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Month: June 2020

Calling for a CONscious use of the “Well-Known” Mark ISKCON

June 30, 2020 Riddima Sharma 4

On 6th March 2020[1], the Single Bench of the Bombay High Court led by Hon’ble Mr. Justice B.P Colabawalla, granted an ad-interim injunction in favour […]

How the addition of “.com” to a generic word, can be protectable under US trademark law

June 28, 2020 Pranav Gupta 4

USPTO v. Booking.com B.V[1] As my colleague, in his article “Trademark Incapacity Doctrine or Primary significance test: Which favours Generic mark to be recognized as […]

Monsanto’s patent took its last breath, undetermined if it was a patent or plant variety

June 27, 2020 Krishnam Goyal 11

The present blog pertains to the landmark fight over Monsanto’s Bt. Cotton technology. It is not yet finalised whether the subject invention was a patentable […]

Broadcasting Woes: Hired Cars & Radio (EU & Indian Perspective)

June 25, 2020 Riddima Sharma 0

This post is written in co-authorship by Ms. Riddima Sharma and Ms. Amshula Chauhan. The Court of Justice of European Union (CJEU) in a recent […]

Geographical Indication (GI) tags of Kerala

June 24, 2020 Tanya Sharma 3

Kerala, a south-western state of India, situated on India’s tropical Malabar Coast, has nearly 600km of Arabian Sea shoreline. Popular by the name “God’s Own […]

Brexit and Unitary patent in the EU: An analysis of what has happened so far.

June 23, 2020 Maria Fischer 1

Failure of the first attempt to establish a unitary patent system Since the conclusion of The European Patent Convention in 1973, there have been several […]

Stripping Away Abstraction to find Adaptation

June 21, 2020 Neha Singh 1

From Lord of the Rings to Life of Pi to Shawshank Redemption, we have all time and again enjoyed these movies that were wonderful adaptations […]

A case of a permanent injunction filed by one patentee against another patentee

June 19, 2020 Charu Srivastava 5

What we usually discuss in patent classes is about enforcement of the patent rights by the patentee against any person under Section 48 of the […]

Geographical Indication Tags of MIZORAM

June 18, 2020 Tanya Sharma 0

Geographical Indication Law [Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999] protects the traditional culture and benefits the artisans, weavers, craftsmen socially as well […]

The pecuniary jurisdiction of courts in IPR disputes

June 17, 2020 Srinivas.L 1

Mr. Nosy Parker is an artist who creates interesting posters at his leisure. Recently, through one of the groups on facebook, he saw an attractive […]

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Can Disney sue a cakemaker for making an “Elsa” inspired cake?

The time limit for filing PCT National phase application in India is:

What does a trademark protect?

Which Oscar winning movie was sued for copyright infringement?

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) was established in the year:

Trade-secret is protected in India by:

Slogans/ Short phrases can be protected under:

Rights conferred by registration are subject to prior user rights under the Trademark Act of 1999

Economic Rights under the Indian Copyright Act of 1957 are enumerated under:

Which of the following is not patentable under the Patents Act of 1970?

Can tattoos be copyrighted in India?

Hint: Did you know Shahrukh Khan’s tattoo in Don2 was copyrighted?

The Indian Trademark Act of 1999 provides for Absolute grounds of refusal:

An important consideration for the grant of a patent of an invention is:

What is the period of protection of copyright granted in USA and UK?

The 2017 movie Raabta was alleged to be a copy of the Telugu movie:

A patentee has a right to claim damages for infringement from date of:

The Protection of Plant Variety and Farmers Right Act, 2001 (PPVFR Act) received the assent of President on:

A request for Foreign Filing License shall be disposed of by the Indian patent office within:

Ariana Grande faced Copyright Infringement lawsuit in January 2020 for which of her song?

Which was the first country to have a full-fledged copyright statute?

The letters 'ND' in the term 'FRAND' for SEP licensing mean:

'IPC' in relation to Patents means:

Taylor Swift was sued for copyright infringement for which of her song?

'Prior art' in patent law includes

Economic rights to performers for their performances fixed in audio-visual fixations were given in which international agreement?

India is a member of:

Exceptions to copyright infringement in India also referred to as:

Beyonce and Jay Z were recently sued for copyright infringement for which of their song?

The letters ‘FR’ in the term ‘FRAND’ for SEP licensing stands for:

Before the Copyright Act, 1957 (amended in 2012), which statute governed the copyright
laws in India?

In "quid-pro-quo", quo stands for:

Prior art search includes:

The copyright over a photograph lasts for:

The first legislation in India relating to patents was enacted in:

"Computer program per se" is protectable under:

Can sand-sculptures be copyrighted?

The Central Government reviews the Secrecy directions under Indian patent act at the intervals of:

 

 

Number of classes of ‘works’ under Indian Copyright Law:

A "3-D shape" of a product can be protected under:

Which of these is a geographical indication?

The term "patent troll" was coined by the staff of which company?

An improvement over a patented invention can be protected by:

Who is appointed as the WIPO's next Director-General on May 8, 2020, by the consensus of the member states of the (WIPO):

This sound mark belongs to whom:

https://storage.googleapis.com/theippress/2020/06/0cfa0277-media.wav

The popular symbol for copyright ‘©’ originated in which country?

Law on_____ is not codified in India.

The minimum term of patent protection required as per TRIPS is:

The design should be___under the Indian Design Act, 2000

 

Singer Adele was sued for copyright infringement of which of her song?

The Trademark Act of 1999 provides for Absolute grounds of refusal:

copyright protects the ____ elements of GUI

"Independent claim" is a term associated with:

Pre-grant opposition before the Indian Patent Office can be filed by:

Rights conferred by registration are subject to prior user rights under the Trademark Act of 1999

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