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IP for Start-ups : A Presentation by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at CII Hyderabad

The following presentation was delivered by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at the one day Seminar on ‘IPR Management for Startups in Electronics and ICT Sectors’ on 6th May 2016, in Hyderabad, organized by Andhra Pradesh Technology Development & Promotion Centre (APTDC) of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with Department of Electronics and IT (DeitY). Participants of the seminar included Budding Entrepreneurs, Managers/Executives in Startups and Professionals in various functional areas of Startups such as Research & Development, Marketing,…

May 6, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, IP for Start Ups, Patents, Trademarks 0Comment 760Views 0Like

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The invention of the PIN turns 50

May 2nd, 2016 marked the 50th anniversary of the invention of the Personal Identification Number (PIN) technology for cash machines. James Goodfellow was the man who came up with an idea of designing a system that accepted a machine readable encrypted card to which he added a numerical keypad into which a Personal Identification Number (PIN) had to be entered manually. He was an engineer working in Glasgow in the 1960’s who changed the face of banking industry with his…

May 5, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 782Views 0Like

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Louis Vuitton – Food versus Fashion…

Louis Vuitton is one of the world’s largest fashion brands whose trademark LV is famous across the globe. In a recent event, the fashion brand filed a case against “Louis Vuitton Dak” – a South Korean Fried Chicken Restaurant for trademark infringement on the grounds of confusing similarity in the trademarks. According to the Korean Times - the logo of the chicken restaurant bears a close resemblance to that of original luxury brand - Louis Vuitton’s logo. In September 2015…

May 4, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets, Trademarks 0Comment 1884Views 0Like

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Likelihood of Confusion: Numerals as Trade Marks

In this post we will be analyzing whether a numeral Trade mark can be deceptively similar to another mark consisting of different numerals. This issue has recently been dealt with by the Delhi High Court in the case Mona Aggarwal & Anr vs. Glossy & Paints Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. The brief facts of this case are that, the Plaintiff i.e. Glossy Colour Paint Pvt. Ltd is said to have adopted and used over the mark "1001" since 1946. The…

May 4, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 2030Views 0Like

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Just Launched: Patent Incentives for MSMEs in Haryana

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises contribute enormously to the socio-economic development of the country and this is not a hidden fact. MSMEs play a crucial role in providing large employment opportunities at comparatively lower capital cost than large industries. They also help in industrialization of rural & backward areas, thereby, reducing regional imbalances and assuring more equitable distribution of national income and wealth. According to the SME chamber of India, the MSME sector consists of 36 million units which…

May 3, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 838Views 0Like

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I got (NO) power-IPRS restrained from issuing licenses by Delhi HC

Not too long ago, the Delhi High Court meted out a very important decision with respect to the status of IPRS as a copyright society. The suit was filed by Mrs Chitra Jagjit Singh (Plaintiff), wife of the late artist Mr Jagjit Singh and a popular artist herself, against IPRS (Defendant 1) for wrongfully issuing licenses with respect to her and her late husband’s copyrighted works. It was pleaded by the Plaintiff that IPRS was no longer a copyright society,…

May 2, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 664Views 0Like

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USTR finds Pakistan better than India in IP Protection.

On World Intellectual Property Day i.e. 26th April, 2016, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released the 2016 “Special 301” Report on the global state of intellectual property rights protection and enforcement. The USTR official press release quotes Michael Froman, the U.S. Trade Representative as having said “Intellectual property is a critical source of economic growth and high-quality jobs for the United States, and it is more important than ever to prevent foreign governments and competitors from ripping off United…

May 2, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property 0Comment 670Views 0Like

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Business Value from IP- A Presentation by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at CII Vizag

The following presentation was given by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Managing Partner BananaIP , at the 'Sensitization Seminar on IPR for Electronics and ICT Sectors' organized by Andhra Pradesh Technology Development and Promotion Centre (APTDC) of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with Department of Electronics & IT (DeitY) in Vizag. The seminar was attended by Entrepreneurs, Managers/Executives and Professionals in various functional areas such as Research and Development, Design, marketing, brand management, directors of organizations, Legal and IP…

April 21, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property 0Comment 613Views 0Like

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The Business of IP- A Presentation by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at CII

Business of IP- A Presentation by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at CII Vizag

The following presentation was given by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Managing Partner BananaIP , at the 'Sensitization Seminar on IPR for Electronics and ICT Sectors' organized by Andhra Pradesh Technology Development and Promotion Centre (APTDC) of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with Department of Electronics & IT (DeitY) in Vizag. The seminar was attended by Entrepreneurs, Managers/Executives and Professionals in various functional areas such as Research and Development, Design, marketing, brand management, directors of organizations, Legal and IP…

April 21, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property 0Comment 580Views 0Like

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The SplitView Squabble

The Delhi High Court has recently vacated an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in the case of Apple Inc. v. Rohit Singh & Another.Rohit Singh, a software developer and consultant at Vyooh Low Level Computing LLP, initiated an action of passing off against Apple Inc. for using the mark ‘Split View’ or a deceptively similar variant in relation to its software products. Rohit Singh developed three proprietary software products, Split View, Disk View and View Scribe respectively. Vyooh claimed that Splitview has…