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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 […]

Geographical Indication (GI) Tags of ODISHA

June 15, 2020 Tanya Sharma 1

Odisha was secured with the much-awaited GI Tag on “RASAGOLA” on 29th July 2019 [Certificate]. The application for ‘Odisha Rasagola’ was filed by the Odisha […]

Pitbull yells out a trademark for himself! How Trade marking sounds have come a long way.

June 14, 2020 Pranav Gupta 2

The jurisprudence of trademark laws, all around the world, has categorized a sound mark as a non-conventional trademark. It is usually seen as a trade […]

WIPO PROOF: An online tamper-proof wallet to record trade secrets and other intellectual assets

June 13, 2020 Krishnam Goyal 1

On May 27, 2020, WIPO launched a service that would provide evidence of the existence of intellectual assets at a specific point in time. This […]

Fast track patenting in India: An overview of IPO-JPO Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program

June 12, 2020 Krishnam Goyal 1

Fast track patenting in India is slowly becoming a trend now. Starting with a first set of initiatives to fast track examinations of patent applications […]

Monkeying around with IP

June 11, 2020 ANUPRIYA BANERJEE 7

We know that humans, as well as other legal entities, are entitled to claim proprietary rights over tangible as well as intangible things. They are […]

Stephanie Sinclair V. Mashable: An eyeopener for Instagram artists to take a re-look at their rights

June 9, 2020 Krishna Pallavi 2

It can without a doubt be stated that social media has become an inseparable part of our lives today. In Contemporary times, social media platforms […]

Competition Law versus Patent Law – The Monsanto Conundrum

June 8, 2020 Shatrunjay Bose 0

Back in 2010, while reading about genetically modified cotton and Brinjals in a biology lecture, I became aware of Monsanto. Monsanto has been a pioneer […]

Can AI be Inventors under Patent Laws?

June 7, 2020 Neha Singh 1

It’s 2020 and clearly it was anticipated that soon enough AI will take over the world. Alas! We are all sitting in our houses contributing […]

Trademark Incapacity Doctrine or Primary significance test: Which favors Generic mark to be recognized as trademark?

June 6, 2020 Udit Thakran 5

The principal purpose of a trademark is to act as a ‘source signifier’ and not ‘product signifier’. A mark qualifies as a trademark when a […]

Finance art becomes another batch of students of school S. 101 failing Alice test

June 5, 2020 Vidushi Bhardwaj 2

A Changing trend of the USPTO in rejecting patent applications in the domain of finance art units has become something of concern to US patent […]

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Which Oscar winning movie was sued for copyright infringement?

Law on_____ is not codified in India.

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

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

The design should be___under the Indian Design Act, 2000

 

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

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

copyright protects the ____ elements of GUI

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

The copyright over a photograph lasts for:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

 

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

Can tattoos be copyrighted in India?

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

Slogans/ Short phrases can be protected under:

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

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

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

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

India is a member of:

Prior art search includes:

Trade-secret is protected in India by:

An improvement over a patented invention can be protected by:

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

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

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

Exceptions to copyright infringement in India also referred to as:

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

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

Which of these is a geographical indication?

"Computer program per se" is protectable under:

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

'Prior art' in patent law includes

'IPC' in relation to Patents means:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Can sand-sculptures be copyrighted?

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

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

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

"Independent claim" is a term associated with:

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

What does a trademark protect?

This sound mark belongs to whom:

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

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