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Important Indian Copyright Cases – 2021

In this post, we bring to you Important Copyright Cases decided by Indian Courts in the year 2021 Krishna Kishore Singh vs. Sarla A. Saraogi & Ors. In this case, the Delhi High Court refused to grant an interim injunction against publication and release of films purportedly related to Sushant Singh Rajput (SSR) as the plaintiff, SSR’s father failed to make out a prima facie case, and because irreparable harm and balance of convenience were in favour of the defendants. The…

January 17, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 10787Views 0Like

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Important Patent Case law – 2021

In this post, we bring to you Important Patent Cases decided by Indian Courts in year 2021 FMC Corporation & ANR. vs Natco Pharma Limited In this comprehensive judgment with respect to grant of interim injunctions involving a patent relating to “Chlorantraniliprole” (also known as CTPR), the Delhi High Court rejected a valiant effort by the defendant based on several grounds under the patent law. The Court refused to grant permission to the defendant to manufacture and sell the insecticide during…

January 13, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Case Study, Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 2432Views 1Like

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Patent and Design Statistics – 2021

Despite the pandemic plaguing us wave after wave and the month-long lockdowns announced by the Governments across the world, the Indian Patent Office appears to have done a remarkable job in disposing patent and design applications. For instance, over 30,431 patents have been issued by the patent office in 2021 as opposed to 26,309 patents issued in 2020. Likewise, over 52 patent applications were published in 2021 as opposed to 51,325 patent publications in 2020. In this post, we bring to…

January 11, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics, Patents 0Comment 2011Views 2Likes

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Latest Patent & Design Updates – January 2022 – Part 1

In this week's update on patents - India requests emergency meeting of WTO General Council to discuss patent waiver; RGNIIPM announces online advanced training program on patent specification; Taiwan’s revised ‘Accelerated Examination Program’ (AEP) comes into effect from January 01, 2022; USPTO pushes deadline for applications under COVID-19 Prioritized Pilot Program to March 31st, 2022; Novartis announces CAFC ruling on validity of Gilenya patent; Intel can challenge two of Qualcomm's smartphone patents, says U.S. Court of Appeals. India related patent updates…

January 10, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 2433Views 1Like

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Weekly Patent Statistics- 10th December 2021 to 17th December 2021

Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics- 7th January 2022

This week’s Patent & Design data has been compiled from the Official Journal of the Patents and Designs Office published by the patent office on the 7th of January 2022. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. INDIAN PATENT STATISTICS A total of 1,045 patent applications have been published in the 1st issue of the Patent Journal, 2022. Out of the 1,045 applications published in the journal, 387…

January 10, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics, Patents 0Comment 1256Views 2Likes

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Geographical Indications Statistics – 2021

GI STATISTICS IN 2021 Year 2021 has been a fruitful year for Geographical Indication and the Registry. The Registry received 76 new GI Applications and issued 33 registration certificates. In this post, we bring to you a recap of the GI statistics from 2021. CityPrevious WeekThis WeekPercentage of change Delhi1118721.62% decrease Mumbai916825.27% decrease Chennai15010728.67% decrease Kolkata35488.57% decrease Total38726631.27% decrease In 2021 the total number of new GI Applications received from all the States and UTs’ were 76 and the total number of GI registration certificates issued for year…

January 10, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Geographical Indications (GI), Intellectual Property 0Comment 1540Views 1Like

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Copyright Statistics – 2021

The last year witnessed a lot of OTT and computer software’s releases to cope up with the on-going pandemic. Due to this reason a lot of copyright works were created and protected. In this post, we bring to you a recap of the Copyright Statistics from 2021. A total of 28,385 applications for copyright registrations were filed in the year 2021. There was an increase 6503 of applications in comparison to the total number of applications for the year 2020, which…

January 7, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 3250Views 0Like

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Weekly Trademark Statistics - January, 2022 - Part I

Weekly Trademark Office Statistics – January, 2022 – Part I

This weekly Trademark Office data has been compiled from dynamic data published by the Trademark Office as updated till 5th January, 2022. These statistics are presented to you by the Trademark and Copyright team of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. Indian Trademark Statistics A decrease of two percent (2%) in the total number of trademark applications examined by the Trademark Office this week. A total of four thousand nine hundred and seven (4907) applications were examined. These statistics have…

January 6, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 3913Views 1Like

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Trademark Statistics – 2021

Trademark Statistics from January 1st, 2021 to December 30th, 2021 ParticularsNo. of Applications Total early publications387 Total ordinary publications658 Total applications published1,045 Total grants in Delhi217 Total grants in Mumbai83 Total grants in Chennai267 Total grants in Kolkata98 Total Grants665 Total applications examined913 Yearly Trademark Statistics - A Comparison ParticularsTotal Number of Applications Total applications Published52379 Total Patents granted30431 Total applications examined67727 Total applications refused5599 Total applications abandoned due to failure to respond to examination report (s. 21(1))5289 As we can see from the table above, there has been an increase of 13.78% in the total…

January 5, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 1489Views 2Likes

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STATISTICS- 2021 (INDIA)

In this post, we bring to you a recap of the IP statistics from 2021 and a comparison of these numbers with the statistics from 2019 and 2020. The data provided herein is calculated for the respective calendar years (January to December). The data is likely to be significantly different from the data provided in the annual reports of the Indian IP Offices which take into account the financial year of March to April. PATENTS A total of 67,727 patent applications…