BananaIP Counsels is delighted to celebrate the one-year mark of a significant initiative: "The Professor Jon M. Garon Scholarship for Aspiring Intellectual Property Attorneys with Disabilities". This forward-thinking program aims to empower students from legal, scientific, and technological disciplines, who have disabilities, to venture into the dynamic domain of intellectual property law.
Recipient of the First Year’s Scholarship:
Mr. Masoom Reza is the first recipient of this scholarship. He has completed his BA (LLB) from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi,…
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…
Are you a skilled lawyer with a deep-seated interest in Intellectual Property Law? Then, we have the perfect opportunity for you!
BananaIP Counsels, a leading Intellectual Property (IP) firm, is actively seeking to expand our talented team with individuals who are passionate about IP Law. We have immediate openings for the role of IP Associate within our dynamic IP Strategy and Legal Advisory team. About the Role Job Title: Intellectual Property (IP) Associate Department: IP Strategy and Legal Advisory (Including…
This is a weekly news update on Copyright and Entertainment Law.
Makers of “Top Gun: Maverick” sued for Copyright infringement
A suit for copyright infringement has been filed against Paramount Pictures, the makers of the movie “Top Gun: Maverick”. This suit has been filed by the widow and son of Ehud Yonay, whose 1983 article ‘Top Gun’ inspired this movie’s prequel, “Top Gun”. They have claimed for damages including profits on grounds that Paramount Pictures failed to re-acquire the rights to…
Weekly news updates for the E-commerce domain.
E-Commerce monopolistic practices to be curbed by CAIT campaign
In order to curtail the anti-competitive practices carried out by big corporate houses, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) will be launching a campaign to form clusters of traders on the cooperative model. CAIT will encourage and educate traders to form clusters and pool their resources including finance, technology and marketing in order to improve their purchasing power, negotiating with producers and also…
Weekly news updates for the E-commerce and Licensing domain.
Google once again ventures into E-Commerce
After previously having tried to follow Amazon’s model for an E-commerce platform and being unsuccessful, Google is once again keen on venturing into E-commerce services. Through its second take at launching an E-commerce platform, Google intends to mainly compete with Amazon, which has thrived by offering digital space to small retailers. However, Google will challenge Amazon’s market position by offering an alternative digital market space to…
This is a weekly news update on Copyright and Entertainment Law.
Punjab and Haryana High Court mandates license for playing music at wedding functions
In a recent decision, the High Court of Punjab and Haryana quashed a notice issued by the Registrar of Copyrights, which stated that the utilisation of any sound recordings in the course of religious ceremonies, including marriages, would not require any license to be taken, or any royalties to be paid. The impugned notice was issued in…
Weekly news updates for the E-commerce and Licensing domain.
Amazon's Smart Commerce program
Amazon has recently launched an initiative called Smart Commerce in India, to help small retailers and local shops to create their own digital stores, in addition to its existing E-commerce platform. This new initiative will also allow store owners to offer an in-store shopping experience to their walk-in customers. Through the Smart Commerce initiative, stores of any size can sign up to be a part of this program…
A compilation of the statistics for the Indian copyright applications during the months of March and April 2022, is given below.
MARCH AND APRIL 2022
There is a decrease of 14% in the total number of copyright applications filed for the month of April 2022 as compared to the month of March 2022. A total of 2586 applications were filed in the month of March 2022 and a total of 2235 applications were filed in the month of April 2022. The…
A compilation of the statistics for the Indian copyright applications during the months of February and March 2022, is given below.
FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2022
There is an increase of 25% in the total number of copyright applications filed for the month of March 2022 as compared to the month of February 2022. A total of of 2369 applications were filed in the month of February 2022 and a total of 2586 applications were filed in the month of March 2022. The…