Like

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Fast Registrations, Trump, Beer, Brand Licensing, Ikea v. Aikya & more

This weekly update on Trademarks and Geographical Indications (GI) is brought to you by the Trademark experts of BananaIP (BIP) Counsels. TRADEMARK THOUGHT OF THE WEEK “A great trademark is appropriate, dynamic, distinctive, memorable and unique” - Primo Angeli TRADEMARK STATS FROM THE INDIAN TRADEMARK OFFICE, BETWEEN 16th FEBRUARY 2017 TO 21st FEBRUARY 2017 The Trademark office has been very busy during the last week. They have taken several actions with respect to the trademark process. Total Trademark applications examined by the Trademark Office: 8399 …

February 22, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 812Views 0Like

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Landmark cases, Amazon’s interesting patent, Apple and Qualcomm dispute.

This weekly update on patents is brought to you by the Patent experts of BananaIP (BIP) Counsels. In this weeks patent news and updates we bring to you a Landmark case in patents, latest stats from the patent & designs office, an interesting patent granted to Amazon and much more. Happy reading! Patent thought of the week: "Grant is the beginning of the Patent Game, not its end." - Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala Patent Stats: Patent applications published by the Indian…

February 20, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 904Views 0Like

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First Amendment to WTO comes into force

The recent amendment to the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) is the first ever amendment to WTO accords after its founding in 1995. The amendment to the TRIPs agreement came into force on 23rd January, 2017, after 2/3rd members of WTO accepted it. The amendment facilitates supply of drugs to developing/least developed countries lacking pharmaceutical production capacity under a compulsory license. The amendment was made to address public health needs of people in poor countries…

February 19, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 785Views 0Like

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Fundamentals of Intellectual Property – A Presentation at IIM-Bangalore

The following presentation titled “Fundamentals of Intellectual Property”, was delivered on 17th February 2017 by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Chief IP Attorney, BananaIP Counsels, at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B). The presentation focuses on basic concepts of IP and their relevance in the fast changing business environment. The Presentation included the following topics: Introduction to IP Patents Novelty/Inventive Step Patent Claim Copyrights Trademarks Strength of Trade Marks Industrial Designs Examples of infringement …

February 18, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property 0Comment 832Views 0Like

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Understanding Software Inventions in India and US

The following article is brought to you by the Patent experts of BananaIP (BIP) Counsels, India's leading new age IP firm. This post will help you understand how software inventions are normally examined and understood by the Indian Patent Office and the United States Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO). Due to the growing economic significance of computers and computer programs, the patentability of software inventions has been a subject of international attention in the recent past. A software patent is…

February 17, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1314Views 0Like

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Hrithik, Beyonce, Infringement, Bombay High Court

This weekly update on Copyrights, Media and Entertainment Law is brought to you by the Entertainment Law experts of BananaIP (BIP) Counsels. Thought of the Week: “Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet” - Mark Twain Copyright Cases Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) sues Thomson Press The Bombay High Court has recently granted a stay order in response to an injunction suit brought about by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT),…

February 17, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law, Publicity Rights/ Celebrity Rights 0Comment 785Views 0Like

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Is it really time to break Patents in India?

Today morning, The Hindu carried a well-articulated article by Shamnad entitled 'Time to break in India.' If you were to read the piece in isolation, you would be convinced about the futility of the patent system, and would probably take up arms against it. Shamnad's conviction and ability to convince is of the highest order, but with due respect, we disagree with him. We do not disagree because of business interests, personal biases, or misplaced beliefs; we disagree because his…

February 16, 2017 Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 666Views 0Like

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Delhi High Court dismisses Sun Pharma’s plea against Mylan; Nilambur Teak to get GI tag? and much more.

This weekly update on Trademarks and Geographical Indications (GI) is brought to you by the Trademark experts of BananaIP (BIP) Counsels. Trademark thought of the week: "Trademark is a studiously crafted personality profile of an individual, institution, corporation, product or service."- Daniel J. Boorstin Trademark Stats from the Indian Trademark Office, between 8th February 2017 to 15th February 2017 : Total Trademark applications examined by Trademark Office: 11095 Total applications disposed through show cause hearings: 1237 Total applications published in the…

February 15, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 777Views 0Like

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Weekly Updates

This weekly update on patents is brought to you by the Patent experts of BananaIP (BIP) Counsels. Patent thought of the week: “A country without a patent office and good patent laws is just a crab and can't travel any way but sideways and backwards.” – Mark Twain Patent Stats: Patent applications published by the Indian Patent Office between 3rd February 2017 and 10th February 2017: 696 Patent applications granted by the Indian Patent Office between 3rd February…