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COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK
Monitoring and…
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COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“I believe in copyright, within limited precincts. But I also believe in fair use, public domain, and especially transformation” -David Shields
INDIAN COPYRIGHT STATISTICS
There is an increase of 35% in the total number of copyright…
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COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Moral rights form the essence of…
First Publication Date: 3rd December 2009
Global Findability has filed a patent infringement suit in a District Court of Columbia against Summit Entertainment claiming that the Science Fiction movie of Summit violates its US patent relating to Integrated information processing system for geospatial media. According to Global Findability, Summit's use of its patented technology in the movie, Knowing, amounts to patent infringement. Would such an use be infringement in India?
Section 48 of the Indian Patents Act provides that a patent holder…
“Indian patent statistics, Interesting inventions, Patent infringement disputes, Nestlé’s Skin Health accused of patent infringement, Teva and Eagle Pharma file patent infringement suit against Mylan and Fresenius, Qualcomm versus Apple – setback for Qualcomm and other Weekly Patent News updates,” presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Patent Firm.
Design Quote of the Week
“Design helps shape our everyday interactions through products, furniture, objects, or experiences.” - Co-founder and chief product officer of Airbnb…
Delhi HC Stays Sale of Book on Ramdev Until ‘Defamatory’ Parts Are Removed, Amazon Sued for Copyright Infringement by the Estate of Mendieta, Lisa Curry’s Daughter Demands Apology from Magazines after Copyright Breach, New Trial Ordered in Led Zeppelin 'Stairway to Heaven' Copyright Suit, Publishers Escalate Legal Battle Against Research Gate, Indian Company Gets Licensing, Merchandising Rights of Charlie Chaplin, Angry Birds Bolsters Licensing Ahead of Sequel, Tom Skerritt’s “Heyou” Media to Partner with Terry Rossio and Chamaeleon Productions on…
IIM-B Presentation on Intellectual Property and Licensing from BananaIP Counsels
Intellectual Property
Patents
Copyrights
Trade Marks
Trade Secrets
Industrial Designs
Plant Varieties
Traditional Knowledge
Patents
Subject Matter - Invention
Useful
Novel
Non-Obvious
Term: 20 Years
Rights: Make, Use, Sell, Offer for Sale, and Import.
Copyrights
Subject Matter: Expressions
Original
Creative
Literary, Dramatic, Artistic, Photographic, Sound Recording, and Cinematographic Works
Term: Life Plus…
“Interesting Inventions, Self Igniting Incense Sticks, Anti-mosquito paint, Sign language to speech synthesizer, Wrong statistics published by Indian Patent office, Patent infringement suits, US Court slaps Huawei with $10.5 million, Verizon faces patent infringement suit, USPTO offers refunds for electronic filing outage and other Weekly Patent News,” presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Patent Firm.
Patent Quote of the Week
“Everything that can be associated to ideas, inventions, copyrights, and patents is part…
“Drop in patent publications, 220 patent examiner posts vacant, Interesting invention of the week, Sony versus Fujifilm and other Weekly Patent News,” presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Patent Firm.
Patent Quote of the Week
Patents have a place in medical science - for new inventions that advance the state of knowledge. – Adam Cohen, American Journalist
Indian Patent Statistics
A total of 617 patent applications have been published in the 33rd issue of…
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COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“We live in a world where value of creativity is measured by commercial success, and copyrights are mere…