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Recap 2021: IP Updates – Part 4

In this post we revisit the IP Updates ie., any amendments, ordinances, notifications, and other information related to IP published in the year 2021. For reader's convenience it has been divided into parts, please find the link to the previous and next parts towards the end of this post. DELHI HIGH COURT INVITES SUGGESTIONS FOR FIXING ROYALTIES FOR SOUND RECORDING The High Court of Delhi has issued a public notice on 10th November, 2021, with respect to the intention of the…

February 8, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, General, Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1386Views 4Likes

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Recap 2021: IP Updates – Part 3

In this post we revisit the IP Updates ie., any amendments, ordinances, notifications, and other information related to IP published in the year 2021. For reader's convenience it has been divided into parts, please find the link to the previous and next parts towards the end of this post. CONSUMER PROTECTION (E-COMMERCE) RULES, 2020 – PROPOSED AMENDMENTS (2021) INTRODUCTION On 23rd July, 2020 the Central Government had notified the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, 2020. The Department of Consumer Affairs on 21st…

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Weekly Patent Statistics- 28th January 2022 to 4th February 2022.

Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics- 28th January 2022 to 4th February 2022

This week's Patent and Design data has been compiled from the Official journal of patents and designs, published by the patent office on the 4th of February 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 1,736 patent applications have been published in the 5th issue of the Patent Journal, 2022. Out of the 1,736 applications published in the journal, 774 applications account…

February 8, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics, Patents 0Comment 1381Views 4Likes

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Latest Updates on Antitrust – February, 2022 – Part I

This is a rundown of last week’s news updates on Antitrust: CCI Imposes Heavy Penalties On 6 Tyre Manufacturers For Cartelization The Competition Commission of India, the country’s antitrust watchdog, recently passed a cease and desist order and imposed heavy penalties on Apollo Tyres, MRF, CEAT, JK Tyres, Birla Tyres and Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association for cartelization. It was alleged that all the above-mentioned tyre manufacturers together controlled 90% of the tyre production in India and were engaged in price parallelism…

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Latest Updates on Privacy - February, 2022 - Part I

Latest Updates on Privacy – February, 2021 – Part I

This is a rundown of last week’s news updates on Privacy: Central Government addresses concerns about penalising export-import data publication The Central Government had, through the Finance Bill, proposed the insertion of Section 135AA in the Customs Act which would make publishing of export-import data from the country, unless required by law, a punishable offence, with imprisonment of up to six months. Owing to concerns as to ambiguity in the type of data and whether publishing aggregate trade data would amount to…

February 8, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Privacy / Data Protection 0Comment 1061Views 1Like

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Purdue University accuses Google of patent infringement, India triples number of patent grants and more

In this week's patent news: India triples number of patent grants, finds Economic Survey 2021-2022; Purdue University accuses Google of patent infringement, files suit; Gilead announces patent dispute settlement involving HIV drug Biktarvy; BlackBerry sells Legacy Patents for 600 million dollars; $85 million award against Apple disregarded, Court orders new trial Indian Patent Updates: India triples number of patent grants, finds Economic Survey 2021-2022 According to the Economic Survey 2021-2022, which was tabled in the Parliament on 31 st…

February 7, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 788Views 2Likes

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Weekly News Update: Copyright and Entertainment Law

This is the weekly news update for copyright and entertainment law. Japanese publishing giants sue Cloudflare Four giants of manga publishing, Kodansha, Shueisha, Shogakukan, and Kadokawa, have filed a lawsuit in the Tokyo District Court against American web infrastructure company Cloudflare for infringing their copyright by hosting sites that distribute pirated manga on its servers. The publishers are seeking an injunction and a combined 400 million Yen (USD 3.5 million) in damages. Kodansha claims that Cloudflare’s policy of requiring merely an…

February 4, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 1783Views 3Likes

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Recap 2021: IP Updates – Part 2

In this post we revisit the IP Updates ie., any amendments, ordinances, notifications, and other information related to IP published in the year 2021. For reader's convenience it has been divided into parts, please find the link to the previous and next parts towards the end of this post. COPYRIGHT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ECOMMERCE GOVT. NOTIFICATIONS-2021 The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has issued a notification, through the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), introducing the Copyright (Amendment) Rules,…

February 2, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Biological Diversity, Copyrights, General, Intellectual Property, Patents, Trademarks 0Comment 1598Views 5Likes

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CASE BRIEF: Samir Kasal vs Prashant Mehta & Ors.

Decided by High Court of Delhi on 19th January 2022. Facts The Plaintiff conceptualized a cricket league format wherein famous retired cricket players would play Test format of cricket with two innings of 10 (ten) overs each. The Plaintiff’s idea intended to exploit the interest in cricket of Indians residing in non-cricket playing countries. The Plaintiff started building up on the concept with the Defendants, and began correspondence with the requisite authorities and people to be involved. The format and information…

February 1, 2022 BananaIP Reporter Case Study, Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 2989Views 3Likes

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CASE BRIEF: Renaissance Hotel Holdings Inc. vs B. Vijay Sai and Ors.

Decided by Supreme Court of India on 19th January 2022 (Reportable) Facts The Appellant, proprietor and holder of the trademark ‘RENAISSANCE’, had filed a suit against the Respondents for a permanent injunction against the use of the allegedly infringing trademark ‘SAI RENAISSANCE’, as well as any other mark identical to the Respondents’ mark, ‘RENAISSANCE’. The Appellant discovered two hotels being run by the Respondents, in Bangalore and Puttaparthi, and noted that it copied the style, signage, and the word ‘RENAISSANCE’. The Respondents’…

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Celebrating 20 Years of IP Excellence

Recap 2021: IP Updates – Part 4

Recap 2021: IP Updates – Part 3

Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics- 28th January 2022 to 4th February 2022

Latest Updates on Antitrust – February, 2022 – Part I

Latest Updates on Privacy – February, 2021 – Part I

Purdue University accuses Google of patent infringement, India triples number of patent grants and more

Weekly News Update: Copyright and Entertainment Law

Recap 2021: IP Updates – Part 2

CASE BRIEF: Samir Kasal vs Prashant Mehta & Ors.

CASE BRIEF: Renaissance Hotel Holdings Inc. vs B. Vijay Sai and Ors.

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