Intellectual Property Archives

Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics – 6th January 2023 to 13th January 2023

The 2nd issue of the Patent Journal, 2023 has published 1,124 patent applications, with 689 of these being early publications and 435 classified as ordinary publications. Compared to the preceding week, this week‘s total grants have decreased by 6.53% to 916 applications. Continue Reading Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics – 6th January 2023 to 13th January 2023

January 16, 2023 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics, Patents 0Comment 874Views 0Like

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Profiting from the Patent Cliff: What Drug Manufacturers Need to Know about Secondary Patents

Learn about the patent cliff and how Novartis’ heart failure drug Vymada (Entresto®) will expire its patent protection in 2023. Find out more about secondary patents that can extend market exclusivity of Entresto® until 2033. Continue Reading Profiting from the Patent Cliff: What Drug Manufacturers Need to Know about Secondary Patents

January 13, 2023 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 2456Views 0Like

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Weekly Copyright, Media, and Entertainment Law Updates

This week’s copyright, media, and entertainment law updates are as below- Meta Not to Get Safe Harbour Protection for Copyright Infringement In a class action infringement suit brought by JL Cook, a sculptor, against Meta Platforms Incorporation, in Northern California federal court, the judge said that Meta may not be entitled to Safe Harbour Protection. Cook, alleged copyright infringement over his artwork depicting snakes and other reptiles, by enabling promotion and repost of Facebook Ads of counterfeit copies, in spite of…

January 9, 2023 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 1499Views 1Like

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Weekly Trademark Updates

This week’s trademark updates are as follows – PhonePe' vs 'DIGIPE' - Madras High Court grants interim relief to the plaintiff PhonePe Private Limited, the plaintiff, has been in the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) business since 2016. DigiPe Fintech Private Limited, the defendant filed an application for registration of the mark "DIGIPE" in September 2022 even after being issued a legal notice by PhonePe. The Madras High Court has temporarily restrained defendant from using its mark 'DIGIPE' following a trademark infringement…

January 7, 2023 BananaIP Reporter Geographical Indications (GI), Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 1315Views 0Like

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Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics – 6th January 2023

This week, the patent office published 2,025 applications along with 980 patent grants. The design office registered a total of 1,130 designs. Continue Reading Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics – 6th January 2023

January 7, 2023 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics 0Comment 3158Views 0Like

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Patent and Design Statistics – 2022

In 2022, the Indian patent office published 72,029 applications along with 31,261 patent grants. The design office registered a total of 15,904 designs. Continue Reading Patent and Design Statistics – 2022

January 5, 2023 BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics, Patents 0Comment 4114Views 2Likes

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Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics – 23rd December 2022 to 30th December 2022

This week, the patent office published 2,905 applications along with 925 patent grants. The design office registered a total of 1,064 designs. Continue Reading Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics – 23rd December 2022 to 30th December 2022

December 31, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics 0Comment 2919Views 0Like

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Weekly Trademark Updates

This week’s trademark updates are as follows – Delhi HC grants interlocutory injunctive reliefs for infringing the trademark of Radio Mirchi Radio Mirchi, the plaintiff claimed to be the registered owner of the device mark “Mirchi” under the brand name “Sunday Suspense” on various webpage/web link/application/intermediary platform. The defendants, Tuneincom and others, were alleged to have engaged in unauthorized and illegal broadcasting, transmission and communication of the plaintiff’s copyrighted audio content. It was observed as a prima facie case of infringement.…

December 30, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Geographical Indications (GI), Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 1037Views 0Like

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Weekly Copyright, Media, and Entertainment Law Updates

This week’s copyright, media, and entertainment law updates are as below- Delhi HC issues summons to Bear Grylls in Copyright Infringement Case The High Court of Delhi issued summons to British television presenter Bear Grylls and others including NBC Universal Inc and its Vice President Tom Shelly, Warner brothers Discovery, OTT platform Hotstar, The Walt Disney, and Net Geo India, on a suit filed by Indian script writer Arrmann Shankar Sharma, who claimed that the former’s show has infringed upon his…

December 30, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 1389Views 0Like

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Yezdi Trademark Case – Why Companies Should Be Wary During Winding Up

The Karnataka High Court recently ruled that Boman R. Irani of the Rustomjee Group had obtained the trademark Yezdi from Ideal Jawa (India) Ltd. in bad faith, thus making all trademarks and registration certificates issued to him void and requiring him to pay costs associated with utilising and distributing the mark during winding up proceedings. Continue Reading Yezdi Trademark Case – Why Companies Should Be Wary During Winding Up