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All is Not Lost: How to Restore your Priority Right!

This post was first published on 24th July, 2014. We are well aware of the importance of the Priority Right and therefore also know what losing a priority right can cause. It may throw even the strongest of inventions off balance. A valid priority claim would give us the priority date which is the date of filing of the first application. This date is also known as "effective date of filing” in many jurisdictions. In other words, as the name suggests, the prior…

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Patent Filing Requirements in India

This post was first published on 14th January, 2011. Filing of a Patent application in India has been simplified by the option of E-filing software. With the use of digital signature an authorized patent agent or applicant can directly file a patent application in the E-filing software. Normally, a patent application can be filed by the true and first inventors or the assignee having acquired the authority from the true and first inventors. The following documents/forms are required at…

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Re-Classifying Patent Search- Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)

This post was first published on 4th November, 2011. One of the strategies adopted by the examiner/searcher while performing a prior art search is to identify the classification of the invention's subject matter. Patent classification is a way by which a patent office arranges identical or similar patent documents. A patent document can be classified in several classes. There are numerous patent classification systems available across the world such as International Patent Classification (IPC), United States Patent Classification (USPC), European…

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Distant Touch – Patents for the Blind 4

This post was first published on 4th September, 2014. A cane, as I had mentioned in one of my earlier posts, is a blind person's lifeline. It allows a person to make his way around by means of touch from a distance. The length of the cane may vary based on a person's height, and on an average, it allows a blind person to feel for objects up to about a distance of 1.2 metres. Traditional canes operate completely on the basis…

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Personality Rights in India – Part I

This post was first published on 23rd June, 2014. Intellectual Property (IP) has been continuously evolving. It is now not restricted to just categories like Patents, Trademark, Designs and Copyrights. Judicial activism has widened the scope of IP to cater to new forms of protection, one such addition is "Personality Rights". Personality Rights are made up of two kinds of rights: the Right to publicity and the Right to privacy. The Right to publicity which is usually attributed to celebrities or famous people is of great…

July 23, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 3032Views 0Like

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Ideas, Concepts, Scripts & Stories – Protecting Ideas in the Entertainment Industry Part I

This post was first published on 23rd April, 2014. An idea may be defined as a thought, which cannot be seen, touched or heard. In other words, an idea is entirely intangible in nature. Ideas can be kept secret or commercially exploited, but to gain protection, they need to satisfy the threshold of originality and novelty. Even though ideas act as catalysts for various Intellectual Property protections, by themselves, they are not qualified to obtain protection. Since an idea, taken at face value, does not fulfill the requirements…

July 23, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 1149Views 0Like

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Christmas deLIGHT

This post was first published on 23rd December, 2011. It's December! The month of the Holy festival of Christmas. The whole world has geared up for the big celebrations. Christmas is celebrated as traditional birthday of Jesus Christ, the central figure of Christianity. Christmas trees, Christmas lights, Christmas Carol, Christmas cakes and so on are some inherent parts of Christmas celebration. The focus of my blog is on Christmas lights. The tradition of Christmas lights was started by the people…

July 23, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 826Views 0Like

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How Wise is it to TRIP Over Food?

This post was first published on September 8th, 2014. Every country tries its best to ensure that there is no dearth of food. Ensuring that food is of good quality is also important. As much as I'd love to go on talking about food, I will refrain from talking about food per se and concentrate on the legal obligations related to food. This post will concentrate on the relationship between IP and food which is governed by successful research efforts…

July 23, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Plant Varieties 0Comment 1050Views 0Like

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Salient Features of the Copyright Amendment Bill 2012 and its Impact on Entertainment Industry

This post was first published on May 30, 2012 . As we have previously reported, both the Houses of the Parliament passed the Copyright Amendment Bill 2012 in quick succession with overwhelming support from the opposition. The Bill is now awaiting the President’s assent and a gazette notification to become a law. The Bill has undergone many changes based on the recommendations of the Standing Committee and offers a scheme of provisions different from its previous version (the Bill…

July 23, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 4483Views 0Like

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An In-Depth Look at the Trademark Registration Process – Part IV

This post was first published on July 10, 2014. Now that we have had a look at the trademark filing process in the previous post, we will move on to discuss the trademark examination process. The process followed in the trademark registration process may be seen in the flow chart below (please click on image to view clearly): Continue Reading An In-Depth Look at the Trademark Registration Process – Part IV