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Month: July 2020

Bombay HC Grants Interim Injunction to ZEE Restraining Maha TV and Manoranjan TV from Broadcasting Movies Owned by ZEE

July 30, 2020 Neha Singh 0

On 16th July 2020, the Bombay High Court heard a matter brought in by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL). ZEEL holds the exclusive liner rights, […]

Prohibited Trademarks: What words and terms could lead to denial of your Trademark registration?

July 28, 2020 Tanya Choudhary 4

Thinking of a new innovative business model? A new start-up or product name that could set you apart from the crowd of the ever-growing additions […]

Death of a Distinctive mark by Genericide

July 26, 2020 Pranav Gupta 1

Discussion of Aktiebolaget Volvo & ors v. Mantis technologies pvt. Ltd. & ors.[29 June, 2020] A mark is an image or face of the goods […]

Turning Deaf: Musings on the phonetic similarity of trademarks in Indian Courts

July 24, 2020 Shuvam Bhattacharya 5

Introduction Imagine a triangle consisting of a producer, a good or service and a consumer. At the centroid, lies a trademark which tells the consumer […]

Patent Versus Trade Secret Conundrum

July 22, 2020 Namrata Dubey 2

IntroductionInventors often face difficulty while choosing a protection regime for their inventions which simultaneously ensures a competitive edge. The two equally confusing options fulfilling this […]

Leeching as a mode of Trademark Infringement

July 20, 2020 Kunal Chandriani 6

The Rationale behind Trademark Protection Just as how humans are identified by their names, the ideas materialized by humans deserve to be identified by a […]

Geographical Indication (GI) Tags of Arunachal Pradesh

July 19, 2020 Tanya Sharma 6

Arunachal Pradesh is also known as the Orchid State of India or the Paradise of the Botanists and geographically it is the largest amongst the […]

Basics of SEP in light of the recent German court’s decision

July 17, 2020 Krishnam Goyal 3

I have earlier researched, discussed and talked about Standard Essential Patents (SEP), however, I have never penned down my thoughts on this topic until now! […]

Geographical Indication (GI) Tags of Karnataka

July 15, 2020 Tanya Sharma 8

Karnataka is a state in the southern part of  India, bordered by the Arabian Sea coastline to the west, Goa to the northwest, Maharashtra to […]

Using IPR as collateral: Business Continuity in Post-Covid Landscape

July 14, 2020 Amartya Shrivastava 36

I. Introduction:The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown open dilemmatic questions to various business houses quizzing them about their survival, expansion plans and business continuity. The pandemic […]

Can the “Method of preparation” introduced by the US Courts become an exception to Section 3(i) of Indian Patent Law?

July 12, 2020 Vidushi Bhardwaj 0

The TRIPS agreement being an International Agreement, sets out for its signatory nations the minimum standards of protection to be provided in respect of the […]

Failure to obtain foreign filing permit in India – illegality or irregularity?

July 10, 2020 Gaurav Mishra 2

A very interesting question was recently put across to a wide audience group. The questioner sought inputs on whether an applicant based out of India […]

Public disclosure of the invention is safer than a secret use: Loopholes in the patent law

July 8, 2020 Krishnam Goyal 1

Secret use of an invention before filing a patent application could amount to public use and such public use of the invention would be beyond […]

Trademarkability of “.com” marks with generic terms

July 5, 2020 Charu Srivastava 2

We often argue that generic words can’t be trademarked because it tends to be used in the same industry by the other proprietors to refer […]

US Copyright Laws vs. EU Software Directive: The Unending Saga of SAS and WPL

July 4, 2020 Shatrunjay Bose 2

A three judges bench of the United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit has rightly said that “the area of software copyrights is a murky […]

Doom’s Day- An End to 150 years of Good yearicism

July 2, 2020 Pranav Gupta 3

USPTO v. Booking.com[1]This post is in continuation to our previous posts covered here and here. The day has come and the SCOTUS (Supreme Court of […]

Genuine Artistic Motive Wins Over Trademark Infringement Allegation

July 1, 2020 Tanya Choudhary 0

The right to Freedom of speech in general enables us to express ourselves freely in different forms. Trademark law, on the other hand, protects the […]

Today’s Quiz

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Are you ready to test your IP knowledge?

'IPC' in relation to Patents means:

Slogans/ Short phrases can be protected under:

Exceptions to copyright infringement in India also referred to as:

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

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

'Prior art' in patent law includes

An improvement over a patented invention can be protected by:

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

The copyright over a photograph lasts for:

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

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

copyright protects the ____ elements of GUI

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

India is a member of:

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

What does a trademark protect?

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

The design should be___under the Indian Design Act, 2000

 

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

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

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

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

Prior art search includes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Trade-secret is protected in India by:

"Computer program per se" is protectable under:

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

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

This sound mark belongs to whom:

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

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

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

Can tattoos be copyrighted in India?

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

"Independent claim" is a term associated with:

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

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

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

Which Oscar winning movie was sued for copyright infringement?

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

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

Can sand-sculptures be copyrighted?

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

 

 

Law on_____ is not codified in India.
Which of these is a geographical indication?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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