This is a rundown of last week’s news updates on Privacy:
Parliamentary Committee calls to ban Virtual Private Networks over anonymity of criminals online
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs has asked the Government of India to ban VPNs over worries that it perpetrates the pirating of copyrighted content, allows access to dark web marketplaces for the sale of guns and drugs, and their use by cybercriminals to hack, stalk and steal information anonymously. However, this is a contrasting move…
This weekly Trademark Office data has been compiled from dynamic data published by the Trademark Office as updated till 1st September, 2021. These statistics are presented to you by the Trademark and Copyright team of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm.
Indian Trademark Statistics
An increase of 12.6 percent in the total number of trademark applications examined by the Trademark Office this week. A total of 5623 applications were examined. These statistics have been compiled from the official journal of…
A total of 1,495 patent applications have been published in the 36th issue of the Patent Journal, 2021. Out of the 1,495 applications published in the journal, 320 applications account for early publications while 1,175 applications account for ordinary publications. Read more. Continue Reading Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics- 27th August 2021 to 3rd September 2021
This week's Patent and Design data has been compiled from the Official journal of patents and designs, published by the patent office on the 27th of August 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 1,035 patent applications have been published in the 35th issue of the Patent Journal, 2021. Out of the 1,035 applications published in the journal, 225 applications account…
This is a rundown of last week’s news updates on Privacy and Antitrust:
UK to develop its own privacy rules
Given Britain’s exit from the European Union, the question has now revolved around Britain’s obligations under privacy law, as it would now be considered as a third country under the provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation, which encumbers stricter compliance for handling data. As part of its overhaul of its Data Protection Act, Britain intends to do away with…
A dull Independence Day for e-commerce platforms
Various e-commerce platforms use I-Day to multiply their sales by providing heavy discounts. This year saw a change in this pattern. Amazon and Flipkart, the two e-commerce giants chose not to aggressively campaign their I-Day sale. The Competition Commission of India (CCI)’s current investigation on the allegations of deep discounting by e-markets had resulted in a low-key Independence Day sale. The Government also plans on proposing changes like banning flash sales, mandating platforms…
This is the weekly news update for copyright and entertainment law.
Tencent sues ByteDance over infringement claims
Tencent, the Chinese technology conglomerate, has recently sued ByteDance, which is another Chinese internet technology company that owns the short video platform “Douyin”. According to the claims made by Tencent, infringing content from the show “Crime Crackdown” was being made available on Douyin. Crime Crackdown was produced by Tencent’s film production subsidiary, Tencent Penguin Pictures, which owns the rights to the show.
Douyin has stated…
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED AND ANR. VS ASHOK KUMAR
In this case, Reliance Industries Limited, the Plaintiff, found a hardware fittings and bathroom accessories retailer using their well-known mark ‘JIO’ and hence filed a trademark & copyright infringement suit before the Bombay High Court. The Defendant on 11th June, 2021 had filed two applications for registration of the mark JIO and pirated artwork which were advertised, claiming use since 16th December, 2016. The court noted that the Defendant not only copied…
This week's Patent and Design data has been compiled from the Official journal of patents and designs, published by the patent office on the 20th of August 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 1,136 patent applications have been published in the 34th issue of the Patent Journal, 2021. Out of the 1,136 applications published in the journal, 238 applications account…
This weekly Trademark Office data has been compiled from dynamic data published by the Trademark Office as updated till 25th August, 2021. These statistics are presented to you by the Trademark and Copyright team of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm.
Indian Trademark Statistics
A decrease of 5.08 percent in the total number of trademark applications examined by the Trademark Office this week. A total of 4994 applications were examined. These statistics have been compiled from the official journal of…