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The Business of Intellectual Property For Start-ups

Register for a Free Webinar on Intellectual Property For StartUps – July 17th, 2020

Intellectual Property is an important business tool in the hands of Start Ups and small companies. Its value assumes higher importance during a crisis. As many businesses work hard to survive the crisis posed by the COVID pandemic, the crisis has opened new avenues to innovative and creative Start Ups. Start Ups that are able to build strong and valuable IP during this time, whether related to COVID or not, have a unique opportunity to succeed and thrive. In order to …

July 16, 2020 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, General, Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property, IP for Start Ups, IP Training, IP Valuation, Open Source Licensing, Patents, Trade Secrets, Trademarks 0Comment 1388Views 2Likes

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Upcoming Event: Protecting IP through online enforcement

BananaIP Counsels, through Intellepedia, is happy to announce a webinar titled “Protecting IP through online enforcement”, an online event for content producers, trademark owners, and other IP owners. Individuals, and companies of all sizes, create intellectual property and make it available online in many ways including by selling products, offering mobile apps, or publishing pictures and videos. With the internet becoming the primary mode of content sharing at present, content creators commonly face situations in which their intellectual property is infringed…

April 22, 2020 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, IP Training 0Comment 971Views 1Like

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Online Enforcement of IP

Online Enforcement of IP Online infringement of Intellectual Property Online infringement takes many forms, from the sale of counterfeit or infringing products via the internet, to copying domain names and website content. The internet today has efficiently created a wide range of opportunities for business firms, companies, organizations, and individuals to communicate their brand messages and reach their target audience. However, keeping aside the internet’s openness, versatility, and global reach, its unregulated character has created a fertile ground for infringement of…

April 22, 2020 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law, Social Media Law, Trademarks 0Comment 1615Views 0Like

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Intellectual Property Statistics 2019 for patents, industrial designs, copyrights, trademarks and geographical indications

2019 Intellectual Property Statistics in India – Up, Up and away!

For many, 2019 appeared to be a tumultuous year, legally and politically, while for others it was a year of radical but welcome changes. The view remains divided. Intellectual Property in India however, appears to have had a reasonably good year saving some deeply tragic losses such as that of IP luminary, Prof. Shamnad Basheer. In this post, we bring to you a recap of the patent statistics from 2019 and a comparison of these numbers with the statistics…

January 13, 2020 BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Geographical Indications (GI), Industrial Designs, Patents, Trademarks 0Comment 1764Views 1Like

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This image depicts a pizza, as the post is about trademarking flavours. Click on the image to read the full post.

Flavour Marks – Can They Become a Reality?

This post was first published on 26th November, 2014. Here is the next post in the series of Student Blog Contest. This post is authored by Amrita Vasudevan. Every city has its food treasures and eating haunts, and Bangalore, for example, has Shivaji Military Hotel's Donne Biryani or CTR's Benne Masala Dose, both of which have quite the fan following. Eating joints like these often become landmarks, and a ‘must visit’ for tourists. We often associate a particular taste or flavour with an…

July 26, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 1261Views 0Like

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Leading Food Products Company

Nature of the company: A leading food products company Why they approached us: Filed more than two thousand trade marks, but the portfolio was in disarray. Spending lot of money on duplicate filings, and maintenance of dead marks. Needed a third party review of the value of their trademark portfolio. What did we do: Performed a thorough due diligence, and compliance check. Analyzed the value of each mark based on business/legal parameters. Submitted a…

May 26, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Case Study 0Comment 711Views 0Like

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‘Acquired Distinctiveness’ of Infosys Trademark

This post was first published on 18th November, 2011. Infosys Technologies Ltd vs Adinath Infosys Pvt. Ltd & Ors, High Court of Delhi Facts: The plaintiff-company Infosys Technologies Private Limited is engaged in the business of providing IT services, solutions, consulting and business process management. INFOSYS is the registered trademark/service mark of the plaintiff-company in various Classes including Class 16 in respect of computer software. The Plaintiffs have strongly contended that owing to their excellent services offered by…

February 17, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 1285Views 0Like

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This image depicts the picture of a Zippo fridge with the mark in its unique stylisation with a flame forming the dot on the 'i'. This post talks about how the company got a restraining order against brands that were passing off their products under the zippo mark. Click on the image to read the full post.

Zippo Manufacturing Company v. Anil Moolchandani & Ors. , High Court of Delhi

This post was first published on 15th November, 2011. Zippo Manufacturing Company v. Anil Moolchandani & Ors. , High Court of Delhi Pronounced on 31st October, 2011 Facts In February 2006 the plaintiff came across the defendant selling counterfeit lighters with the Zippo mark in the same shape and it was a verbatim imitation of the original Zippo lighters. Zippo, a company based out of USA claims to be a world leader in the manufacture and distribution of lighters…

February 17, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 1909Views 0Like

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Who Owns the Castle?

This post was first published on November 6th, 2011. South African Breweries International and Another v. Mohan Goldwater Breweries Ltd and Another (High Court of Delhi) FACTS Plaintiff No. 1 is a company registered in Netherlands and Plaintiff No. 2 is a joint venture company registered in India. Plaintiff No. 1 has registered CASTLE and CASTLE label in respect of beer in many countries and claims sale of USD 1 billion. The Plaintiffs contend that their mark is a well-known mark in India…

February 17, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 891Views 0Like

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Can God’s Name be Monopolized? ‘No’ Says the Court

This post was first published on October 19th, 2011. BHOLE BABA MILK FOOD INDUSTRIES LTD v. PARUL FOOD SPECIALITIES PVT. LTD.- High Court of Delhi. (Division Bench) Facts: The Appellant has a trademark registration for the label KRISHNA with a pictorial reflection of Lord Krishna standing on a lotus flower for dairy products. The Respondent was selling ghee under the mark ‘PARUL’S LORD KRISHNA’ where the word KRISHNA was dominantly written in large font. The Appellant sought to obtain an…