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Republic TV accused of copyright infringement, Eminem’s copyright infringement case, Samsung’s Gear VR Headset copyright infringement, FIFA merges with Megalicense Entertainment and more

Copyrights & Entertainment Law News: Indian Copyright News and Updates, International Copyright Updates, Entertainment Licensing & Merchandizing Updates, Digital Licensing News, BananaIP 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 We're on the path of creating monopoly business practices out of copyright law. - Robin Gross Indian Copyright News and Updates Arnab Goswami of Republic TV is accused of Copyright…

May 19, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, IP Commercialization/Licensing, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 743Views 0Like

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SanDisk Trademark dispute, Amazon Domain dispute, Banganapalle Mangoes and more

Trademark statistics, Trademark infringement, Trademark office updates, Domain name disputes and Geographical Indication updates brought to you by the Trademark team of BIP Counsels. Trademark quote of the week " The designer’s role in the development, application and protection of the trademark may be described as pre-creative, creative and post-creative" -- Lester Beall TRADEMARK STATISTICS The Trademark Registry has been little slow this week. There has been a decrease of 16% in the total number of applications examined…

May 17, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Geographical Indications (GI), Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 955Views 0Like

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Interesting Trademarks, AASHIRWAD Trademark Dispute, CGDPTM Annual Report 2015-16, US Special 301 Report, Pokemon Merchandising License and more

Interesting Trademarks, Trademark Statistics, Recent Trademark Updates, International Trademark Updates, Licensing Updates, Geographical Indication Updates and more brought to you by Trademark team of BIP Counsels. Trademark quote of the week “Trademark law must not be used to inhibit the freedom of speech in this powerful and important medium” - Kent Wills Trademark Statistics The Trademark Registry has been really busy this week. There has been an increase of 33% in the total number of applications examined by Trademark Office for this…

May 10, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Geographical Indications (GI), Intellectual Property, IP Commercialization/Licensing, Trademarks 0Comment 1038Views 0Like

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Patent office updates, Interesting Patents, CRI Guidelines, Qualcomm v. Apple and Samsung, Recent patent grants, GoDaddy Patent Infringement, Patent Tip of the Week and more

Patent office updates, Interesting Patents, CRI Guidelines, Qualcomm v. Apple and Samsung, Recent patent grants, GoDaddy Patent Infringement, Patent Tip of the Week and more, presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Quote of the Week “Patent Law cannot afford to sit and watch while technology advancement changes its dynamics.” – Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala, Renowned IP Attorney, Professor and Novelist Patent stats from the Indian Patent Office Patent publications have…

May 8, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 710Views 0Like

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The featured image shows a mic in a sound recording studio. To read more about this, click here. Entertainment Law and Copyrights: Sound Recording, Literary & Musical Works and Right to Royalty – Part 3

Sound Recording, Literary & Musical Works and Right to Royalty – Part 4

Continued from Part 3, read part by clicking here. Conclusion Reiterating that said earlier, sound recording consists of the acoustic portion including a lyric or a musical work despite which underlying works do not lose their existence upon a sound recording being made but remain exclusively mutual. However, the anomaly of the provision of the Act that grants the authors of musical & literary work and authors of sound recording the right to communicate to public their work has questioned the…

May 6, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 1333Views 0Like

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Jawed Habib Trademark Infringement, Disney challenges The Gospel According to Kevin Movie, Snoop Dogg Merchandise, Amazon Domain Name Dispute and more

Trademark quote of the week “The ideal trademark is one that is pushed to its utmost limit in terms of abstraction and ambiguity, yet it is still readable” --Saul Bass TRADEMARK STATS FROM THE INDIAN TRADEMARK OFFICE The Trademark Registry has been really busy this week. There has been an increase of 124% in the total number of applications examined by Trademark Office for this week compared to the last week. Particulars Last week This week Change in % Total Trademark applications examined by Trademark Office 3383 7580 An…

May 3, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 863Views 0Like

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Fair use exceptions for libraries under Indian copyright law

Indian copyright law provides exceptions to libraries for use of copyrighted works under the statutory fair dealing provisions of the copyright Act (section 52) as well as under the judicially created fair use exception. Broadly the law permits use of copyrighted works by libraries for the following purposes: Research and education; Instructions, teaching and training; Private study; Enabling access to the disabled; Activities of education institution; Review and criticism; Searching and data mining; …

May 1, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 3642Views 0Like

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Drone delivery, IBM patents, Training courses,Google’s PatentShield program and more

Drone delivery, IBM patents, Training courses, Qualcomm and Smartron Patent Licensing Agreement, Google’s PatentShield program, Patent tip of the week and more, presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Quote of the week Patents are like fertilizer. Applied wisely and sparingly, they can increase growth. But if you apply too many chemicals, or make patents too strong, then you can leach the land, making growth more difficult. - Alex Tabarrok Patent stats from…

May 1, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 754Views 0Like

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The featured images shows a labyrinth or maze symbolizing the challenges faced in IP Life cycle or IP Portfolio Management. To read more click here.

Challenges in IP Portfolio Management

Our previous post in this series discussed the value Intellectual Property brings to business and why managing the life cycle of IP systematically and efficiently becomes imperative. However, efficient management of the IP life cycle comes with its share of challenges that need to be addressed continuously and consistently to ensure smooth prosecution life of the IP. Today’s post is aimed at discussing some of the challenges professionals in IP face while managing IP portfolios. Challenges with respect to timelines…

April 28, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 997Views 0Like

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Superheroes trademark, NDTV and Discovery Network fight over Foodistan trademark, Textile Ministry plans for new certification mark, Nintendo initiates opposition proceedings against POKE GO, Ratnagiri Alphonso Mangoes to get GI Tag and more.

Interesting trademarks, Delhi Public School Trademark Dispute, Foodistan Trademark Dispute, Geographical Indication updates and Domain name infringement news, brought to you by the Trademark Team of BananaIP We wish all our readers a very happy World IP Day. On this World IP Day we hope that all stakeholders will take diligent and honest efforts to protect intangible assets. Trademark quote of the week " The talent for discovering the unique and marketable characteristics of a product and service is the most valuable…

April 26, 2017 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, IP Commercialization/Licensing, Trademarks 0Comment 608Views 0Like

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Republic TV accused of copyright infringement, Eminem’s copyright infringement case, Samsung’s Gear VR Headset copyright infringement, FIFA merges with Megalicense Entertainment and more

SanDisk Trademark dispute, Amazon Domain dispute, Banganapalle Mangoes and more

Interesting Trademarks, AASHIRWAD Trademark Dispute, CGDPTM Annual Report 2015-16, US Special 301 Report, Pokemon Merchandising License and more

Patent office updates, Interesting Patents, CRI Guidelines, Qualcomm v. Apple and Samsung, Recent patent grants, GoDaddy Patent Infringement, Patent Tip of the Week and more

Sound Recording, Literary & Musical Works and Right to Royalty – Part 4

Jawed Habib Trademark Infringement, Disney challenges The Gospel According to Kevin Movie, Snoop Dogg Merchandise, Amazon Domain Name Dispute and more

Fair use exceptions for libraries under Indian copyright law

Drone delivery, IBM patents, Training courses,Google’s PatentShield program and more

Challenges in IP Portfolio Management

Superheroes trademark, NDTV and Discovery Network fight over Foodistan trademark, Textile Ministry plans for new certification mark, Nintendo initiates opposition proceedings against POKE GO, Ratnagiri Alphonso Mangoes to get GI Tag and more.

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