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Intellectual Property Exchange for India, Akshay Kumar’s Toilet Ek Prem Katha in Copyright row, Beatles and Sony settles the copyright dispute, Httpool acquired by Sony Pictures

Indian Copyrights and Entertainment Law Updates, International Copyright and Entertainment Law Updates, Entertainment Licensing and Merchandising Updates, copyright tip of the week and more, presented by the Media & entertainment law attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Copyright quote of the week “The beauty of Copyright law is it protect you and it provides you the opportunity to honor others” –Peter Smith Indian Copyrights and Entertainment Law Updates India may get an intellectual property…

BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law July 7, 2017 742Views 0Like

Pina Colada smell for Ukuleles, Court granted an ad interim injunction in favor of DLF Ltd, ‘Jollibee’ loses trademark dispute against ‘Jolliville’, Bead Jewellery of Kashi obtains GI registration and more

Interesting Trademarks, Indian Trademark Updates, International Trademark Updates, Geographical Indication updates and more brought to you by the Trademark Team of BananaIP Trade Mark News: TRADEMARK QUOTE OF THE WEEK "A great brand evolves from building a good reputation" --Abiodun A. Abiodun TRADEMARK STATS FROM THE INDIAN TRADEMARK OFFICE The productivity of the Trademark Registry has increased, as can be seen from the table below. There has been an increase of 58% in the total number of registrations granted this week. Particulars Last week This week Change…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks July 5, 2017 791Views 0Like

Patent stats, Industrial designs, Startup innovations, Latest Patent Decisions, Intellectual Property Exchange and NRDC, FTC versus Qualcomm, Computer-related Inventions guidelines, Monsanto, Patent Tip, ISR – PCT and more

Patent stats, Industrial designs, Startup innovations, Latest Patent Decisions, FTC versus Qualcomm, Computer-related Inventions guidelines, Monsanto, Patent Tip, International Search Report - PCT and more weekly news updates, presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Patent Quote of the week "The art of obtaining a patent is in the language of the draft.” Nisha Kurian, Managing Associate – Patent Portfolio, BananaIP Counsels Patent Stats from the Indian Patent Office Early publications…

BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property, Patents, Plant Varieties July 3, 2017 479Views 0Like

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The Pirate Bay to be Blocked, EU Court Rules

Recently the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden or the Supreme Court of Netherland pronounced an important ruling in a seven-year-long legal altercation, involving the infamous file sharing platform Pirate Bay. In this case, two internet access providers (IASs), Ziggo and XS4ALL, has subscribers who were using the platform Pirate Bay to upload and share several copyrighted works. Such sharing and uploading being completely unauthorized by the respective right holders. The proceedings were brought before the Court by Stichting Brein, an organization…

BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law July 3, 2017 576Views 0Like

Non-conventional Trademark-Smell marks

In the earlier post, we had discussed Sound marks as one of the unconventional marks. This post is a continuation of the previous post, where we will be discussing Smell marks. Olfactory memory is the most unused mean to link a brand to consumers. The smell as the most potent type of human memory can potentially identify a product if it qualifies the criteria of a trademark. Smells have also the ability to recollect pictures and emotions and this may affect…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks June 30, 2017 1782Views 0Like

Legal row over Half Girlfriend, Google directed to de-index infirnging contents, Dangal sets a new record, Amazon and Warner bros sign a licensing deal and more

Indian copyright and entertainment law updates, International copyright and entertainment law updates, licensing and merchandising news and more weekly news updates, presented by the Copyright and Entertainment Attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm Copyright quote of the week "Of all the creative work produced by humans anywhere, a tiny fraction has continuing commercial value. For that fraction, the copyright is a crucially important legal device" --Lawrence Lessig Indian Copyrights and Entertainment Law Updates Bangalore…

BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law June 30, 2017 570Views 0Like

Apple’s app store, Summary disposal granted in a trademark infringement suit, Patanjali Trademark tiff, Dahanu-Gholvad chikoo obtains GI registration and more

Interesting Trademarks, Indian Trademark Updates, International Trademark Updates, Geographical Indication updates and more brought to you by the Trademark Team of BananaIP Trade Mark News: Trademark Quote of the Week "Within Every Brand is a Product, but not every product is a brand" --David Ogilvy TRADEMARK STATS FROM THE INDIAN TRADEMARK OFFICE Particulars Last week This week Change in % Total Trademark applications examined by Trademark Office 8447 7536 A decrease of 10.2% Total applications disposed through…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks June 28, 2017 594Views 0Like

Industrial Designs and Yoga

To commemorate the 3rd International Yoga day, we bring to you accessories that have acquired design registrations that help one to practice yoga. Pants Knee Zone for Yoga Pants The above design registration bearing number D732,277 was filed in 2012 as “Pants knee zone for yoga pants, dance pants, rock climbing pants, gardening pants or the like” with the US Patent office. As per the claim made in the application, the design registration is not on the entire pants…

BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property June 26, 2017 577Views 0Like

Patent stats, Industrial designs, Interesting Patents, Startup innovations, PortBOTS, Patent seminars, conferences, conclaves, Apple versus Qualcomm, Pharma patents, PPVFR, Patent Tip and more

Amazon’s drone towers, HCL Technologies – parking patents, Interesting Patents, Startup innovations, PortBOTS, Patent seminars, conferences, conclaves, Apple versus Qualcomm, Pharma patents, PPVFR, Patent Tip and more, presented by the Patent attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. Patent Quote of the week “The good patent gives the world something it did not truly have before, whereas the bad patent has the effect of trying to take away from the world something which it…

BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property, Patents, Plant Varieties June 26, 2017 501Views 0Like

Ola caught in copyright infringement, Coal Ministry accused of Plagiarism, ‘Dancing baby’ Copyright case, Volvo sued for Copyright infringement and more.

Copyright quotes, Indian copyright and entertainment law updates, International copyright and entertainment law updates, licensing and merchandising news brought to you by the Copyright and Entertainment Law Team of BIP Counsels Copyright quote of the week: “The copyright bargain is a balance between protection for the artist and the rights for the consumer.” -- Robin Gross Indian Copyright and Entertainment Law Updates Ola caught in copyright infringement row The music company, Lahari Recording, had filed a police…

BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law June 23, 2017 709Views 0Like

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