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Slow Week at the Trademark Registry

Decrease of 35 percent in the total trademark applications examined this week. Decrease of 9 percent in the total registrations granted this week. These statistics have been compiled from the official journal of the trademark office published weekly on Mondays. INDIAN TRADEMARK STATISTICS The Trademark Registry had a slow week in terms of working capacity as can be seen from the data below. There has been a decrease of 35 percent (35%) in the total trademark applications examined. We can also…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks May 14, 2021 1301Views 0Like

PhonePe and BharatPe Lock Horns, Diablo Trademark in Dispute and more

PhonePe fails to secure temporary injunction against BharatPe, Tamil Nadu’s Matti Banana sought for GI Tagging and more brought to you by the Trademark Attorneys at BananaIP (BIP) Counsel INDIAN TRADEMARK UPDATES Delhi High Court Denies PhonePe’s Injunction Against BharatPe UPI and bank payment company, PhonePe, had recently filed an application before the Delhi High Court, seeking an interim injunction against its competitor BharatPe’s usage of the term ‘Pe’ as a suffix in its trademark. PhonePe claimed that by using the…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks May 12, 2021 1758Views 0Like

Job Opening - Intellectual Property (IP) Associate

Hiring IP Associates – Job Openings at BananaIP

BananaIP is hiring Intellectual Property (IP) Associates with LLM in Intellectual Property and/or Btech/LLB. Persons with relevant experience, and persons with disabilities will be given preference. BananaIP is a premier IP Law Firm with more than 1000 clients across technology domains ranging from Automotive and AI to Entertainment and Life Sciences. The firm is recognized as a pioneer in technology driven IP services and IP strategy for business success. The diversity, specialization and expertise of its team combined with its open…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Job Postings May 12, 2021 4667Views 0Like

Natco files compulsory license request; USA approves temporary patent waiver; Ericsson and Samsung settle dispute and more

In this week’s patent news: Natco files compulsory license request for Baricitinib; USA approves temporary patent waiver; EU critical of US proposal for patent waiver, calls for removal of export restrictions; Ericsson and Samsung settle latest patent dispute, sign global patent license agreement; WIPO publishes guide on “International Registration of Industrial Designs under the Hague Agreement” and USPTO hiring hundreds of new patent examiners.  Natco files compulsory license request for Baricitinib Hyderabad based generic drug manufacturer Natco…

BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property, Patents May 10, 2021 972Views 0Like

Weekly Patent News - Patent and industrial design statistics

Industrial design activity sluggish so far, Patent activity fares batter

This week’s Patent & Design data has been compiled from the Official Journal of Patents and Designs published by the patent office on the 7th of May 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 841 patent applications have been published in the 19th issue of the Patent Journal, 2021. Out of the 841 applications published in the journal, 169…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics May 8, 2021 734Views 0Like

9000+ Trademarks Registered this Week, Increase of 69% in Trademark Examination this Week

9000+ trademarks registered this week, Increase of 69 percent in total trademark applications examined. A total of 9634 applications have been granted registration. These statistics have been compiled from the official journal of the trademark office published weekly on Mondays. INDIAN TRADEMARK STATISTICS There has been an overall increase in the working capacity of the Trademark Registry. There has been an increase of sixty nine percent (69%) in the total trademark applications examined. Similarly, there has been an increase of twelve…

BananaIP Reporter Trademarks May 7, 2021 817Views 0Like

Supreme Court restores order extending time limits indefinitely, asks why Government is not invoking compulsory licensing provisions and more

In this week’s patent news and updates - Supreme Court restores order extending time limits indefinitely; Supreme Court asks Government why it is not invoking compulsory licensing provisions; US publishes infamous "Special 301 Report", places India on priority watch list; USPTO organizing series of free webinars on Industrial designs / design patents Indian Patent Updates Supreme Court restores order extending time limits indefinitely The Supreme Court on Tuesday, i.e., April 27th restored its order from last year…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents May 2, 2021 9750Views 0Like

Patent office continues working hard amidst pandemic, over 800 applications examined this week

This week’s Patent & Design data has been compiled from the Official Journal of Patents and Designs published by the patent office on the 30th of April 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 727 patent applications have been published in the 18th issue of the Patent Journal, 2021. Out of the 727 applications published in the journal, 123…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics May 1, 2021 2475Views 0Like

7500+ New Trademark Applications Filed this Week

7500+ new trademark applications filed this week, Increase of 68 percent in total number of hearing notices issued. A total of 5838 applications examined in the previous week. These statistics have been compiled from the official journal of the trademark office published weekly on Mondays. INDIAN TRADEMARK STATISTICS There has been an overall increase in the working capacity of the Trademark Registry. There has been an increase of twenty four percent (24%) in the total number of applications disposed…

BananaIP Reporter Trademarks April 28, 2021 643Views 0Like

Is today a Happy World IP Day?

Last year, I wrote a post talking about the preference for open and collaborative research to combat the COVID pandemic (read here). At the time, I was excited to note that Governments, organisations and people were setting aside their IP norms and beliefs in the interests of human welfare. One year later, I have come to realize that my excitement was premature and uncalled for. Except for World Health Organisation's ACT (Access to Covid-19 Tools) Accelerator Program, and the COVAX Program…

Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala Intellectual Property April 26, 2021 1428Views 0Like

Celebrating 20 Years of IP Excellence