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Weekly Patent News Bulletin: Qualcomm and L.G Electronics sign patent license agreement, New Balance sues Nautica and more

Patent News Headlines: Kochi based incubation center Maker Village wins 'Incubation Center of the Year' award, Famed Shoemaker, New Balance alleges design infringement by well known lifestyle brand Nautica, Qualcomm and L.G Electronics sign new patent license agreement, Hytera’s Motion to Dismiss patent infringement suit fails in US Court and more patent news. India Patent News Updates IPPOF awards Maker Village for being an outstanding incubation center in the field of Intellectual Property The IP Promotion Outreach Foundation (IPPOF)…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents August 27, 2019 715Views 0Like

Interesting Patents and Inventions of the week

This week's interesting inventions have been identified and extracted from the 34th issue of the Patent Journal, 2019. This information is presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Patent Firm. Interesting Inventions of the Week Invention 1 : BRAILLE TABLET Patent Applicant – RAI, Khushwant Patent Application No. – 201811035031 A Abstract – “The present invention relates to a new technology Braille Pad or tablet for reading Braille script output on an…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents August 27, 2019 1444Views 0Like

Patent News Bulletin: Indian Patent Statistics and Industrial Design Statistics

These statistics have been compiled from the official journal of the patents and designs office published weekly on Fridays. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Patent Firm. Indian Patent Statistics A total of 732 patent applications have been published in the 34th issue of the Patent Journal, 2019. Out of the 732 applications published in the journal, 98 applications account for early publications while 643 applications account for ordinary publications…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents August 27, 2019 796Views 0Like

Intellectual Property Training for Organizations

BananaIP’s corporate training for Inventors and R&D personnel

BananaIP conducted a customized corporate IP training program for inventors on 23rd August . The schedule of the training program was as follows. S.No Topic Particulars 1. Inventing and IP Protection - how does the game work? Providing inventors an understanding of the interface between the inventing and IP/ Patent process and related outcomes. 2. The role of the inventor in the patent system. Role played by an inventor in a company in the context of the patent system. 3. Thinking about patentable inventions. Providing inventors with the tools required to come…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, IP Training August 27, 2019 773Views 0Like

Copyright and eCommerce Law News: Apple Sues Corellium for Copyright Infringement, YouTube Sues Copyright Troll for Extortion, US Govt Supports Led Zepplin in Infringement Case and more

Delhi HC Issues Order Against Piracy Sites; Season 2 of Netflix Original Sacred Games Subject to Rampant Piracy; Apple Sues Corellium for Copyright Infringement; YouTube Sues Copyright Troll for Extortion; US Govt Supports Led Zepplin in Infringement Case; Pakistan Bans Sale of Indian Film CDs; CBS and Viacom Merge to Form ViacomCBS; YouTube Updates Policy to Protect Content Creators from False Copyright Claims; Porsche Taycan to Stream Apple Music directly into the car; Government e-Marketplace (GeM) to be Restructured as…

BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, e-Commerce Law, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law August 23, 2019 1364Views 0Like

Vistara Airlines Wins a Counterfeit Battle, Tirur Betel Leaf Gets GI Tag and Other News

Indian Trademark Statistics for August (Second Week), Guns N’ Roses Settlement, Superdry Plans Expansion in India, Sonata’s Range of Mission Mangal Watches Hit the Market, Oracle’s Trademark Battle, and more, brought to you by the Trademark Attorneys at BananaIP (BIP) Counsel. TRADEMARK QUOTE OF THE WEEK “A brand is the set of expectations, memories, stories and relationships that, taken together, account for a consumer's decision to choose one product or service over another.” – Seth Godin INDIAN TRADEMARK STATISTICS Last week, the…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks August 21, 2019 800Views 0Like

This image depicts a rusted lock on a gate. This image is relevant because this post talks about the ongoing debate about the Trade Secret law in India. Click on the image to view full post

‘Trade Secret’ Law is Turning Out to be a Well-Kept ‘Secret’

This post was published on August 26, 2014. A recent discussion with a friend made me contemplate the methods companies use to protect a business process. Most companies have processes that help in their smooth daily functioning yielding them their revenue. Since business methods are not patentable in India, there must be a way that these processes can be protected from competitors. Of course there is - Trade Secrets. A business process forms part of a company’s Confidential Information and can be…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets August 21, 2019 1221Views 1Like

This image depicts a Monkey standing with a stick and trying to describe what Patent Troll is with the basic definitions written in the Background. This image is relevant as USPTO has granted a Patent for a method of Patent Trolling. Click on the image for more information

Patent Trolls – Threat to Innovation and its Users!

This post was first published on February 11th, 2014. We are familiar with Patent Trolling strategies adopted by companies as a means to financial gain and to gain market advantage over competitors. Normally, in such cases, one company would use its portfolio of active patents to sue other companies which seem to infringe on their patent rights. This may trigger a litigation procedure in courts or get settled outside the court, at the expense of a huge amount of money.…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents August 21, 2019 840Views 0Like

This image depicts the word Engineer written in the reverse way. This image is relevant as the issue here is whether is it legal to reverse engineer the engineered. Click on the image for more information

Is it Legal to Reverse Engineer the Engineered?

This post was first published on September 24, 2014. Shoppers would agree with me when I say that while purchasing something, I need to feel a connect with it. Once I have found that connection, a feeling of possession sets in and I know that the article, which until recently was only lying in a shop somewhere, is now mine. This feeling of possession of an inanimate article may lead us to believe that anything can be done to it, which would legally be…

BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law, Patents August 20, 2019 1878Views 0Like

Patent News Bulletin: Indian Patent Statistics, Interesting Inventions, 3-day training program on IP strategy and more IP news

“Patent News Bulletin: Indian Patent Statistics, Indian Design Statistics, Interesting Inventions, NI-SME to organize a 3-day training program on IP strategy, NRDC facilitates the commercialization of two technologies developed by NIOT, New MoU enables patents registered in South Korea to be recognized in Cambodia and more and more” presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Patent Firm. Indian Patent Statistics A total of 422 patent applications have been published in the…

BananaIP Reporter Patents August 19, 2019 776Views 0Like

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