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Patent Law in India- PPT on Introduction to Patent Law by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at NLSIU

This presentation was delivered by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at NLSIU, India, as a part of the Patent law course offered for PGDIP students. The presentation covers: Types of Arguments - Ignorance, Denial, Balancing and Advantage; Class exercise on argumentation; Patent Philosophy; Patent Life Cycle; Patent incentives - invent, invest, disclose, design around; Patent Domain V. Public Domain; Rationale for Patent Protection - Social, Economic, Utilitarian and Tragedy of Commons; Progress of…

October 18, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 2862Views 0Like

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Patent Prosecution in the Automobile Industry

This presentation was delivered by Aishwarya Narayan as a part of the course for senior management and IP Officers in the Automobile Industry. The presentation covers: Concept of Patent prosecution Activities until grant of application-search, drafting, filing, amendment, responses etc Patent prosecution process Requirements for grant of a patent Machine or Transformation test Bilski v. Kappos Concept of Novelty Concept of Non-obviousness Specification support Requirements for prosecuting a patent…

October 16, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 3821Views 0Like

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Patents and Automotive Inventions in India – A Presentation by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala

This presentation was delivered by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala as a part of the course for senior management and IP officers in the automobile industry. The presentation covers: Introduction to Patent Law; Patentability Requirements; Patentability Analysis; Patentable Subject Matter and Automobile inventions; Applicability of Section 3 to Automotive inventions; Industrial Applicability and Futuristic Automobile Technology; Novelty, Prior Art and Prior Knowledge in Automotive Sector; Non-Obviousness and Inventive Step, Predictability, Maturity of the…

October 14, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 745Views 0Like

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Contracts in the Entertainment Industry

This presentation was delivered by Ms. Sharada Kalamadi at GNLU as a part of the entertainment law course offered to LLB and LLM students. The presentation covers: Film related Agreements Artists Agreements Author Agreements Rights and obligations of parties Future Formats Usage of third party IP/In film branding Licensing Types of Licenses Ms. Kalamadi used various industry examples, cases, multi-media to give insights into various facets of Contracts in the Entertainment Industry.…

October 14, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 1903Views 0Like

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Apple’s Smart Ring could be on the horizon

The multinational technology corporation Apple Inc. is known for coming up with some of the most fascinating technologies. Not too long ago, Apple filed a patent for a smart ring. The company is said to be developing a new wearable device with touchscreen and voice-control capabilities. The patent is titled “Devices and Methods for a Ring Computing Device” and was published by the US Patent and Trademark Office on October 1st 2015. The device contains a ring mounted touch screen,…

October 13, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 815Views 0Like

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The featured image is of the Lion Capital which consists of the Ashoka Chakra, with a horse and bull on either sides, and an hoisted Indian flag below it. The Lion Capital is the national emblem of India. The image is related to the post as it is a part of the Sinapse Series"Intellectual Property (IP) in India: A Decade of Progress". To read the post click here.

Intellectual Property (IP) in India: A Decade of Progress Part 16

This post exhibits the statistics of IP litigation in India in the past decade. The following table displays the statistics that were arrived at after conducting a search on Manupatra . It tabulates the estimated number of decisions passed by the Supreme Court and High Courts with respect to patents, trademarks and copyrights in the past decade. IP Decisions Passed by SC and HCs from 2004 – 2014 Year Number of Decided Cases for Patent Number of Decided Cases for Trademark Number of…

October 12, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Patents, Trademarks 0Comment 944Views 0Like

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Voices and Celebrity Rights – Furlenco, Amitabh, Arvind, and Arnab

Furlenco is a business that rents furniture, beds, etc. Their website claims quick setup, free home delivery, and affordable furniture. The business has been advertising extensively on radio and other forums. On hearing the advertisement, you cannot help, but associate the voices that form part of the advertisements with personalities like Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi, Arnab Goswami , renowned news reporter, and Amitabh Bachchan, a leading film star. There is no doubt that these personalities are celebrities in…

October 10, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law, Publicity Rights/ Celebrity Rights 0Comment 934Views 0Like

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Copyright and Entertainment-PPT by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at GNLU

This presentation was delivered by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala at GNLU as a part of the entertainment law course offered for LLB students. The presentation covers: • Introduction to copyright law and philosophy of copyright law; • Copyrightability - Idea/Expression Dichotomy, Ideas and Expressions, Originality, Modicum of Creativity - tests; • Abstraction of expressions from ideas, public domain works, facts, common scenes, concepts, themes, etc; • Copyrightable Subject Matter - Works protected; • Rights granted to each type of work, and differences in rights; •…

October 9, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 1657Views 0Like

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Merck v. Glenmark – A Bitter Battle of Pills

The Delhi High Court has restrained Glenmark from making and marketing generic versions of Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD)'s popular antidiabetic drug “Januvia” (sitagliptin) and “Janumet” (combination of sitagliptin and metformin) in its latest order dated October 7, 2015. The order restrains Glenmark from making, using, selling, distributing, advertising, exporting, offering for sale or dealing in Sitagliptin Phosphate Monohydrate or any other salt of Sitagliptin in any form, alone or in combination with one or more other drugs or from…

October 9, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property 0Comment 4834Views 0Like

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The featured image is of the copyright symbol on a bomb. The image is pertinent to the post as it is about a copyright infringement case . To read the post click here.

Doordarshan in legal trouble

A recent legal decision pertains to an interim injunction granted by Delhi High Court against a public broadcaster. Doordarshan India's Central Government founded public service broadcaster, a division of Prasar Bharati, was in the legal broil for indemnifying itself from legal liability rather than acting in the interest of public which in turn contributed in cooperating in the copyright and moral rights infringement perpetrated by the producer against author and artist. Hon’ble High Court of Delhi issued an interim injunction…