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Articles by Swagita Pandey Tewari

About Swagita Pandey Tewari
Swagita is a young professional intrigued by and interested in the fields of IPR and Entertainment laws. She is very adept at Intellectual Property Laws specially the Trademarks. Currently, she is working with a leading Law Firm based in New Delhi. She completed her Bachelor of Laws – B. Com LL.B. (Hons.) from UPES in the year 2020. She spent most of her time working round the clock on trademark cases for various clients. She loves networking, debating, and communicating – this probably isn't surprising coming from a lawyer. In her leisure time she prefers to Think–Pair–Share with budding lawyers or just Netflix & Chill.She graduated in B. Com LL.B. (Hons.) from the School of Law, UPES, Dehradun. She is very adept at Trademark laws. Her straightforward, easy to deal with and forward-looking view makes her leader at heart and a winner in spirit.

I AM BARBIE GIRL, I’M LIVIN’ IN MY IP WORLD – You Can’t Touch Me There Or Else Hallway Go Down To Courtroom

July 25, 2023 Swagita Pandey Tewari 0

The sky has turned pink with the release of the ‘Barbie Movie’ starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling and everyone is humming: “I’m a Barbie […]

Film posters that are way too ‘inspired’ – An infringement alert under idea-expression dichotomy

April 15, 2023 Swagita Pandey Tewari 0

Ideas are as “free as air” but the expression of ideas is Copyrightable. Copyright axiom is that no one should claim ownership in what one […]

NOT ONLY DIAMONDS BUT SOME RIVALRIES ARE FOREVER – CARTIER VS. TIFFANY

March 28, 2023 Swagita Pandey Tewari 1

Tiffany and Cartier have never been chums. Cartier International SNC, a French luxury goods conglomerate last year filed a Trade secrets infringement suit in the […]

AN INDIE MUSIC LABEL AND AN INDIAN PRODUCTION COMPANY FUELLED OVER CINDERELLA OF IP LAWS

May 3, 2022 Swagita Pandey Tewari 0

Copyright is referred to as the ‘Cinderella of Intellectual Property Law’ as it plays a very important role in the IP regime. Copyright protects authors, […]

BADAM BADAM A DADA KACHA BADAM – A TRAGIC MUSIC RIGHT INFRINGEMENT OF A PEANUT HAWKER

February 23, 2022 Swagita Pandey Tewari 1

The Bengali folk Jingle “Kacha Badam” has currently taken social media by storm, and everyone is grooving to the tunes of it. The catchy tunes […]

EMERGING AND EVOLVING FASHION LAW ISSUES POST COVID 19 –

February 17, 2022 Swagita Pandey Tewari 0

It is no secret that global Fashion Industry is the fastest growing sector that has adapted to the new consumer priorities. Digitalization has not just […]

Do you know, your hard work for a perfect wing liner can be protected under copyright law?

January 9, 2022 Swagita Pandey Tewari 0

Over the past couple of years, it has been observed that the beauty industry is tussling with intellectual property issues every now and then. Instagram […]

‘META’ – A stolen trade mark or Ingenious, well-thought strategy

December 8, 2021 Swagita Pandey Tewari 0

On 28th October 2021, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of the world’s largest social network website ‘Facebook’ announces the rebranding of its corporate name from ‘Facebook’ to […]

WILL DISNEY’S MARVEL LOSE ITS SUPERHEROES OVER COPYRIGHT TERMINATION – IS IT AN ‘ENDGAME’ FOR MARVEL

November 3, 2021 Swagita Pandey Tewari 0

A Blockbuster flurry of lawsuits was filed on 24th September 2021 by Walt Disney’s Marvel to decide future ownership and copyright of famous and well-known […]

MAKE MY WARS SAYS ‘MAKEMYTRIP’ – A GLOSSARY OF ONGOING ‘MMT’ DISPUTES

October 14, 2021 Swagita Pandey Tewari 0

The company MakeMyTrip (India) Private Limited (hereinafter referred to as ‘MMT’) was incorporated in the year 2000 and started its business with airline booking and […]

‘MOJ’ & ‘SHARECHAT’ COAGULATING A TRAIL FOR THE REST OF THE INDIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY

September 21, 2021 Swagita Pandey Tewari 0

Last Year, ‘ShareChat’- the leading Indian social media platform and ‘Moj’- India’s 1 short video app signed a Licensing Agreement with music label ‘T-Series’. Recently, […]

‘Dabus is the Inventor’ Says Federal Court of Australia in Landmark Judgment of Thaler V. Commissioner of Patents, [2021] Fca 879.

August 11, 2021 Swagita Pandey Tewari 2

On 30th July 2021, Federal court of Australia held that an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system can be an inventor as per the Australian Patent Act […]

Bollywood and talent management agency

June 23, 2021 Swagita Pandey Tewari 0

Bollywood and talent management agency The Hindi film industry popularly known as ‘Bollywood’ has experienced robust growth over the last few years and has become […]

‘Friends: The Reunion’ – Could there be any more infringement

June 5, 2021 Swagita Pandey Tewari 0

‘Friends’ is one of the most globally loved shows of all time. The characters and their personalities have stayed with fans even so many years […]

CLIMAX OF NICKI MINAJ & TRACY CHAPMAN COPYRIGHT SUIT – ‘SORRY, IS ALL NICKI CAN SAY’

January 31, 2021 Swagita Pandey Tewari 0

On 22nd October, 2018, Tracy Chapman brought a lawsuit claiming copyright infringement of her musical composition ‘Baby Can I Hold You’ by Nicki Minaj in […]

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"Independent claim" is a term associated with:

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

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

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

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

 

 

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

An improvement over a patented invention can be protected by:

What does a trademark protect?

The first legislation in India relating to patents was enacted in:
Rights conferred by registration are subject to prior user rights under the Trademark Act of 1999

The design should be___under the Indian Design Act, 2000

 

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

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?

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

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

The copyright over a photograph lasts for:

Law on_____ is not codified in India.

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

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

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

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

'IPC' in relation to Patents means:

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

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

India is a member of:

This sound mark belongs to whom:

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

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

"Computer program per se" is protectable under:

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

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

'Prior art' in patent law includes

Prior art search includes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Slogans/ Short phrases can be protected 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?

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

Which of these is a geographical indication?
Rights conferred by registration are subject to prior user rights under the Trademark Act of 1999

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

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

copyright protects the ____ elements of GUI

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

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

Trade-secret is protected in India by:

Exceptions to copyright infringement in India also referred to as:

Can sand-sculptures be copyrighted?

Which Oscar winning movie was sued for copyright infringement?

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