BananaIP Counsels brings to you the Weekly Patent and Design Statistics report from the Official Journal of Patents and Designs for the period of 12th to 19th January, 2024. Continue Reading Indian Patent and Design Statistics 2024 (January 12th – 19th)
Explore recent trademark cases: Barclays Premier League’s suit, Apollo’s well-known status, and the Roobini vs. Rubam palm oil dispute. These cases highlight principles for composite marks, well-known mark criteria, and confusion risk for average consumers. Essential insights for IP professionals and businesses. Continue Reading Premier Vs. Barclays Premier League, Apollo Mark Well-Known Status?, and Roobini Vs. Rubam Trademark Cases
Analyzing the Bombay High Court’s decision on PPL and Novex’s right to license music, despite not being copyright societies, under the Copyright Act. Continue Reading Music Licensing Business By PPL & Novex is Valid Though They Are Not Copyright Societies
Examining recent trademark cases, we discuss ‘Kalpaka’ republication, detergent brand disputes, and the Tata vs Puro Healthy Salt advertising case. Continue Reading Trademark Cases: Kalpaka Trademark Republication, Puro Healthy Salt Disparagement, and Tazza Patta Trademark Infringement
This post highlights recent decisions by the High Court of Delhi and Himachal Pradesh on intellectual property rights, focusing on trademark and patent infringement cases. The cases involve disputes over whisky label similarities, fertilizer patent claims, and the contentious use of a registered trademark.
Care Notes
Officer's Choice Vs. Peace Maker Prestige Whisky: The Delhi High Court injuncts the use of a similar label.
In a case involving the labels of Officer's Choice and Peace Maker for whisky, the Delhi High…
In this post, we examine recent Madras High Court rulings that have overturned patent application refusals. These cases, involving complex topics such as immunological targeting, drug delivery formulations, and polynucleotide libraries, highlight the Court's stance on the necessity for clear and cogent reasoning in patent application rejections.
Case Notes
Rejection of claim amendments under Section 59 without reasons is not valid, says the Madras High Court.
In a case involving a patent application relating to "Immunological Targeting of Pathological Tau Proteins",…
This post discusses three 2023 Delhi High Court cases on trademark infringement, where plaintiffs received litigation costs. Each involves infringement issues leading to injunctions against further use of the infringing marks. These cases demonstrate the enforcement of IP rights and the financial consequences of infringement in the Indian intellectual property landscape. Continue Reading Courts Award Litigation Costs In Recent Trademark Infringement Cases
Explore the Indian Design Statistics Report 2023 for insights on India’s design registration trends from 2019-2023, highlighting significant growth in 2023. Continue Reading Indian Design Statistics Report – 2023
In this mixed post, we bring to you one copyright case and two trademark cases. The copyright case relates to infringement of copyrights in lyrics and related moral rights, and the trademark cases relate to trade dress violation and trademark revocation. With respect to trade dress, the Court has recognized a particular colour of a tablet strip in a given style as protectable. In the revocation case, the ‘Diabeat’ trademark adopting a similar packaging has been revoked.
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BananaIP is pleased to release the 2023 Patent Statistics Report. This document offers a comprehensive overview of patent activities in India, including publications, examinations, grants, and refusals. It compares data from 2019 to 2023 and includes city-wise patent statistics and performance metrics of various patent offices.
Key Insights
The report reveals the following significant trends:
Patent Publications: There's a notable increase in patent publications in 2023, showing a 56% rise since 2019.
Patent Grants: The number of patents granted has…