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Weekly News Update: Copyright and Entertainment Law

This is the weekly news update for copyright and entertainment law. Japanese publishing giants sue Cloudflare Four giants of manga publishing, Kodansha, Shueisha, Shogakukan, and Kadokawa, have filed a lawsuit in the Tokyo District Court against American web infrastructure company Cloudflare for infringing their copyright by hosting sites that distribute pirated manga on its servers. The publishers are seeking an injunction and a combined 400 million Yen (USD 3.5 million) in damages. Kodansha claims that Cloudflare’s policy of requiring merely an…

BananaIP Reporter Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law February 4, 2022 1554Views 3Likes

Recap 2021: IP Updates – Part 2

In this post we revisit the IP Updates ie., any amendments, ordinances, notifications, and other information related to IP published in the year 2021. For reader's convenience it has been divided into parts, please find the link to the previous and next parts towards the end of this post. COPYRIGHT, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ECOMMERCE GOVT. NOTIFICATIONS-2021 The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has issued a notification, through the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), introducing the Copyright (Amendment) Rules,…

BananaIP Reporter Biological Diversity, Copyrights, General, Intellectual Property, Patents, Trademarks February 2, 2022 1295Views 5Likes

CASE BRIEF: Samir Kasal vs Prashant Mehta & Ors.

Decided by High Court of Delhi on 19th January 2022. Facts The Plaintiff conceptualized a cricket league format wherein famous retired cricket players would play Test format of cricket with two innings of 10 (ten) overs each. The Plaintiff’s idea intended to exploit the interest in cricket of Indians residing in non-cricket playing countries. The Plaintiff started building up on the concept with the Defendants, and began correspondence with the requisite authorities and people to be involved. The format and information…

BananaIP Reporter Case Study, Copyrights, Intellectual Property February 1, 2022 2374Views 3Likes

CASE BRIEF: Renaissance Hotel Holdings Inc. vs B. Vijay Sai and Ors.

Decided by Supreme Court of India on 19th January 2022 (Reportable) Facts The Appellant, proprietor and holder of the trademark ‘RENAISSANCE’, had filed a suit against the Respondents for a permanent injunction against the use of the allegedly infringing trademark ‘SAI RENAISSANCE’, as well as any other mark identical to the Respondents’ mark, ‘RENAISSANCE’. The Appellant discovered two hotels being run by the Respondents, in Bangalore and Puttaparthi, and noted that it copied the style, signage, and the word ‘RENAISSANCE’. The Respondents’…

BananaIP Reporter Case Study, Intellectual Property, Trademarks February 1, 2022 4151Views 3Likes

Latest Trademark Cases in 2022 – Part 1

This running post provides a summary of the latest Trademark cases decided by courts in India in 2022: Renaissance Hotel Holdings Inc. Vs. B. Vijay Sai And Ors. The Appellant, proprietor and holder of the trademark ‘RENAISSANCE’, filed a suit against the Respondents for a permanent injunction against the use of the allegedly infringing trademark ‘SAI RENAISSANCE’, as well as any other mark identical to the Respondents’ mark, ‘RENAISSANCE’. The Appellant discovered two hotels being run by the Respondents, in Bangalore…

BananaIP Reporter Case Study, Intellectual Property, Trademarks February 1, 2022 7075Views 4Likes

Recap 2021: IP Updates – Part 1

In this post we revisit the IP Updates ie., any amendments, ordinances, notifications, and other information related to IP published in the year 2021. For reader's convenience it has been divided into parts, please find the link to the next part towards the end of this post. THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (INTERMEDIARY GUIDELINES AND DIGITAL MEDIA ETHICS CODE) RULES, 2021- A BRIEF NOTE The Government of India through the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MietY) has recently issued a notification, for…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property February 1, 2022 1093Views 1Like

Recap 2021 – Indian Copyright Case Laws

In this post, we bring to you few Copyright Cases decided by Indian Courts in the year 2021:- Sony Pictures Network India Pvt. Ltd. vs. www.sportsala.tv And Ors In this case, Sony Pictures filed a suit against numerous defendants primarily praying for a permanent injunction against reproducing, making available, distributing, broadcasting, and so on of the cricket matches between India’s tours of England and Sri Lanka. During the pendency of the suit, Sony Pictures prayed for an interim injunction asking for more or less…

BananaIP Reporter Case Study, Copyrights, Intellectual Property January 31, 2022 3091Views 3Likes

RECAP 2021- INDIAN TRADEMARK CASE LAWS

This post provides a summary of Indian Trademark Cases for the year 2021 El Baik Food Systems Co. S.A vs Arsalan Wahid Gilkar & Anr. In a recent decision, the Delhi High Court granted an Ex-parte Injunction against use of the trademark ‘Albaik’ for restaurants and related services. The Plaintiff in the case was the Albaik Group based out of Saudi Arabia, which started its business in 1986. The Plaintiff briefly operated under the mark, Albaik, in India between 2017 and…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks January 31, 2022 4635Views 2Likes

Weekly Patent Statistics- 21st January 2022 to 28th January 2022.

Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics- 21st January 2022 to 28th January 2022

This week's Patent and Design data has been compiled from the Official journal of patents and designs, published by the patent office on the 28th of January 2022. 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 1,217 patent applications have been published in the 4th issue of the Patent Journal, 2022. Out of the 1,217 applications published in the journal, 370 applications account…

BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics, Patents January 31, 2022 874Views 3Likes

Recap 2021 – Indian Design Case Laws

In this post, we bring to you few Design Cases decided by Indian Courts in the year 2021:- M/S Kamdhenu Limited v. M/S Aashiana Rolling Mills Ltd In a case involving a registered design pertaining to double rib pattern of steel rods, the Delhi High Court cancelled the registration summarily stating that there is no need for a full trial. The Court came to this conclusion primarily based on the fact that the design that formed part of the registration was…

BananaIP Reporter Case Study, Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property January 29, 2022 4593Views 2Likes

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