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Articles by Sushmita Ray

About Sushmita Ray
Sushmita Ray is a Legal Counsel and works in the Fintech Industry. She is a graduate from KIIT School of Law, KIIT (Deemed to be) University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha and have successfully completed a 5-year Dual Degree Integrated Course, B.Sc.LL.B (Intellectual Property Laws Hons.). She has interned with various reputed IP firms in their Patents and TM Prosecution departments. She is also a participant and winner of various National, Regional and Cluster level competitions.

Neo-banking: future of fintech?

April 1, 2023 Sushmita Ray 0

In this 5G era, with the digital India mission, the traditional banking system in India has not been able to go hand in hand with […]

Certificate Course on IP and Fintech by The IP Press [50 seats only]

July 15, 2022 Sushmita Ray 4

The IP Press is delighted to launch its flagship course on IP & Fintech which is one of the newly emerging lines of law and […]

IP Hot Shorts July 2021

August 20, 2021 Sushmita Ray 0

It has been a constant and collective effort of The IP Press Team to bring to its readers the most recent news in the field […]

IP Hot Shorts June 2021

July 14, 2021 Sushmita Ray 0

It has been a constant and collective effort of The IP Press Team to bring to its readers the most recent news in the field […]

IP Hot Shorts May 2021

June 14, 2021 Sushmita Ray 0

It has been a constant and collective effort of The IP Press Team to bring to its readers the most recent news in the field […]

IP Hot Shorts April 2021

May 16, 2021 Sushmita Ray 0

It has been a constant and collective effort of The IP Press Team to bring to its readers the most recent news in the field […]

Rules for The IP Press Quiz to Extempore Competition 2021

April 21, 2021 Sushmita Ray 0

There will be 5 rapid fire rounds in this live IP quiz. Level 1: FICTIONAL CHARACTER MERCHANDISING. In the first round, 10 pictures will be […]

IP Hot Shorts March 2021

April 15, 2021 Sushmita Ray 2

It has been a constant and collective effort of The IP Press Team to bring to its readers the most recent news in the field […]

IP Hot Shorts February 2021

March 14, 2021 Sushmita Ray 0

It has been a constant and collective effort of The IP Press Team to bring to its readers the most recent news in the field […]

“Gunjan Saxena- The Kargil Girl” Controversy 2.0: Whether it is before an audience or in a studio?

February 27, 2021 Sushmita Ray 0

Dharma Productions biopic “Gunjan Saxena – The Kargil Girl” that had been in controversy after its release in August 2020 for misrepresenting the Indian Air […]

IP Hot Shorts January 2021

February 10, 2021 Sushmita Ray 0

It has been a constant and collective effort of The IP Press Team to bring to its readers the most recent news in the field […]

IP Hot Shorts December 2020

January 10, 2021 Sushmita Ray 0

It has been a constant and collective effort of The IP Press Team to bring to its readers the most recent news in the field […]

IP Hot Shorts November 2020

December 23, 2020 Sushmita Ray 0

It has been a constant and collective effort of The IP Press Team to bring to its readers the most recent news in the field […]

IP Hot Shorts October 2020

November 16, 2020 Sushmita Ray 0

It has been a constant and collective effort of The IP Press Team to bring to its readers the most recent news in the field […]

IP hot shorts in September 2020

October 21, 2020 Sushmita Ray 0

It has been a constant and collective effort of The IP Press Team to bring to its readers the most recent news in the field […]

IP hot shorts in August 2020

September 21, 2020 Sushmita Ray 0

It has been a constant and collective effort of The IP Press Team to bring to its readers the most recent news in the field […]

Graphical User Interfaces and Design Protection

September 3, 2020 Sushmita Ray 2

A rapid growth in the demand for virtual platforms to operate various meetings is evident today. One such platform during the ongoing pandemic is “JioMeet” […]

The “Scheme for Facilitating Startups Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP)”

August 26, 2020 Sushmita Ray 1

The SIPP scheme launched in 2016 promotes and mentors innovative and emerging technologies among startups and assist startups in protecting and commercializing it. It gives […]

Today’s Quiz

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

Law on_____ is not codified in India.

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

copyright protects the ____ elements of GUI

Slogans/ Short phrases can be protected under:

The copyright over a photograph lasts for:

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

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

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

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

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

The design should be___under the Indian Design Act, 2000

 

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

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

Trade-secret is protected in India by:

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

What does a trademark protect?

Can tattoos be copyrighted in India?

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

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

India is a member of:

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

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

The first legislation in India relating to patents was enacted in:
Which of these is a geographical indication?

Can sand-sculptures be copyrighted?

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

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

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

 

 

This sound mark belongs to whom:

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

'IPC' in relation to Patents means:

An improvement over a patented invention can be protected by:

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

"Computer program per se" is protectable under:

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

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:

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

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?

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

Which Oscar winning movie was sued for copyright infringement?

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

Prior art search includes:

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

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

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

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

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

'Prior art' in patent law includes

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

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

Exceptions to copyright infringement in India also referred to as:

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

"Independent claim" is a term associated with:

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