Trademark Stats, Interesting Trademarks, Indian Trademark News, recent trademark Cases, trademark Branding, Licensing, Domain Name Disputes, Trademark tips and more, presented by the Trademark attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm.
TRADEMARK QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"The Ideal trademark is one that is pushed to its utmost limits in terms of abstraction and ambiguity, yet is still readable. Trademarks are usually metaphors of one kind or another. And are, in a certain sense, thinking made visible"
---Saul Bass
Trademark Stats…
Annual report 2015-2016 released - Samsung tops charts, IBM patents, Patent Litigation, Patent tips and more, presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm.
Patent Quote of the week
"To achieve patent commercialization success, every inventor must think like a business man." - Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Renowned IP Attorney, Author and Professor.
Indian Patent Statistics
The Activity at Patent office this week has been on the low side as compared to the previous week. The total number…
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Music Broadcast Private Limited v. Indian Performing Right Society Limited, SUIT NO. 2401 OF 2006
Facts of the case
The Plaintiff (Music Broadcast Private Limited) engaged in business of establishing, operating and maintaining FM Radio broadcasting stations in various cities of India sought a declaration that the Defendant (IPRS) is not entitled to demand or recover royalty and/or license fee in respect of broadcast of sound recordings at its FM Radio…
Recent copyrights cases, Entertainment Trademark News, International copyright updates, copyright tip of the week and more, presented by the Media & entertainment law attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm.
Copyright Thought of the Week
"The right to be attributed as an author of a work is not merely a copyright, it is every author's basic human right." Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala
Indian Copyright Cases
Metro Tyres v. MRF - ASCI
The Delhi High Court recently passed…
"Data has the ability to make or break a company." - Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala
In today's information age, Data has emerged as a very important business tool. Among other factors, success of businesses is dependent on possession, management, processing and analysis of data. The relevance of data in business has increased so significantly during the last decade that one report estimates a short supply of close to two hundred thousand (2,00,000) data professionals by the end of 2018 in the…
Harley Davidson, Sound Mark, Delhi High Court, Kamdhenu mark, Counterfeit products, Deceptively similar, Trademark registration tips and more, presented by the Trademark attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm.
TRADEMARK QUOTE OF THE WEEK
A good trademark, whether a word mark or symbol, is devoid of fashion or trend, which makes it potentially iconic if it’s seen for long enough in the right places. -Ivan Chermayeff
TRADEMARK STATS
Trademark Stats from the Indian Trademark office (30th March -…
The following presentation titled "Trade Secrets and Information Security" was delivered at CISCO, Bangalore by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Chief IP Attorney at BananaIP Counsels.
The presentation covers the following topics:
Trade Secret
Reasonable Measures
Secret Information
NDAs and Confidentiality Clauses
Access Controls, etc.
Misappropriation
Defenses
Example case for trade secret misappropriation
Social Media and Information Security
Recent Cases involving trade secrets and information security
ZeniMax v. Oculus
Dalmatia v. FoodMatch…
Indian Patent Cases, Patentability Requirements, Patent Litigation, Interesting patents, Patent Licensing, Patent Tips and more, presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm.
Patent Quote of the Week
“A Patent is not a license to make money, it is a license to prevent others from making money.”
- Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, IP Attorney, Author and Professor.
Patent stats from the Indian Patent Office (27th March 2017 to 3rd April 2017)
Activity at Patent office has marginally…
A lot has been discussed in the past about patents in the entertainment field, especially interesting ones such as patents owned by entertainers (e.g. Eddie Van Halen for musical instrument support, Bill Nye for Ballet toe shoes etc.,)[1], patents directed to devices related to musical instruments, such as tuners or supports, or even new ways of recording. As the Internet and mobile devices have become more prolific, uses of the Internet and mobile devices have added new aspects to new…
Copyright cases, Copyright infringement, Entertainment technology, Licensing, Copyright Board, Copyright tips and more, presented by the Media & entertainment law attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm.
Entertainment quote of the week
Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that tiny fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device.
- Lawrence Lessig
Copyright Cases
Plagiarism charges against Hindi movie titled ‘Hindi Medium’
Shiboprosad Mukherjee and…