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Lionsgate v. Ameritrade: A classic case of copyright claims dressed in TM claims’ clothing

Spoofs have had a long history of getting into trouble. So it’s no surprise that when brokerage giant TD Ameritrade tried to put a cheeky spin on the iconic line “Nobody puts Baby in the corner”, Lionsgate was not so forgiving. We had initially covered the matter , back in July, 2015 when Lionsgate filed an infringement suit against Ameritrade in Los Angeles. Just to jog your memory and for our younger readers, who might not be familiar with the film…

March 23, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 957Views 0Like

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The featured image is of the trademark symbols- tm, r . The post is abouT change in the name of Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) to European Union Intellectual Property Office. please click here to read more.

From OHIM to EUIPO – OHIM’s New Trademark Reform

The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), the office for registering Trade Marks and Designs in the European Union, will undergo major changes including change in the name of the office to “European Union Intellectual Property Office” (EUIPO) and the name of the Community Trade Marks (CTM) to “European Union Trade Marks” (EUTM). The OHIM website, from 22nd to 23rd March 2016, will be updating its online application system to implement the changes in the legal process as…

March 22, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 944Views 0Like

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The featured image is the image of a Tata Nano Car. This post is about the first driverless car technology introduced in india. To read more click here.

India Drives into Driver-Less Car Technology

The world has seen a great leap in the field of automobile industry in the recent years. While several automobile giants are spending money like water for the research and development of the self driving cars with advanced control systems, India has achieved a milestone by inventing a driverless car with low cost. An autonomous car / driverless car /self-driving car /robotic car is a vehicle that is capable of sensing its environment and navigating without human input. An Indian…

March 19, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 946Views 0Like

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Patents: Modular Phones- The best of both worlds

Not really impressed with the battery of the brand new smartphone you recently bought? Finding a mobile phone that matches your expectations completely could be tough, unless you are willing to shell a huge amount to bag that dream phone. When the camera is great the processor is not good, when the processor is good the camera might disappoint, and when the camera as well as the processor are exceptional the battery might bail out on you. We are destined…

March 17, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 734Views 0Like

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LG’s New Modular Phone: The future is Here

South Korea’s handset maker LG has finally revealed its newest commercially available modular smart phone at the Mobile World Congress-2016. In the past few years, there has been significant development in software and hardware solution. This time LG has managed to beat Google and introduced the first mainstream modular phone. The specifications of this LG-G5 are as expected from a 2016 Android device like, a 5.3 inch LCD display with 2560*1440 pixel resolution with corning gorilla glass 4 protection. It…

March 16, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 652Views 0Like

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The featured image shows some stick figures discussing on a topic. This post is about the paper published by DIPP on SEPs. To read more click here.

DIPP Discusses Standard Essential Patents , Comments invited. (Part 1)

The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) recently published a discussion paper on standard essential patents (SEPs) and their availability on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. The paper published on 01-March-2016 invites views from the concerned stakeholders regarding Standard Essential Patents and the issues surrounding them. This post is the first part in the series of posts to come that will discuss on the concept of SEPs. This post therefore will provide an introduction to Standrad Essential Patents and…

March 13, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 794Views 0Like

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The featured image shows a collage of the different kinds of GI products in India. The post is about the governments decision to market the GI products through ecommerce. To read more click here.

Selling Genuine GI: A GoI Initiative.

The boom of ecommerce has brought a major change in how commercial transactions are carried out today. Ecommerce platforms are blooming and everyone is embracing this approach because of its smart and widespread reach to consumers. The Government does not want to lag behind and in its attempt to catch up with the ongoing trend; is considering going the ecommerce way to sell authentic Geographical Indication (GI) products. GI registration gives the registered proprietor and its authorized users, the right…

March 12, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Geographical Indications (GI), Intellectual Property 0Comment 1244Views 0Like

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The image is of a bulb as the post is about a lamp powered by salt water battery. To read more click here.

What a bright idea!

We all are familiar with the concept where electricity can be produced when two electrodes are immersed in an electrolyte. Recently, the researchers from Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) have developed an eco-friendly lamp that runs entirely on salt water. Here the salt water battery uses saline solution as the electrolyte. Vasant Natarajan from the Physics Department of IISc refined on this concept. The overall apparatus consists of a box (approximately 6cm in height and 11cm in length) which is…

March 11, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1015Views 0Like

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the image is of the copyright sign as the post is about dispute over the constitution of the copyright board. To read more click here.

Copyright Board to be constituted soon……or not so soon?

The Copyright Board, a quasi-judicial body, is constituted under the provisions of the Copyright (Amendment)Act, 2012 and Copyright Rules , where applicable. The jurisdiction of the Copyright Board extends to the whole of India. The Board under the Act is entrusted with the task of adjudication of disputes pertaining to copyright registration, assignment of copyright, grant of licenses in respect of works withheld from public, unpublished Indian works, production and publication of translations and works for certain specified purposes, determination…

March 10, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 3261Views 0Like

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The image is of a balance as the posts is about harmonization of IPR and Access to medicines. To read more click here.

IPR and Access to Affordable Medicines: How affordable are We?

The following post is an opinion on the article “Intellectual property rights: when it’s broken, fix it!” authored by Arun Maira and published by livemint.com. The article suggests that we need affordable medicines and we need more innovation and it is therefore, time to reinvent the patents regime. The role of IPR in providing access to affordable medicine has been a contentious issue for a long time. As identified by Frederick M. Abbott in his paper on the subject, each…

March 9, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property 0Comment 814Views 0Like

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Lionsgate v. Ameritrade: A classic case of copyright claims dressed in TM claims’ clothing

From OHIM to EUIPO – OHIM’s New Trademark Reform

India Drives into Driver-Less Car Technology

Patents: Modular Phones- The best of both worlds

LG’s New Modular Phone: The future is Here

DIPP Discusses Standard Essential Patents , Comments invited. (Part 1)

Selling Genuine GI: A GoI Initiative.

What a bright idea!

Copyright Board to be constituted soon……or not so soon?

IPR and Access to Affordable Medicines: How affordable are We?

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