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Latest Updates on Privacy - September, 2021 - Part IV

Latest Updates on Privacy – September, 2021 – Part IV

This is a rundown of last week’s news updates on Privacy: California Governor signs new data access law for gun owner information Governor Newsom recently signed into law Assembly Bill 173, which provides access to research centres information on gun owners, including personally identifiable information. The Bill names the California Firearm Violence Research Center at UC Davis as the nodal point for the receipt of gun owner information from the California Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ is also permitted to…

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Weekly Trademark Statistics - September, 2021 - Part IV

Weekly Trademark Office Statistics – September, 2021 – Part IV

This weekly Trademark Office data has been compiled from dynamic data published by the Trademark Office as updated till 22nd September, 2021. These statistics are presented to you by the Trademark and Copyright team of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. Indian Trademark Statistics An increase of five percent (5%) in the total number of trademark applications examined by the Trademark Office this week. A total of five thousand three hundred and ninety-four (5394) applications were examined. These statistics have…

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Vinita Radhakrishnan IAM 300

BananaIP’s Senior Partner among Top 300 IP Strategists

In the recently published IAM Strategy 300 listing for 2021, Ms. Vinita Radhakrishnan, Senior Partner at BananaIP has been recognized as one of the Top IP Strategists in the world. The listing includes 300 internationally recognized IP Professionals selected through a confidential nomination process followed by research and interviews.  The list includes IP Leaders from the industry, law firms, Research institutions and Universities. VINITA RADHAKRISHNAN For more information about her achievements and body of work you may visit here…

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

Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics- 10th September 2021 to 17th September 2021

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 17th of September 2021. 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 756 patent applications have been published in the 38th issue of the Patent Journal, 2021. Out of the 756 applications published in the journal, 80 applications account…

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Latest Updates in Antitrust - September, 2021 - Part III

Latest Updates on Antitrust – September, 2021 – Part III

This is a rundown of last week’s news updates on Antitrust: BASF obtains favourable verdict for patent-licensing antitrust claims Chemical company BASF Corp has succeeded in their claims against rival chemical company Ingevity Corp for antitrust claims of tying a license to a patent to an obligation to buy the consequent product. The jury in this case had reached an award of $28 million, however, based on a provision of US federal antitrust law, the award is to be tripled to…

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Indian Copyright Statistics-July and August 2021

Indian Copyright Statistics-July and August 2021

A compilation of the statistics for the Indian copyright applications during the months of July-August  2021, is given below. JULY AND AUGUST 2021 In the month of August 2021 there has been a decrease of 7%  in the total number of copyright applications filed, as compared to the month of July 2021. A total of  3364 applications were filed in July 2021 and a total of 3127 applications were filed in August 2021.  The majority of applications were filed for literary/…

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Latest Updates in Privacy - September, 2021 - Part III

Latest Updates on Privacy – September, 2021 – Part III

This is a rundown of last week’s news updates on Privacy: Joint Parliamentary Committee on data protection bill to comb through over 100 drafting changes The Joint Parliamentary Committee tasked with ironing out a number of issues with the personal data protection bill will now look at over a 100 legislative drafting and cosmetic changes to be made to the bill, with one of them being the change of name from the personal data protection bill to the data protection bill.…

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Weekly Trademark Office Statistics - September, 2021 - Part III

Weekly Trademark Office Statistics – September, 2021 – Part III

This weekly Trademark Office data has been compiled from dynamic data published by the Trademark Office as updated till 15th September, 2021. 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 three percent (3%) in the total number of trademark applications examined by the Trademark Office this week. A total of five thousand one hundred and forty-four (5144) applications were examined. These statistics…

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Latest Updates on Antitrust - September, 2021 - Part II

Latest Updates on Antitrust – September, 2021 – Part II

This is a rundown of last week’s news updates on Antitrust: South Korea fines Google $177 million for abuse of dominance South Korea's new Telecommunications Business Act, colloquially referred to as the 'anti-Google' law looks to empower South Korea's antitrust regulator in trying to control Google's abuse of its dominant market position, and has resulted in the company facing a $177 million fine for allegedly blocking customized versions of its Android operating system. The Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF), a…

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Latest Updates on Privacy - September, 2021 - Part II

Latest Updates on Privacy – September, 2021 – Part II

This is a rundown of last week’s news updates on Privacy: Delhi HC: Plea for changing Aadhaar Number opposed by UIDAI On September 9, 2021, a plea before the Hon’ble Delhi HC for issuance of a new Aadhaar number was opposed by the UIDAI. The petitioner asserted an apprehension of possibility of unlawful activities by way of exploitation of his identity, on account that his Aadhaar number was linked to an overseas entity which was not known to him. The Court…

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