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GI Tag to Manipur Black Rice, Crosley Radio Renews License with Beatles and more

GI Tag to Manipur Black Rice, Groupon Wins Domain Dispute, ANADAY Takes on AMADAY for Trademark Infringement and more, brought to you by the Trademark Attorneys at BananaIP (BIP) Counsel. INDIAN TRADEMARK UPDATES ANADAY Takes on AMADAY for Trademark Infringement Ajanta Pharma (‘Plaintiff’), a multinational pharmaceutical company, filed a suit before the High Court of New Delhi seeking a permanent injunction to restrain Zuventus Healthcare (‘Defendant’) from using the trademark ‘ANADAY’ for pharmaceutical drugs. The Plaintiff claims to be the registered…

May 13, 2020 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 941Views 0Like

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Patent office extends all deadlines to 18th May 2020, WIPO launches COVID-19 IP Policy Tracker and more patent news

In this week’s Patent News – Patent office extends all deadlines to 18th May 2020; WIPO launches COVID-19 IP Policy Tracker; USPTO allows Plant Patent Applications to be filed via the patent electronic filing systems; Japanese tech giants join COVID-19 IP pledge to fight the pandemic and other news updates. INDIA PATENT NEWS Patent office extends all deadlines to 18th May 2020 The Indian Patent Office (IPO) by virtue of public notification dated 4th May has extended…

May 11, 2020 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 830Views 0Like

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25000+ patent applications examined till date, general decrease in activity at IPO

This week’s Patent & Design data has been compiled from the Official Journal of Patents and Designs published by the patent office on the 8th of May 2020. These statistics are brought to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. INDIAN PATENT STATISTICS A total of 317 patent applications have been published in the 19th issue of the Patent Journal, 2020. Out of the 317 applications published in the journal,…

May 11, 2020 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 688Views 0Like

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Trademark Registry Gearing up to Resume its Operations

Trademark registry gearing up to resume its operations, Increase of 16% in total number of trademark applications examined. These statistics have been compiled from the official journal of the trademark office published weekly on Mondays. INDIAN TRADEMARK STATISTICS With the lockdown still in place, it looks like we will have to wait for the Trademark Registry to get its groove back. However, with the relaxations administered by the government, the Indian Trademark Registry has picked up its pace with a sixteen…

May 7, 2020 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 717Views 0Like

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Advisory & Consultations for Artists During Lockdown

With the onset of COVID 19 and the extended lockdown, artists, singers, dancers, actors and performers have rapidly adopted online options to reach their audiences. If you are providing web based classes or are giving live and recorded performance online, have you taken the necessary measures to protect your intellectual property? There are several laws and regulations that apply to your intellectual creations, from copyrights and trademarks, to cyber laws. There are also elevated concerns at this time due to the…

May 7, 2020 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, IP Commercialization/Licensing, Publicity Rights/ Celebrity Rights, Social Media Law 0Comment 1198Views 2Likes

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Dream11 Defends its Mark Against Slavish Copying, Blackberry Producer Loses Domain Dispute and more

Dream11 defends its mark against slavish copying, Blackberry producer loses domain dispute, Astronomer sues American girl doll for looking like her, Mizo chow-chow loses GI battle and more, brought to you by the Trademark Attorneys at BananaIP (BIP) Counsel. INDIAN TRADEMARK UPDATES Dream11 Defends its Mark Against Slavish Copying Sporta Technologies (‘Plaintiff’), the popular online fantasy sports platform, filed suit before the Delhi High Court for a permanent injunction to restrain Jaipur based entity EDREAM 11 SKILL POWER (‘Defendant’) from using…

May 6, 2020 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 1014Views 0Like

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AI cannot be an inventor rules USPTO, IPO extends SIPP Scheme and other patent news

In this week’s Patent News - Office of CGPDTM extends SIPP Scheme for a period of three years; CSIR allows firms to defer payments for using COVID-19 related IP; After UKIPO and EPO, USPTO now rules that artificial intelligence cannot be a legal inventor; Gilead says it is open to make Remdesivir available globally; USTR’s continues to place India on its Priority Watch List; USPTO extends certain patent and trademark deadlines to June 1; IPOS offers world’s fastest Application-to-Grant…

May 4, 2020 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 854Views 0Like

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Partial activity resumes at IPO amidst extended national lockdown

This week’s Patent & Design data has been compiled from the Official Journal of Patents and Designs published by the patent office on the 1st of May 2020. These statistics are brought to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. INDIAN PATENT STATISTICS A total of 431 patent applications have been published in the 18th issue of the Patent Journal, 2020. Out of the 431 applications published in the journal,…

May 4, 2020 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 634Views 0Like

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Ford Faces USD 8.1 million Infringement Lawsuit, Jennifer Lopez Sued over Infringing Photograph and US Copyright and Patent Offices Asked to Study Infringement by States

Ford Faces USD 8.1 million Infringement Lawsuit, Jennifer Lopez Sued over Infringing Photograph and U.S. Copyright and Patent Offices Asked to Study Infringement by States. Ford Faces USD 8.1 million Infringement Lawsuit Freeplay Music, a music library, recently filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against automobile manufacturer, Ford Motor. In the lawsuit, Freeplay music claimed that Ford, allegedly used music owned by Freeplay in its web broadcasted advertisements, without taking necessary licenses or acquiring prior permission to use the songs from…

May 2, 2020 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 827Views 0Like

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Free Patent Filings for Open COVID Pledge Adopters

With the objective of promoting generation of inventions that can help in the fight against COVID-19, BananaIP earlier launched a free patent program for inventors of personal protection equipment, especially masks. We are now launching another free patent program for inventions aimed at COVID testing, prevention and cure ("COVID Inventions"). As a part of this initiative, BananaIP's attorneys will search, draft and file patent and design applications in India with respect to COVID Inventions without charging any professional fee if…

April 29, 2020 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1646Views 0Like

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GI Tag to Manipur Black Rice, Crosley Radio Renews License with Beatles and more

Patent office extends all deadlines to 18th May 2020, WIPO launches COVID-19 IP Policy Tracker and more patent news

25000+ patent applications examined till date, general decrease in activity at IPO

Trademark Registry Gearing up to Resume its Operations

Dream11 Defends its Mark Against Slavish Copying, Blackberry Producer Loses Domain Dispute and more

AI cannot be an inventor rules USPTO, IPO extends SIPP Scheme and other patent news

Partial activity resumes at IPO amidst extended national lockdown

Ford Faces USD 8.1 million Infringement Lawsuit, Jennifer Lopez Sued over Infringing Photograph and US Copyright and Patent Offices Asked to Study Infringement by States

Free Patent Filings for Open COVID Pledge Adopters

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