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From China with Love: The Xiaomi Story

This post was first published on December 19, 2014. Just a few months ago, this particular cellular company took the market by storm and made its stand in the 3rd rank of the world's cellular companies. It not only pleased consumers, but also gave tough competition to leading brands in the market. As a matter fact, the phones sold like hot cakes within minutes of its release on one of the biggest online shopping destinations, Flipkart. More recently, the company got into…

September 1, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 1123Views 0Like

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Understanding Trademark Registration Procedures in the Maldives

This post was first published on October 15, 2014. The Intellectual Property Regime in the Republic of Maldives, the smallest Asian country in population and in area, is an interesting study. In order to comply with the TRIPS Agreement, the Maldives Government (referred to as GOM) enacted the Copyright Law in April, 2011, and thereafter spread public awareness of Copyright Law through TV and radio programs, Government announcements, school events and meetings with relevant media and entertainment sector associations.…

August 31, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 1074Views 0Like

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Part IV: Descriptive Marks – Can They be Protected?

This post was first published on October 16, 2014. In the final part of this series, we shall conclude the discussion on descriptive marks with an examination of the Indian position on the protection of these marks. Section 9 of the Trademark Act, 1999 which lays down absolute grounds for refusal of registration of trademarks, clearly states that trademarks which consist exclusively of marks or indications, which may serve in trade to designate the kind, quality, quantity, intended purpose, values, geographical origin…

August 28, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 1700Views 0Like

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‘Trade Secret’ Law is Turning Out to be a Well-Kept ‘Secret’

This post was published on August 26, 2014. A recent discussion with a friend made me contemplate the methods companies use to protect a business process. Most companies have processes that help in their smooth daily functioning yielding them their revenue. Since business methods are not patentable in India, there must be a way that these processes can be protected from competitors. Of course there is - Trade Secrets. A business process forms part of a company’s Confidential Information and can be…

August 21, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets 0Comment 1357Views 1Like

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Patent Trolls – Threat to Innovation and its Users!

This post was first published on February 11th, 2014. We are familiar with Patent Trolling strategies adopted by companies as a means to financial gain and to gain market advantage over competitors. Normally, in such cases, one company would use its portfolio of active patents to sue other companies which seem to infringe on their patent rights. This may trigger a litigation procedure in courts or get settled outside the court, at the expense of a huge amount of money.…

August 21, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 963Views 0Like

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Is it Legal to Reverse Engineer the Engineered?

This post was first published on September 24, 2014. Shoppers would agree with me when I say that while purchasing something, I need to feel a connect with it. Once I have found that connection, a feeling of possession sets in and I know that the article, which until recently was only lying in a shop somewhere, is now mine. This feeling of possession of an inanimate article may lead us to believe that anything can be done to it, which would legally be…

August 20, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law, Patents 0Comment 2012Views 0Like

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Patent News Bulletin: Indian Patent Statistics, Interesting Inventions, 3-day training program on IP strategy and more IP news

“Patent News Bulletin: Indian Patent Statistics, Indian Design Statistics, Interesting Inventions, NI-SME to organize a 3-day training program on IP strategy, NRDC facilitates the commercialization of two technologies developed by NIOT, New MoU enables patents registered in South Korea to be recognized in Cambodia and more and more” presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Patent Firm. Indian Patent Statistics A total of 422 patent applications have been published in the…

August 19, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Patents 0Comment 885Views 0Like

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Trademarking the name of God? Huh! – Part 2

This post was published on September 04, 2014. In this continuation post on legal aspects of trademarking god's name, we shall look into a few cases where Courts have discussed whether or not one can trademark God's name and therefore have monopoly in using God's name as an Intellectual Property. Usually, for a trademark used for a particular brand of goods or services, to be granted, it has to acquire secondary distinctiveness in its respective consumer market, and thus, one…

August 16, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 2022Views 0Like

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Intellectual Property Protection for Computer Programs – Part III

This post was published on September 01, 2014. In continuation to the previous post in this series, we will today be looking into copyright protection of computer software. As discussed in the previous post, Copyright Law came as an answer to the protection of computer programs at a time when the importance of Trade Secret Law for the same was dwindling. A computer program, being composed of source codes can be brought under the ambit of literary works in Copyright Law. The…

August 15, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 837Views 0Like

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Sound CAPTCHA – Patents for the Blind 3

This post was published on September 01, 2014. At one point, access to technology, especially the Internet, was only a dream for the visually disabled. For a long time, online tools were not accessible owing to either the lack of availability or high cost. But today, popular screen reading software applications like Job Access With Speech (JAWS) and open source screen reading software applications like NVDA are available for free. These applications allow a blind person to access a computer and…