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The featured image is the image of Beyonce Knowles. This post is about a trademark infringement suit filed by Beyonce against Feyonce Inc. To read more click here.

Beyoncé shows Feyoncé how to ‘Put a ring on it’

The recent entertainment IP legal battle pertains to Beyoncé suing Feyoncé Inc, for sale of T-shirts, hoodies, tank tops and other clothing items, and engagement mugs bearing words "Feyoncé” confusingly similar to her registered mark “Beyoncé” and bearing the famous lines “He put a ring on it” from her most popular song “Single Ladies”. Beyoncé brought a suit for injunction against the Defendants Feyoncé Inc - a Texas based company involved in selling online merchandise, for willful trademark infringement, unfair…

April 14, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 934Views 0Like

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The featured image is of the lion capital of ashoka pillar which is the national emblem of India. The post is about the new public notice issued by the TM registry with respect to the wrongful issuing of abandonment orders for multiple Trade marks. To read more click here.

Registrar of Trademarks issues new public notice following Delhi HC’s stay order

Last week we reported about the recent Delhi High Court order dated 05/04/2016 regarding the recent abandonment of multiple trademark application by the Trade Mark Registry. Ruling on Writ Petitions WP (C) 3043/2016 & 3067/2016, the Delhi High Court stayed the abandonment of all trademark application on or after 20/03/2016. A quick recap for all readers who have not been following the story- The Trade Mark Registry had recently abandoned numerous applications under Rule 38 (5) of the Trade Marks…

April 12, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 877Views 0Like

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The featured image shows a woman wearing a contact lens. This post is about samsungs new patent technology that offers to determine blood glucose level in the tears. To read more click here.

I can see the ‘smartness’ in your eye

A couple of years ago Google initiated a project to make smart contact lenses for measuring glucose levels. A healthcare company, Novartis, stepped in to license this technology. Google and Novartis soon announced they would team up to develop smart contact lenses for diabetes, allowing patients to measure glucose from their tears using a miniaturized sensor and a wireless chip. In July, Novartis' Alcon eye care division inked a deal with Google to license its "smart lens" technology for all…

April 8, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 674Views 0Like

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The image is of a stop sign with a man screaming stop and his hand gesturing stop as the post is about the staying of all TM registry's abandonment orders by the Delhi High Court. To read more click here.

Delhi HC stays abandonment orders issued by the TM Registry

As all of you may be aware, we have been covering all latest developments about the hasty mass abandonment of trademark applications by the Trade Mark Registry on a regular basis. As per the Registry, such action was taken due to the non-receipt of trademark responses to Examination Reports, within the statutory limit of 30 days. Earlier this week we reported about the public notice issued by the Controller General of Patents Trademarks and Designs stating the following- “It is…

April 6, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 865Views 0Like

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The featured image is of a hashtag as the post is about hashtag trademarks. To read more click here.

Keep your hashtags safe!

What is a hashtag? Well you don’t want be caught asking that question in the ‘Twitter era’! While some Twitter users might think you have probably been living under a rock, we’ll clarify your doubts. A hashtag, popularized by Twitter of course is a word or phrase preceded by a hash sign (#) which is widely used on social media to identify messages or posts or “tweets” relating to a particular topic. It is a great way for a number…

April 5, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 844Views 0Like

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Trade Mark Office issues public notice regarding mass abandonment of applications

Following the en masse abandonment of trade mark applications the office of the CGPTD has issued a public notice, today 4th April, 2016, ‘relating to “treating applications as abandoned” in want of reply to Examination Report containing office objection within prescribed period.’ In the notice it is stated that as per the requirements of the Trademarks Act, 1999 all such application where the examination responses, to the examination reports of such applications, were not received within the 30 days time…

April 4, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 1204Views 0Like

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Top TED talks on Patents

We all love a good TED talk, an insightful and informative talk given by someone who understands the subject matter he or she is discussing. For all our readers who are not aware of what TED talks are, TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design. These TED talks are held all around the world and are primarily educational in nature. The talks do not focus on any one topic or subject, as the talks are delivered by speakers coming from…

April 1, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1744Views 0Like

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The featured image shows the cartoon of a Pirate. This post is about the Pirate bay company being sued for copyright infringement. To read more click here.

Copyright Pirates! BREIN is coming for you!

Well we’re all aware how heinous a crime piracy is and how every year the entertainment industry suffers a loss of millions of dollars due to it. For more than a decade anti-piracy organizations have been targeting pirate websites to curb instances of piracy. One such organization is BREIN (Bescherming Rechten Entertainment Industrie Nederland, which roughly translates to association for the Protection of the Rights of the Entertainment Industry of the Netherlands), a Dutch organization which has been an active…

March 30, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 821Views 0Like

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Court favors Core, leaves LG Electronics sore

The timing of what has just happened in the world of patents cannot get better than this news. On the 1st of March 2016, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) published a discussion paper on standard essential patents (SEPs) and their availability on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. The paper invites views from the concerned stakeholders regarding Standard Essential Patents and the issues surrounding them until the 31st of March, 2016. In our previous post on SEPs,…

March 29, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Patents 0Comment 774Views 0Like

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The featured image is of a collage of different GIs in India. The post is about geographical indications and the make in India initiative. To read more click here.

Make in India and the untapped potential of Geographical Indications

The Make in India program was launched by Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, in September 2014 as part of a wider set of nation-building initiatives. These initiatives were aimed at encouraging multi-national, as well as national companies to manufacture their products in India. Last year in July, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) had come up with various strategies, keeping “Make in India” as the backdrop to encourage innovation and creativity, further boosting the intellectual property rights (IPR) regime. Some…

March 27, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Geographical Indications (GI), Intellectual Property 0Comment 1340Views 0Like

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Beyoncé shows Feyoncé how to ‘Put a ring on it’

Registrar of Trademarks issues new public notice following Delhi HC’s stay order

I can see the ‘smartness’ in your eye

Delhi HC stays abandonment orders issued by the TM Registry

Keep your hashtags safe!

Trade Mark Office issues public notice regarding mass abandonment of applications

Top TED talks on Patents

Court favors Core, leaves LG Electronics sore

Make in India and the untapped potential of Geographical Indications

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