IP Basics

DISCLAIMER TO BE RUN WITH ‘MEHNGAI’ SONG

Supreme Court of India have ruled that ‘Chakravyuh’ movie’s song Mehngai will have to run a disclaimer with the video footage of the song and even the audio version have to run a disclaimer. The lawsuit was filed by Bata India Ltd. against Prakash Jha & Org. First High Court of Delhi ruled on 11th [...]

By |2017-09-07T13:45:39+05:30October 26th, 2012|IP Basics, Patent|0 Comments

IP ASSETS IN FASHION INDUSTRY

Fashion industry is one of the fastest growing industries in India. Fashion has been on high after Indian fashion designers have gained name and respect of other nations. Indian fashion designers have been on a roll and are now very vulnerable to be infringed by other designers from our country or from the designers [...]

By |2017-09-09T11:54:21+05:30October 25th, 2012|IP Basics, Patent|1 Comment

APPLE’S RUBBER-BAND PATENT REJECTED

At last Samsung has something to cheer about. USPTO have rejected US Patent No. 7469381 on 15th October, 2012 which was Apple’s rubber band patent. The patent office decision is an initial ruling and it will probably be challenged by Apple.It affects the patent for Apple’s “rubber banding” or “bounce” feature, which makes the [...]

By |2017-09-07T13:44:49+05:30October 25th, 2012|Patent, IP Basics|0 Comments

TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE

Today with this article I bring to your knowledge about Traditional Knowledge Digital Library (from here on referred as TKDL). TKDL has been in news after India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement that India can win 105 claims on international patents due to its TKDL. He gave this statement at the high-level segment meeting [...]

By |2017-09-07T13:43:40+05:30October 22nd, 2012|Innovation, India, IP Basics|0 Comments

APPLE’S DESIGN: NOT INFRINGED BY SAMSUNG

The patent war between two giants which are Apple and Samsung isn’t new. They have been fighting like Tom and Jerry, just to show the world who is stronger with respect to intellectual property. Many lawsuits have been filed by one on the other and by other on the first one. This patent par [...]

By |2017-08-30T19:00:33+05:30October 20th, 2012|IP Basics, Patent|0 Comments

CONTROLLER GENERAL’S DECISION ON OCI

In a recent judgment given on 25th September, 2012 Karnataka high court quashed Controller’s General order of banning a person with ‘Overseas Citizenship of India’ from practicing as a patent agent. The court also gave the Controller General, liberty to conduct a new inquiry and determine if he should be in Register of Patent Agent [...]

By |2017-09-07T13:40:05+05:30October 20th, 2012|IP Basics, Patent|0 Comments
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