In a major win to net neutrality advocates the telecom watchdog Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) barred telecom service providers from charging differential rates for data services, which put an end to the robust Free Basics service marketing launched by Facebook and Airtel Zero platform by Airtel in its present form.
TRAI, sensing the need of the hour based on the huge cry for net neutrality by its activists and Facebook’s robust marketing of its ambitious project Free Basics,…
A new suit filed before the New York District Court, raises the curious question regarding the ownership of tattoo designs. Solid Oak Sketches that claims to own copyrights in several tattoo designs is suing Take-Two Interactive Software and other companies associated with the video game NBA 2K16. The NBA 2K16 is a basketball stimulation video game developed by Take Two Interactive Software that features several athletes of NBA including Le Bron James, Kobe Bryant, Kenyon Martin etc.
In its…
The following presentation was delivered by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Managing Partner BananaIP Counsels, at the Acharya Institute of Technology, Bangalore. The presentation is titled “Patent Law - An Introduction" and covers the following topics:
Patent Regime
Patentability Requirements
Patentable Subject Matter
Inventions Not Patentable
Examples
Industrial Applicability
Novelty
Inventive Step
Patent Process
Patent Rights
Patent Infringement
Claim Construction
Defenses
About Dr. Kalyan Kankanala
Dr. Kalyan C.…
The following presentation was delivered by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Managing Partner BananaIP Counsels, at the Woxsen School of Business, Hyderabad. The presentation is titled "Trade Secrets and Business Value" and covers the following topics:
Overview of Trade Secrets
What a Trade Secret means
Misappropriation
Defenses
Examples
Patents Vs. Trade Secrets
About Dr. Kalyan Kankanala
Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala manages the largest new age Intellectual Property Firm, BananaIP Counsels, headquartered at Bangalore, India. In…
At last the long awaited GI tag has finally been bestowed upon the Basmati Rice grown in seven north Indian Basmati rice-producing states including Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand and parts of Uttar Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir.
The order was issued on the 5th of February 2016 by Justice K.N. Basha, Chairman, IPAB, and Sanjeev Kumar Chaswal, technical member, Trademark, IPAB. The important aspects of the order issued to Assistant Registrar of GI Registry, by the Appellate…
The following presentation was delivered by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Managing Partner BananaIP Counsels, at the Woxsen School of Business, Hyderabad. The presentation is titled “Intellectual Property and Business Value” and covers the following topics:
IP as a Business Tool
Major Forms of IP
Integrated Protection
Patents
Patentability Requirements
Patent Process
Patent Rights
Patent Infringement
Claim construction
Examples
Patents in Business
Trademarks
Registration Process
Trade Mark Infringement and examples…
Scheme for Start-up Intellectual Property Protection (a.k.a Startup India):
Eligibility Criteria:
Any business entity registered in India, which is less than FIVE years old, whose annual turnover is less than Rs. 25 Cr in any of the preceding financial year, which is “working towards innovation, development, deployment or commercialization of new products, processes or service driven by technology or intellectual property”, certified by the Startup Promotion Board can avail the benefits under this scheme.
Benefits relating Intellectual Property:
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The following presentation was delivered by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Managing Partner BananaIP Counsels, at the Woxsen School of Business, Hyderabad. The presentation is titled “The Business of Intellectual Property” and covers the following topics:
Species of IP
Patents
Entertainment Patents
Copyrights
Brand value
Trademarks
Industrial Designs
Trade Secrets
Geographical Indications
Traditional Knowledge
About Dr. Kalyan Kankanala
Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala manages the largest new age Intellectual Property Firm,…
Well we’re back with some more weight loss patents that will help you in your fight against unhealthy living. While losing excess weight could be a part of achieving a fit body, we encourage a lifestyle change, exercise coupled with a healthy diet. Now let’s take a look at a few interesting weight loss patents.
An invention as disclosed in US20080103023A1 titled “Method of developing and creating a personalized exercise regime in a digital medium” relates to a method for…
How about having a nice chat with that special someone over a glass of wine while your friends hit the gym?
A recent study done by the University of Alberta, Canada, has concluded that a glass of red wine is equivalent to an hour's work out in the gym. An ingredient in red wine, Resveratrol , is said to produce exercise like results on the body. The researchers opined that Resveratrol will particularly help those who are unable to exercise.…