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Regulation of Resources: Endeavours of National Biodiversity Authority

Our World is no more segregated into 7 continents and 247 countries. It is One Big Global Village. We can have access to anything that is exclusively available in one part of the world in our home country. For this, we ought to thank Globalization, Commercialization and Industrialization. The coming up of more industries, MNCs has made our world a better place to live in - a more accessible place to live in. But this does come with a cost.…

June 12, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Biological Diversity, Intellectual Property 0Comment 1047Views 1Like

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Is There a Trademark in a Name?

“What's in a name? that which we call a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet.” William Shakespeare famously quoted these lines in his creation of the romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. Enter 21st century and these famous lines could be debated to the ends of time. In today’s world, where there are fakes of fakes and more fakes than actual products, Shakespeare might have thought differently. Trademark Infringement and Passing off is something that we are all too familiar…

June 11, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 1060Views 1Like

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Trademark Case Review: PEPS Industries v. Coir Foam

This article is a contribution by Savitran - Intern at BananaIP Counsels The Delhi High Court has ordered an interim injunction against Coirfoam India Pvt. Ltd. to desist it from using a mark identical or similar to ‘Spring Guard’, which is the trademark owned and registered by Peps Industries Pvt. Ltd. To briefly state the facts, the Plaintiff, Peps Industries Pvt. Ltd., is engaged in the business of manufacturing, marketing and selling sleep comfort products such as mattresses, pillows, cushions,…

May 27, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 1015Views 1Like

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Rise of the Drones (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)

Robotics has changed the way we work! A function, which was once done manually, has been replaced with robots working every inch of it. This reduces human error and losses of any form. On the same note, drones (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) are a boon to mankind. Drones have been used by many national organizations to gather such information that is outside the domain of a human being. But nowhere have drones been used to deliver products to customers in and around a specific area. Yes,…

May 21, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 740Views 0Like

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USTR SPECIAL 301 REPORT (2015) – on Priority Watch List

USTR has released the 2015 report on the adequacy and effectiveness of U.S. trading partners’ protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights. Seventy Two (72) countries were reviewed in this report, and Twenty Four (24) countries have been placed on the Watch List, and Thirteen (13) on the Priority Watch List. Countries in the watch list include Canada, Columbia, Brazil, etc. India, China, Russia, Indonesia, etc., have been placed on the Priority Watch List. Last year, USTR had conducted out of…

May 2, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property 0Comment 1130Views 0Like

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Case Review: Hypnos Ltd. v. PEPS Industries Pvt. Ltd. & Ors

Citation : ORA/126/2012/TM/CH, Order dated 16th April, 2015 Parties Involved : Applicant : 1. Hypnos Limited (UK) Respondents : 1. Hosur Coir Foam Pvt. Ltd. 2. Peps Industries Pvt. Ltd. 3. The Registrar of Trademarks, Trademarks Registry, Chennai Brief Facts : The Applicant, a UK based family run bed manufacturing company, filed a rectification petition to cancel the registration of the ‘HYPNOS’ trademark owned by Respondent No. 1 under Class 20.…

April 24, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 1222Views 1Like

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Role of Intellectual Property in Promoting Creativity

Does the Intellectual Property Regime play a role in promoting creativity? As stated by most governments, the objective of patent, copyright, design and other laws is to promote the progress of inventive activity and creativity. Are these laws actually achieving their stated objective? While most of us would like to believe that they are, no empirical study has been able to conclusively prove so far that IP laws actually promote creativity. The logical question that follows would be whether we…

April 9, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Patents, Trademarks 0Comment 810Views 1Like

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Existing Trademark blocks Apple Watch sale in Switzerland

In latest news, Apple has been banned from launching its new Watch in Switzerland as in other European countries, scheduled to be on April 24, 2015, because of an Intellectual Property Rights issue. They cannot use the image of an apple or the word 'apple' to launch their product in Switzerland because of a trademark from 1985. The trademark currently belongs to William Longe, who owns watch brand, Leonard, that first filed the trademark application. He applied to the Swiss…

April 7, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Trademarks 0Comment 1278Views 1Like

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Congratulations to Rajiv Aggarwal, India’s New Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks

Sinapse congratulates Rajiv Aggarwal, IAS officer and Joint Secretary of DIPP - Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, for being appointed as the new Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) of the Indian IP Office. He assumed charge on March 18, 2015. Rajiv Aggarwal will be the third IAS officer who will be heading the Indian IP Office. Previously, Mr. Chaitanya Prasad and his predecessor Mr. P H Kurian held the position. These appointments gesture a change in trend from such…

March 26, 2015 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property 0Comment 1051Views 0Like

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Case Brief: Shamnad Basheer v. Union of India & Others

Article contributed by Heema Shirvaikar, Intern at BananaIP Counsels, 3rd-year Law Student at Symbiosis, Pune. Facts and brief history of case: In 2011, a Writ Petition was filed before the Madras High Court by Mr. Shamnad Basheer, seeking a Writ of Declaration, to declare the establishment of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) under the Trade Marks Act, 1999, and the Patents Act, 1970 as violative of the basic structure of the Constitution of India. Shamnad Basheer, founder of…