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Take Down of Infringing Content from Telegram

DocTutorials Edutech Private Limited v. Telegram FZ-LLC & Ors., Decided by Delhi High Court, on 25th January, 2022. A suit was filed by the Plaintiff against unknown Defendants No. 5 & 6 (referred to as John Doe), as well as any other persons associated with them, for releasing its the paid content on a platform run by Defendants No. 1 & 2, i.e., Telegram. The Plaintiff Company provided online content for medical entrance exam preparations, through their website and mobile applications, and…

BananaIP Reporter Case Study, Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law, Social Media Law January 29, 2022 2572Views 4Likes

Weekly Patent Statistics- 14th January 2022 to 21st January 2022.

Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics- 14th January 2022 to 21st 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 21st 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 1,144 patent applications have been published in the 3rd issue of the Patent Journal, 2022. Out of the 1,144 applications published in the journal, 358 applications account…

BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics, Patents January 24, 2022 1159Views 3Likes

SC extends limitation period again, Natco Pharma obtains patent license from Medicines Patent Pool and other patent news

In this week's update on patents - Supreme Court restores its order on extension of limitation periods; Delhi High Court restrains HFCL in a patent infringement suit by Sterlite Technologies; Natco Pharma obtains patent license from Medicines Patent Pool for manufacture of Molnupiravir; Ericsson files lawsuit against Apple for 5G patent infringement; IP laws in Singapore likely to undergo amendment after IP Amendment Bill proposed in Parliament. India related patent updates Supreme Court restores its order on extension of limitation…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Patents January 23, 2022 716Views 2Likes

Latest Copyright Cases in 2022 – Part 1

This running post provides a summary of the latest Copyright cases decided by courts in India in 2022: Samir Kasal v. Prashant Mehta & Ors. The Plaintiff conceptualized a cricket league format titled ‘Legends Premier League’ wherein famous retired cricket players would play a Test format of cricket. The details about the same were provided to Defendant No. 2 in a strictly confidential manner. However, the Defendants decided to organize ‘Legends League Cricket’ without the Plaintiff’s consent which led him to…

BananaIP Reporter Case Study, Copyrights, Intellectual Property January 22, 2022 2750Views 3Likes

Recap 2021- Indian Patent Case Laws

In this post, we bring to you few Patent Cases decided by Indian Courts in the year 2021 Merck Sharp And Dohme Corp & ANR vs YMS Laboratories Private Limited In this case, the plaintiff, owner of patents pertaining to Sitagliptin and its derivative salts, filed an infringement suit against the defendant. The plaintiff prayed for an Ad Interim Injunction during the pendency of the suit. After reviewing the facts presented, the Court granted an Exparte Ad Interim Injunction as the…

BananaIP Reporter Case Study, Intellectual Property, Patents January 21, 2022 5137Views 3Likes

Important Indian Trademark Cases – 2021

In this post, we bring to you Important Trademark Cases decided by Indian Courts in the year 2021 Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd and Anr. V/S. Maa Tara Trading Co. and Ors In this case, the Calcutta High Court passed an interim order against the Defendants, restraining them from using the trademark ‘Amul’ in connection with their products. The case was instituted by Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd., who are the proprietors of the trademark ‘Amul’. It…

BananaIP Reporter Case Study, Intellectual Property, Trademarks January 20, 2022 19344Views 3Likes

Weekly Trademark Statistics - January, 2022 - Part II

Weekly Trademark Office Statistics – January, 2022 – Part II

This weekly Trademark Office data has been compiled from dynamic data published by the Trademark Office as updated till 19th January, 2022. These statistics are presented to you by the Trademark and Copyright team of BananaIP Counsels, India’s leading Intellectual Property Firm. Indian Trademark Statistics An increase of seven percent (7%) in the total number of trademark applications examined by the Trademark Office this week. A total of five thousand eight hundred and three (5803) applications were examined. These statistics have…

BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks January 20, 2022 987Views 2Likes

Business of Issuing Copyright Licenses can be carried out by Copyright Societies “only”

Novex Communications v. DXC Technologies & Anr. Decided by: Madras High Court Decided on: 08.12.2021 Facts of the Case The Plaintiff was involved in a business of protecting the copyright for sound recordings – in the capacity of an assignee, or an agent of the copyright holders. In order to do so, the Plaintiff had entered into various agreements with the holders of the copyrights, and had obtained several rights related to the sound recordings – in particular, the rights for the…

BananaIP Reporter Case Study, Copyrights, Intellectual Property January 19, 2022 2678Views 2Likes

Weekly Patent Statistics- 7th January 2022 to 14th January 2022.

Weekly Patent and Industrial Design Statistics- 7th January 2022 to 14th 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 14th 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 1,208 patent applications have been published in the 2nd issue of the Patent Journal, 2022. Out of the 1,208 applications published in the journal, 266 applications account…

BananaIP Reporter Industrial Designs, Intellectual Property, Patent & Design Statistics, Patents January 18, 2022 1192Views 3Likes

Indian Consumer Protection Cases Recap – 2021

In this post, we bring to you a recap of important Consumer Protection cases of Year 2021 The Bombay Dyeing Vs. Ashok Narang and Anr. In this case, the Appellant, The Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company Ltd was the builder-promoter whereas Mr. Ashok Narang and others were the allotees/buyers of the flats. It was agreed by the Parties that the possession would be delivered by 2017 at a 20:80 scheme consideration (20% initially and 80% at the time of delivery), in…

BananaIP Reporter General, Intellectual Property January 17, 2022 3186Views 1Like

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