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Akshay Kumar’s Toilet EK Prem Katha in copyright trouble, Game of Thrones: 90 Million infringement, Copyright Board by year end, Netflix’s copyright infringement and more.

“Akshay Kumar’s Toilet EK Prem Katha in copyright trouble, Copyright Board to be functional by end of this year, Netflix accused of copyright infringement, Game of Thrones premier pirated over 90 million times, and other entertainment law news” is presented by the Copyright and Entertainment law Attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK “Moral rights form the essence of copyright law. When they conflict with economic rights, moral rights must always…

July 28, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, IP Commercialization/Licensing, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 942Views 0Like

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PCT National phase delay condonation, Startups, Cow-dung / Urine Patents, Meditation Patents, Smart Toilet Patents, Latest Patent Judgments, IPO slows down, Apple and Qualcomm settlement, Post dating, Patent Tip of the Week and more

Cow-dung / Urine Patents from a startup, Patents that help in meditation, smart public toilets, Indian Patent Statistics, Irrigation pump on a tricycle, Latest court rulings on patents, Delay in filing PCT national phase application condonable says DHC, Apple and Qualcomm settlement possible, Post dating of patent applications, Patent Tip of the Week and more weekly news updates, presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Patent Quote “A good patent appreciates…

July 24, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 744Views 0Like

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Rasna trademark infringement, trademarks and GST, Amazon’s ‘meal-kit’ trademark, Celebrity Domain Names and more

“Indian Trade Mark Statistics for July, 2017 (Third Week), Rasna Trade Mark Infringement News, GST Impact on Trade Mark Registrations, Amazon’s New Trade Mark on Meal-Kit, Celebrity trade marks, and other weekly trade mark news is brought to you by the Trademark Team of BananaIP Trade Mark News: TRADEMARK QUOTE OF THE WEEK “A Trade Mark is a company’s persona and identity in the marketplace.” Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Renowned IP Attorney, Professor and Novelist. INDIAN TRADEMARK STATISTICS The productivity of the Indian…

July 19, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 1013Views 0Like

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Patents, Startups, Innovations, Interesting Patents and Designs, Government Updates, Latest Patent Disputes, Eli Lilly versus Actavis, Doctrine of Equivalents, Patent Tip of the Week and more.

Patents, Startups, Innovations, Interesting Patents and Designs, Government Updates, Latest Patent Disputes, Eli Lilly versus Actavis, Doctrine of Equivalents, Patent Infringement, Plant varieties, Patent Tip of the Week, Patent pending, Patented and more weekly news updates, presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm Patent Quote of the week “Patents stand for you when everything else is lost.” - Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Renowned IP Attorney, Professor and Novelist Patent Stats from the…

July 17, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 762Views 0Like

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Amitabh Bachchan sends copyright infringement notice to Aam Admi Party Leader Kumar Vishwas, Dhinchak Pooja’s videos taken down from YouTube due to copyright infringement claims, Monkey-Selfie Copyright suit returns to Court, IIFA comes out with official merchandise and more

Copyrights & Entertainment Law News: Indian Copyright and Entertainment Law Updates, International Copyright and Entertainment Law Updates, Entertainment Licensing and Merchandising Updates, BIP 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 quote of the week “If you don’t move to protect copyright, if you don’t move to protect our children, It is not going to sit well” – Barbara Boxer Indian Copyright and Entertainment Law…

July 14, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, IP Commercialization/Licensing, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 836Views 0Like

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Patents, Startups, Innovations, IPO updates, Automated patent grants, Interesting Patents and Designs, Qualcomm’s fresh lawsuit, Xiaomi and Nokia patent sharing deal, Patent tip of the week and more

Patents, Startups, Innovations, IPO updates, Automated patent grants, Interesting Patents and Designs, Qualcomm’s fresh lawsuit against Apple, Xiaomi and Nokia patent sharing deal, USPTO’s new director, India – Israel partnership, plant varieties, Patent tip of the week and more weekly news updates, presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Patent Quote of the week “Patent owners should invest the necessary time and money in preparing and prosecuting patents with greater clarity, so…

July 10, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property, Patents, Plant Varieties 0Comment 888Views 0Like

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Pina Colada smell for Ukuleles, Court granted an ad interim injunction in favor of DLF Ltd, ‘Jollibee’ loses trademark dispute against ‘Jolliville’, Bead Jewellery of Kashi obtains GI registration and more

Interesting Trademarks, Indian Trademark Updates, International Trademark Updates, Geographical Indication updates and more brought to you by the Trademark Team of BananaIP Trade Mark News: TRADEMARK QUOTE OF THE WEEK "A great brand evolves from building a good reputation" --Abiodun A. Abiodun TRADEMARK STATS FROM THE INDIAN TRADEMARK OFFICE The productivity of the Trademark Registry has increased, as can be seen from the table below. There has been an increase of 58% in the total number of registrations granted this week. Particulars Last week This week Change…

July 5, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 1031Views 0Like

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Non-conventional Trademark-Smell marks

In the earlier post, we had discussed Sound marks as one of the unconventional marks. This post is a continuation of the previous post, where we will be discussing Smell marks. Olfactory memory is the most unused mean to link a brand to consumers. The smell as the most potent type of human memory can potentially identify a product if it qualifies the criteria of a trademark. Smells have also the ability to recollect pictures and emotions and this may affect…

June 30, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 2337Views 0Like

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Legal row over Half Girlfriend, Google directed to de-index infirnging contents, Dangal sets a new record, Amazon and Warner bros sign a licensing deal and more

Indian copyright and entertainment law updates, International copyright and entertainment law updates, licensing and merchandising news and more weekly news updates, presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm Copyright quote of the week "Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device" --Lawrence Lessig Indian Copyrights and Entertainment Law Updates Bangalore…

June 30, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 746Views 0Like

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Industrial Designs and Yoga

To commemorate the 3rd International Yoga day, we bring to you accessories that have acquired design registrations that help one to practice yoga. Pants Knee Zone for Yoga Pants The above design registration bearing number D732,277 was filed in 2012 as “Pants knee zone for yoga pants, dance pants, rock climbing pants, gardening pants or the like” with the US Patent office. As per the claim made in the application, the design registration is not on the entire pants…

June 26, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property 0Comment 811Views 0Like

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Akshay Kumar’s Toilet EK Prem Katha in copyright trouble, Game of Thrones: 90 Million infringement, Copyright Board by year end, Netflix’s copyright infringement and more.

PCT National phase delay condonation, Startups, Cow-dung / Urine Patents, Meditation Patents, Smart Toilet Patents, Latest Patent Judgments, IPO slows down, Apple and Qualcomm settlement, Post dating, Patent Tip of the Week and more

Rasna trademark infringement, trademarks and GST, Amazon’s ‘meal-kit’ trademark, Celebrity Domain Names and more

Patents, Startups, Innovations, Interesting Patents and Designs, Government Updates, Latest Patent Disputes, Eli Lilly versus Actavis, Doctrine of Equivalents, Patent Tip of the Week and more.

Amitabh Bachchan sends copyright infringement notice to Aam Admi Party Leader Kumar Vishwas, Dhinchak Pooja’s videos taken down from YouTube due to copyright infringement claims, Monkey-Selfie Copyright suit returns to Court, IIFA comes out with official merchandise and more

Patents, Startups, Innovations, IPO updates, Automated patent grants, Interesting Patents and Designs, Qualcomm’s fresh lawsuit, Xiaomi and Nokia patent sharing deal, Patent tip of the week and more

Pina Colada smell for Ukuleles, Court granted an ad interim injunction in favor of DLF Ltd, ‘Jollibee’ loses trademark dispute against ‘Jolliville’, Bead Jewellery of Kashi obtains GI registration and more

Non-conventional Trademark-Smell marks

Legal row over Half Girlfriend, Google directed to de-index infirnging contents, Dangal sets a new record, Amazon and Warner bros sign a licensing deal and more

Industrial Designs and Yoga

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