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President promulgates Tribunals reforms Ordinance, IPAB goes defunct with immediate effect

The President of India on the 4th of April 2021 promulgated the “THE TRIBUNALS REFORMS (RATIONALISATION AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE) ORDINANCE, 2021 ”. With the passing of this ordinance, Tribunals set up under the Cinematograph Act, 1952, the Customs Act, 1962, the Airports Authority of India Act, 1994, the Trade Marks Act, 1999 and the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Act, 2001 and certain other Acts have now effectively been rendered defunct with immediate effect. The ordinance has…

April 5, 2021 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Geographical Indications (GI), Intellectual Property, Patents, Plant Varieties, Trademarks 0Comment 1361Views 1Like

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Copyright Statistics: January-March 2021

COPYRIGHT STATISTICS January and February 2021 There is an increase of 40% in the total number of copyright applications filed for the month of February 2021, as compared to the month of January 2021. A total of 2252 applications were filed in January and a total of 3166 filed in February. The majority of applications were filed for literary/ dramatic and artistic works S. No. Type of Work Number of applications filed in the month of January 2021 Number of applications filed in the…

April 5, 2021 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 1417Views 0Like

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Decathlon Fights Pentathlon, Delhi High Court Restrains Usage of ‘BOSS’ and more

Decathlon Fights Pentathlon, Taylor Swift Faces Lawsuit Against ‘Evermore’ Album, Gucchi Mushroom Applied for GI Tag, and more brought to you by the Trademark Attorneys at BananaIP (BIP) Counsel INDIAN TRADEMARK UPDATES Delhi High Court Restrains Usage of ‘BOSS’ Trademark in Infringement Case Internationally renowned musical instrument manufacturer, Roland International, recently obtained a favourable decision from the Delhi High Court in a trademark infringement and passing-off suit. Roland International filed the suit against Sandeep Jain, and his companies ‘Hi Tone Electronics’…

April 1, 2021 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 2426Views 0Like

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IPO notifies Supreme Court’s latest decision on ‘Extension of Limitation’; Monsanto and Nuziveedu settle long standing patent dispute and more

IPO notifies Supreme Court’s latest decision on ‘Extension of Limitation’; Monsanto and Nuziveedu settle long standing patent dispute; EPO to continue conducting mandatory oral proceedings by video conference; Over 250 European MP’s urge EU to support temporary patent waiver demanded by India and South Africa Indian Patent News IPO notifies Supreme Court’s latest decision on ‘Extension of Limitation’ Last year, the Supreme court of India had taken Suo Motu cognizance of the situation arising out of the…

March 29, 2021 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1165Views 0Like

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Weekly Patent News - Patent and industrial design statistics

Patent office increases disposal of applications, average of 233 patent examination reports issued per day in the first quarter

This week’s Patent & Design data has been compiled from the Official Journal of Patents and Designs published by the patent office on the 26th of March 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 1,270 patent applications have been published in the 13th issue of the Patent Journal, 2021. Out of the 1,270 applications published in the journal, 220…

March 29, 2021 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics 0Comment 702Views 0Like

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IPO & JPO to be competent ISA & IPEA to each other under PCT, EPO publishes patent index 2020 and more

IPO & JPO to be competent ISA & IPEA to each other under PCT; Apple fined $308.5 million for patent infringement, says “will appeal”; EPO publishes patent index 2020 Indian Patent News IPO & JPO to be competent ISA & IPEA to each other under PCT India and Japan have mutually agreed to recognize each other’s offices as be competent International Searching Authority and International Preliminary Examining Authority (ISA/IPEA) for any international (PCT) patent application filed with…

March 22, 2021 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 925Views 0Like

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Number of grants increase by over 60% this week, minor drop in patent publications

This week’s Patent & Design data has been compiled from the Official Journal of Patents and Designs published by the patent office on the 19th of March 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 955 patent applications have been published in the 12th issue of the Patent Journal, 2021. Out of the 955 applications published in the journal, 191…

March 22, 2021 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics 0Comment 797Views 0Like

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CAIT announces launch of eCommerce Portal, Samsung and Nokia ink Video Patent Licensing Deal, Spotify and Kakao sign Music Licensing Deal and more.

CAIT announces launch of eCommerce Portal, Rise in eCommerce sales in Middle East despite Covid-19, Telecom Licensing Terms amended by DoT, Samsung and Nokia ink Video Patent Licensing Deal, Spotify and Kakao sign Music Licensing Deal and Warner Bros. has partnered with Toybox. CAIT announces launch of eCommerce Portal The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) announced that it is going to launch a mobile app for its eCommerce portal ‘Bharatemarket’ which is aimed at getting more small traders to sell…

March 19, 2021 BananaIP Reporter e-Commerce Law, Intellectual Property, IP Commercialization/Licensing, Privacy / Data Protection 0Comment 858Views 1Like

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Apple sued for infringement of Emojis, The Mail ordered to publish its defeat in suit against Meghan Markle, Justice League accidently released on HBO Max and more.

Rapper Tekashi 6is9ine sued for copyright infringement on his hit single ‘Gooba’, Court grants Pinterest’s motion to dismiss in a copyright infringement suit filed by a Photographer, Developer Katrina Parrott sues Apple for alleged copyright infringement over use of multi-racial emojis, The Dubai Taxi Corporation issued Ghanaian Rapper a cease and desist notice, Justice League accidently released on HBO Max, The Mail must publish its own defeat in suit against Meghan Market on the first page, CJEU rules that framing…

March 19, 2021 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 1133Views 1Like

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China top patent filer in 2020, India ranks 13th; IPAB’s future in limbo and more

Industry groups urge government to rethink decision on abolishing IPAB; Nokia and Samsung sign a patent licensing agreement; Intel asked to pay $2.18 billion in patent infringement case; China remains top patent filer in 2020, filings grow despite pandemic; Ricoh joins WIPO GREEN Indian Patent News Industry groups urge government to rethink decision on abolishing IPAB According to The Economic Times, a group of industry associations on intellectual property has asked the government to reconsider its proposal…

March 14, 2021 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1030Views 0Like

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President promulgates Tribunals reforms Ordinance, IPAB goes defunct with immediate effect

Copyright Statistics: January-March 2021

Decathlon Fights Pentathlon, Delhi High Court Restrains Usage of ‘BOSS’ and more

IPO notifies Supreme Court’s latest decision on ‘Extension of Limitation’; Monsanto and Nuziveedu settle long standing patent dispute and more

Patent office increases disposal of applications, average of 233 patent examination reports issued per day in the first quarter

IPO & JPO to be competent ISA & IPEA to each other under PCT, EPO publishes patent index 2020 and more

Number of grants increase by over 60% this week, minor drop in patent publications

CAIT announces launch of eCommerce Portal, Samsung and Nokia ink Video Patent Licensing Deal, Spotify and Kakao sign Music Licensing Deal and more.

Apple sued for infringement of Emojis, The Mail ordered to publish its defeat in suit against Meghan Markle, Justice League accidently released on HBO Max and more.

China top patent filer in 2020, India ranks 13th; IPAB’s future in limbo and more

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