Celebrating 20 Years of IP Excellence

Office of CGPDTM invites applications for Patent Agent Examination 2020; IPO to re-open acceptance of requests under Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Project and more

Office of CGPDTM invites applications for Patent Agent Examination 2020; IPO to re-open acceptance of requests under Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Project and more

In this week’s Patent News - IPO to re-open acceptance of requests under Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Project; Office of CGPDTM invites applications for Patent Agent Examination 2020; Last date for submission of applications for National IP Awards – 2020 extended; RGNIIPM to open IP Innovation Gallery; India and U.S to reach an agreement on IPR matters; Varta AG files three separate patent infringement suits against Amazon, Costo Wholesale and Best Buy Co.; Australia to phase-out Innovation Patent from…

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Over 15000 Patent applications Examined this year, Patent Grants reach the 5000 mark

Over 15,000 Patent applications Examined this year, Patent Grants reach the 5000 mark

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 28th of February 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 910 patent applications have been published in the 9th issue of the Patent Journal, 2020. Out of the 910 applications published in the journal, 107 applications account for…

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Summary of Indian Industrial Design Cases of 2019

Summary of Indian Industrial Design Cases of 2019

This post provides some important Industrial Design cases decided in India in 2019. It is noteworthy that some important principles with respect to design protection and interface with trademark protection have been laid down during the year. Super Smelters Limited and Ors. Vs. SRMB Srijan Private Limited, MANU/WB/2975/2019. Decided On: 18.12.2019 Court: Calcutta High Court In this case, the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court upheld the decision of the Single Judge to grant ad interim injunction in favour of the Respondent,…

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Total number of applications published decrease by 48%, over 1500 FER’s issued

Total number of applications published decrease by 48%, over 1500 FER’s issued

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 21st of February 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 733 patent applications have been published in the 8th issue of the Patent Journal, 2020. Out of the 733 applications published in the journal, 111 applications account for…

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Weekly Patent News - Patent and industrial design statistics

Patent Office publishes 80% more patent applications this week, Grants reduce by 30%

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 14th of February 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 1422 patent applications have been published in the 7th issue of the Patent Journal, 2020. Out of the 1422 applications published in the journal,…

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Weekly IP Statistics

Weekly Indian IP Statistics – 1st January to 7th February, 2020

Trademark Statistics (1st Jan to 7th Feb, 2020) Trademark Applications Examined by Trademark Office: 9112 Applications Disposed through Show Cause Hearings: 5832 Applications Published in the Trademark Journal: 8783 Registrations Granted: 6407 Hearing Notices Issued: 9124 Renewal Notices Issued: 3272 Patent Statistics (1st Jan to 7th Feb, 2020) Early Publications: 922 Ordinary Publications: 5794 Applications published: 6716 Grants in Delhi: 1206 Grants in Mumbai: 536 Grants in Chennai: 1154 Grants in Kolkata: 552 Total Grants: 3448 Total applications examined: 10410 Industrial Design Statistics (1st Jan to 7th Feb, 2020) Designs registered till date: 1416

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Weekly Patent News - Patent and industrial design statistics

Patent office publishes 790 patent applications, examines 2800 applications this 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 7th of February 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 791 patent applications have been published in the 7th issue of the Patent Journal, 2020. Out of the 791 applications published in…

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Weekly Patent News - Patent and industrial design statistics

8000 patent applications examined till date, 2667 patents granted

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 31st of January 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 1007 patent applications have been published in the 5th issue of the Patent Journal, 2020. Out of the 1007 applications published in the journal,…

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weekly patent news - Patent statistics

Patent publications double this week, grants decrease slightly

This week’s Patent & Design data has been compiled from the Official Journal of Patents and Designs published by the patent office on the 17th of January 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 1425 patent applications have been published in the 3rd issue of the Patent Journal, 2020. Out of the 1425 applications published in the journal, 147…

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Weekly Patent News

WIPO gears up to appoint its 5th Director General, IP5 discuss New Emerging Technologies and Artificial Intelligence and other patent news

In this week’s Patent News - Citrix and VMware to settle patent dispute; Michelin sues American tire manufacturer for patent infringement of BFGoodrich tread; Hitachi joins WIPO GREEN program as Contributing Partner; Apple, Microsoft, BMW and several others urge EU Commissioner to keep patent trolls in check; WIPO gears up to appoint its 5th Director General; IP5 hold inaugural meeting of joint Task Force on New Emerging Technologies and Artificial Intelligence; IBM joins LOT Network to fight PAE’s; IBM beats…

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