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Why should I perform a Freedom to Operate (FTO) analysis before launching my product?

As a product developer, you likely put a lot of time and resources into developing your product. You want to be sure that you will not face any legal issues when you launch your product. This is where a Freedom to Operate (FTO) analysis comes in. Read More Continue Reading Why should I perform a Freedom to Operate (FTO) analysis before launching my product?

November 2, 2022 IP AI Reporter Freedom to Operate (FTO), General, Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1927Views 0Like

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How to Encourage Employee Inventors in Your Company to File for More Patents

As employee inventors continue to file more patents with the Patent office, it’s important that you encourage them to do the same within your company. There are many ways in which a company can encourage its employee inventors to file for more patents. If you’re ready to help your company get even more value out of your employee inventor program, you should follow these tips. Read More Continue Reading How to Encourage Employee Inventors in Your Company to File for…

November 1, 2022 IP AI Reporter General, Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1457Views 0Like

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Can you revive abandoned/lapsed patents and patent applications in India?

A patent attorney’s job includes tracking and managing deadlines and schedules for each patent case that he or she handles. Every Indian patent has at least ten (10) deadlines on average, and a patent attorney managing a portfolio of one hundred patents must keep track of at least one thousand dates. Read More Continue Reading Can you revive abandoned/lapsed patents and patent applications in India?

October 31, 2022 IP AI Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1854Views 0Like

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Role of ‘Intent’ in Reviving lost Patents and Patent Applications in India

One of the critical parts of a patent attorney’s work is the management of timelines and deadlines relating to patent files being handled by her/him. On an average, each patent file in India has at least ten (10) deadlines, and if a patent attorney has a portfolio of 100 patents, she/he is looking at at least 1000 dates to track. Read More Continue Reading Role of ‘Intent’ in Reviving lost Patents and Patent Applications in India

October 31, 2022 Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1041Views 0Like

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Weekly Antitrust and Data Privacy Updates

This week's Antitrust and Data Privacy Updates are as below - Mark Zuckerberg to testify before Federal Trade Commission Over Purchasing Within Meta Platforms CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, is set to give his testimony in the case initiated by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC has raised their objections to the purchase of the Virtual Reality (VR) content-making company, Within Unlimited. FTC argues that if this purchase by Meta is not blocked, it has the potential to create a monopoly in…

October 30, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, IP and Antitrust/Competition, Privacy / Data Protection 0Comment 1049Views 0Like

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Weekly Copyright, Media, and Entertainment Law Updates

This week’s copyright, media, and entertainment law updates are as below: Japan’s Supreme Court Exempts Music Students from Copyright Fees In an appeal from the Intellectual Property High Court, the Supreme Court rejected the plea by Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers, and Publishers (JASRAC) affirming the lower court’s judgment. The First Petty Bench of the Supreme Court, presided by Justice Takuya Miyama, upholding Intellectual Property High Court’s judgement, declared that the student’s use of copyrighted works in music school…

October 28, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 990Views 0Like

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Weekly Antitrust and Data Privacy Updates

This week's Antitrust and Data Privacy Updates are as follows - Google fined by CCI for Anti-Competitive Practices In the decision by the Competition Commission of India, passed on 21 October 2022, the antitrust watchdog slapped Alphabet Inc., the parent company of the tech platform Google, with a $162 Million penalty. The CCI adjudged Google to have abused its dominant position in the market, in relation to the Android Platform in the smartphone market. The decision passed by the CCI restrains…

October 24, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, IP and Antitrust/Competition, Privacy / Data Protection 0Comment 966Views 0Like

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Weekly Trademark Updates

This week's trademark updates are as follows - Ninety-One v. Ninety-Nine Bicycles – Trademark Infringement Lawsuit The proprietor of the mark ‘Ninety-One Bicycles’ initiated a trademark infringement suit against the defendant, to restrain them from manufacturing and selling bicycles under the mark ‘Ninety-Nine Bicycles’, which was deceptively similar to their mark. The mark ‘Ninety-Nine Bicycles’ was only recently adopted by the defendants, prior to which they were using mark such as ‘SACHIN BIKES’, ‘SACHIN CROCS’, etc. Alphavector India Private Limited, the…

October 23, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Geographical Indications (GI), Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 884Views 0Like

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Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics – 14th October 2022 to 21st October 2022

Indian Patent and Industrial Design Statistics for the week – 14th October, 2022 to 21st October, 2022 has been compiled from the Official journal of Patents and Designs. The data is presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. Continue Reading Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics – 14th October 2022 to 21st October 2022

October 21, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics 0Comment 1561Views 0Like

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Weekly Copyright, Media, and Entertainment Law Updates

This week’s copyright, media and entertainment law updates are as below: Slovenia Implements EU Directives on Copyright Law Protecting Author’s Right in Cinematographic Works The National Assembly in Slovenia, amending the Copyright and Related Rights Act and the Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights Act, has adopted provisions from two EU Directives on Copyright in to Slovenian legislation. The Ministry of Economic Development and Technology in the process of drafting and legislating the amendments, had held public debates, gathered suggestions…

October 21, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law, Social Media Law 0Comment 1096Views 0Like

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Why should I perform a Freedom to Operate (FTO) analysis before launching my product?

How to Encourage Employee Inventors in Your Company to File for More Patents

Can you revive abandoned/lapsed patents and patent applications in India?

Role of ‘Intent’ in Reviving lost Patents and Patent Applications in India

Weekly Antitrust and Data Privacy Updates

Weekly Copyright, Media, and Entertainment Law Updates

Weekly Antitrust and Data Privacy Updates

Weekly Trademark Updates

Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics – 14th October 2022 to 21st October 2022

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