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Public Notice from the Office of the Controller General of Patents: Submit Feedback on Updated Intellectual Property Guidelines by October 15, 2023

Indian IP Office Public Notice: Submit Feedback on Guidelines by Oct 15, 2023

Date: August 30, 2023 The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks has released a formal public notice with the objective of soliciting suggestions and comments for the revision of current manuals and guidelines. This also includes the issuance of new guidelines for Patents, Designs, Trade Marks, Geographical Indications, and Copyrights. Who May Participate The invitation for input extends to all interested parties, including patent and trademark holders, designers, legal experts, academics, and professionals in industries governed by…

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Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics – 7th April 2023 to 14th April 2023

In the 15th issue of the Indian Patent Journal dated 14-April-2023, the patent office published 557 applications along with 425 patent grants. The design office registered a total of 420 designs. Continue Reading Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics – 7th April 2023 to 14th April 2023

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Job Opening: IP Associate (Design Filing, Prosecution, and Litigation Management)

Job Opening: IP Associate (Design Filing, Prosecution, and Litigation Management)

Job Opening: IP Associate (Design Filing, Prosecution, and Litigation Management) BananaIP Counsels is looking for an experienced design attorney to work in the Designs Department of the Firm. Job Responsibilities The primary job responsibilities of the associate will be as follows: Design Search and Opinions; Design Filing, Prosecution, and Maintenance; Design Infringement Analysis and Opinions Legal Notices and Litigation Management; and Dispute Resolution and Settlements. In addition to designs, the associate may also be required to carry out other IP…

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CASE BRIEF : Havells India Limited. vs. Panasonic Life Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. & Anr.

Facts of the Case: Havells India Limited, the Plaintiff, was incorporated in the year 1983 and engaged in the business of Electrical and Power Distribution Equipment. The Plaintiff had gained huge goodwill in the Indian market as well as the International market and was one of the leading companies in the sector of Fast Moving Electrical Goods Company, worldwide. The Plaintiff sells the products under most of the prestigious global brands like Havells, Crabtree, Standard, Promptec and Lloyd. The Plaintiff…

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CASE BRIEF : Mody Pumps Inc. & Ors. v. Sovereign Pumping Solutions Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.

Facts Plaintiff No. 2 was a wholly owned Indian subsidiary of Plaintiff No. 1, a water pump manufacturing company incorporated in USA. Defendant No. 1 was also a water pump manufacturing company registered under the Companies Act, 2013 and Defendants Nos. 2, 3 and 4 were former employees of Plaintiff No. 2. The Plaintiffs had received engineering drawings via e-mail from the Defendant company, requesting for a reasonable quote for development of investment cast dies. The drawings in the mail were…

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Weekly Patent News

Changes to UK IP Law from 1st January 2021, Indian Designs added to WIPO Global Design Database, AI related patent applications double and more

In this week’s Patent News – Indian Designs added to WIPO Global Design Database; EPO invalidates Amgen’s patent claims protecting drug - Praluent, rules in favor of Sanofi and Regeneron; TikTok Inc. files suit for declaratory relief against Triller; Jury verdict directs Apple to pay $500 million to VirnetX by way of damages; UK IPO publishes information on the changes to UK intellectual property law from 1st January 2021; USPTO hosts ID5 6th Annual Meeting, commemorates the 5th anniversary of…

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Weekly IP Statistics

265 Patent Publications, 219 Grants in the last week

This week’s Patent & Design data has been compiled from the Official Journal of the Patents and Designs Office published by the patent office on the 24th of April 2020. These statistics are presented to you by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. INDIAN PATENT STATISTICS A total of 265 patent applications have been published in the 17th issue of the Patent Journal, 2020. Out of the 265 applications published in…

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