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Weekly Antitrust and Data Privacy Updates

This week's Antitrust and Data Privacy Updates are as below - Google Appeals to NCLAT Over CCI Fines Google, being fined Rs. 1337.76 Crore by CCI for its unfair trade practices, in an order in October, has filed an appeal to NCLAT. In October, CCI found Google guilty of abusing its dominant position in multiple markets in relation to android mobile devices. A Google spokesperson said that the decision to appeal is in line with Google’s understanding that the penalty by…

December 25, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, IP and Antitrust/Competition, Privacy / Data Protection 0Comment 983Views 0Like

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Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics – 16th December 2022 to 23rd December 2022

This week, the patent office published 755 applications along with 353 patent grants. The design office registered a total of 1,249 designs. Continue Reading Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics – 16th December 2022 to 23rd December 2022

December 23, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics 0Comment 2672Views 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 awards Rs 2 lakhs to Microsoft in Copyright Violation Case The High Court of Delhi has awarded Microsoft Rs 20 lakh in damages in the case of Microsoft Corporation vs Rupesh Waidande, a 12-year-old copyright infringement case. The, holding that that the Mumbai-based company illegally replicated and utilized Microsoft’s copyrighted products, including Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, and Windows Server, for commercial purposes. This unauthorized installation and use of…

December 23, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 1141Views 0Like

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Weekly Trademark Updates

This week’s trademark updates are as follows – Delhi High Court says 'Rooh Afza' trademark to be given high degree of protection An appeal was moved by manufacturers of Rooh Afza against rejection of its application seeking an interim injunction against Sadar Laboratories Pvt. Ltd., who infringed their trademark. The Court observed that "Rooh Afza" had acquired immense goodwill over the years and had served as the "source identifier" for the sharbat being manufactured by Hamdard National Foundation(India) and Hamdard Dawakhana…

December 23, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Geographical Indications (GI), Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 930Views 0Like

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Weekly Copyright, Media Entertainment Law Updates

This week's copyright, media and entertainment law updates are as below - More Than 200 News Outlets of Gannett Media Corp Sued for Copyright Infringement Stephanie Campbell, suing Gannett Media Corp. and more than 220 Gannett news outlets, has claimed $34 million in damages for the reproduction of her work without permission. The work in question, a photograph of former National Football League coach Katie Sowers, clicked by Campbell, has been published and circulated by Gannett Media, allegedly without her permission.…

December 20, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 921Views 1Like

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Weekly Antitrust and Data Privacy Updates

This week's antitrust and data privacy updates are as below - Facebook warned by European Commission over Potential Antitrust Breach The European Commission has issued a warning to the Facebook parent company, Meta, for abuse of its dominant position, and acting in breach of the EU Antitrust Laws. The Commission stated that Meta's actions about its online marketplace for classified advertising by connecting its dominant social network portal, Facebook to the Facebook Marketplace. As per the EC, this does not leave…

December 20, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, IP and Antitrust/Competition, Privacy / Data Protection 0Comment 628Views 0Like

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Weekly Trademark Updates

This week’s trademark updates are as follows – Trademark Lawsuit filed against HGTV’s “Ugliest House in America.” A lawsuit has been filed by HomeVestors of America, Inc., against Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. for infringement of the former’s trademark “The Ugliest House of the Year”. The HGTV show's treatment of homeowners is not representative of how HomeVestors franchisees engage with clients, although the show's title is remarkably similar to HomeVestors' annual "Ugliest House of the Year" contest. CoorsTek Defeats CeramTec in Battle to…

December 20, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Geographical Indications (GI), Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 784Views 0Like

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Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics – 9th December 2022 to 16th December 2022

This week, the patent office published 950 applications along with 697 patent grants. The design office registered a total of 698 designs. Continue Reading Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics – 9th December 2022 to 16th December 2022

December 16, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics 0Comment 2654Views 0Like

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Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics – 2nd December 2022 to 9th December 2022

This week, the patent office published 1068 applications along with 616 patent grants. The design office registered a total of 403 designs. Continue Reading Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics – 2nd December 2022 to 9th December 2022

December 9, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics 0Comment 2469Views 1Like

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Weekly Antitrust and Data Privacy Updates

This week’s Antitrust and Data Privacy Updates are as below – 5th Edition of the EU-India Competition Week Inaugurated The 5th edition of the European Union- India Competition Week was inaugurated on Monday by the acting Chairperson of CCI, Sangeeta Verma, and Seppo Nurmi, the Deputy Head of Delegation of the EU to India and Bhutan. As stated by the Deputed Head of the EU delegation, Competition week provides a forum for two major economies to debate antitrust action in digital…