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Madras High Court's Progressive Stance on Patent Claim Amendments

Madras High Court’s Progressive Stance on Patent Claim Amendments and Other Aspects

In this post, we at BananaIP bring to you select Patent cases relating to Patent Claim amendments, Patent exclusions, and Patent orders. Amending polypeptide patent claims mentioning specific sequence IDs to polynucleotide claims mentioning the said sequence IDs is permitted, says Madras High Court. While dealing with the rejection of a patent application based on impermissible claim amendments, the Madras High Court reiterated that claim amendments are permissible as long as the amendments are disclosed in the specification. After reviewing the…
January 2, 2024 Case Reviews, Intellectual Property, Patents 0Comment 385Views 0Like
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Indian trademark case highlights

Trademarks in the Courtroom: Noteworthy Decisions from India Part – 4

Our exploration continues in Trademarks in the Courtroom: Noteworthy Decisions from India Part - 4, focusing on Indian trademark case highlights. This segment reviews crucial judgments regarding user affidavits and the handling of trademark refusal orders, pivotal aspects of the trademark registration process. Cases pertaining to user affidavit: Unreasoned refusal of Shell’s drum trademark application set aside The Delhi High Court has recently set aside an order of the Trademark Registrar refusing a trademark application by Shell for a drum logo…
October 26, 2023 Case Reviews, Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 458Views 0Like
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Prof. Thammaiah Ramakrishna Scholarship Celebrates Its First Year

Prof. Thammaiah Ramakrishna Scholarship Celebrates It’s First Year

BananaIP Counsels recently celebrated the completion of the first year of their groundbreaking initiative, the "Professor Thammaiah Ramakrishna Scholarship for aspiring Patent Attorneys". The program is recognized for its innovative approach to encouraging and facilitating students in the legal and technical domains to enter patent practice. The first scholarship has been awarded to Muhammad Faris V, a Senior research fellow at the Inter-University Centre for Intellectual Property Rights Studies (IUCIPRS), CUSAT. Faris, a BSc Physics graduate, has completed his post-graduation in…
June 16, 2023 Intellectual Property 0Comment 574Views 0Like
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Indian Copyright Statistics-April and May 2022

A compilation of the statistics for the Indian copyright applications during the months of April and May 2022, is given below. APRIL AND MAY 2022 There is an increase of 2.1% in the total number of copyright applications filed for the month of May 2022 as compared to the month of April 2022. A total of 2235 applications were filed in the month of April 2022 and a total of 2281 applications were filed in the month of May 2022. The…
June 13, 2022 Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 892Views 0Like
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Indian Copyright Statistics: January and February 2022

A compilation of the statistics for the Indian copyright applications during the months of January and February 2022, is given below. JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2022 There is an increase of 9% in the total number of copyright applications filed for the month of February 2022 as compared to the month of January 2022. A total of 2171 applications were filed in the month of January and a total of 2369 applications were filed in the month of February 2022. The majority…
March 9, 2022 Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Uncategorized 0Comment 1030Views 1Like
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Indian Copyright Statistics-May to July 2021

Indian Copyright Statistics-May to July 2021

A compilation of the statistics for the Indian copyright applications during the months of May-July 2021, is given below. MAY AND JUNE  2021 In the month of June 2021 there has been an increase of 1865% in the total number of copyright applications filed, as compared to the month of May 2021. A total of 121 applications were filed in May 2021 and a total of 2378 filed in June 2021.  The majority of applications were filed for literary/ dramatic works…
August 6, 2021 Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 1088Views 1Like
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Indian Copyright Statistics

Indian Copyright Statistics-March to May 2021

A compilation of the statistics for the Indian copyright applications during the months of March-May 2021, is given below. MARCH AND APRIL 2021 In the month of April 2021 there has been a decrease of 4% in the total number of copyright applications filed, as compared to the month of March 2021. A total of 2275 applications were filed in March 2021 and a total of 2187 filed in April 2021. The majority of applications were filed for literary/ dramatic works,…
August 3, 2021 Copyrights, Intellectual Property 0Comment 1232Views 1Like
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Data Privacy can take the form of non-price competition, Qualcomm loses case against EU Anti-Trust Regulators, Facebook prepares to file Anti-trust Lawsuit against Apple and more.

Lu La Roe to settle pyramid scheme lawsuit for USD 4.75 million, Supreme Court issues notices to online platforms in UPI Data Privacy Case, No violation of privacy Minister of State informs Rajya Sabha, Data Privacy can take the form of non-price competition, ByteDance sues Tencent for Anti-Competitive behaviour, Qualcomm loses case against EU Anti-Trust Regulators, Facebook prepares to file Anti-trust Lawsuit against Apple and EU Anti-trust regulators investigate Mondelez International. Lu La Roe to settle pyramid scheme lawsuit for USD…
February 9, 2021 Intellectual Property, IP and Antitrust/Competition, Privacy / Data Protection 0Comment 729Views 0Like
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Copyright and Entertainment Law News

FLVTO.biz suggests RIAA to file lawsuit in Russia, Cox Communications requests delay in paying damages, Nintendo secures injunctions in Spain and more.

FLVTO.biz suggests RIAA to file lawsuit in Russia, Cox Communications requests delay in paying damages, Nintendo secures injunctions in Spain and Japan to release new laws to regulate Cosplay. FLVTO.biz suggests RIAA to file lawsuit in Russia not US The Russian stream-ripping platform, FLVTO.biz in a new legal document heavily suggested that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) submit its complaint to a Russian Court. The ongoing dispute is with reference to a lawsuit against FLVTO.biz, 2CONV.com and the sites’…
February 6, 2021 Copyrights, Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 781Views 0Like
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IP Privacy and Anti trust November x

Pro Music Rights’ Lawsuit Against Apple Dismissed, CBI files case against Cambridge Analytica, Google asks to move antitrust lawsuit to California and more.

Claudalie Faces Anti-Competition Probes, Pro Music Rights’ Lawsuit Against Apple Dismissed, Case Filed against Cambridge Analytica, Data breach exposes 1.9 million Pixlr user records, More than 22 billion records exposed in data breaches in 2020, Google asks to move antitrust lawsuit to California, Trump pardons Google Engineer who stole trade secrets, Amazon Opposes EU’s Permit for Separate Antitrust Sales Probe, Parler’s Demand for Reinstatement on Amazon Denied, SoftBank's Sale of NVIDIA Raises Antitrust and National Security Concerns and Tesla Sues…
February 1, 2021 Intellectual Property, IP and Antitrust/Competition, Trade Secrets 0Comment 710Views 1Like
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