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PATENT AMENDMENT RULES: A BOON FOR SMALL ENTITIES, START-UPS & EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

May 14, 2021 Vivek Basanagoudar 0

Introduction In the month of October 2020, the Department for the Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) issued the Patents (Amendment) Rules 2020 (hereinafter […]

How this provision of patent law can boost drug supplies and increase access to essential medicines …

May 12, 2021 admin 0

Compulsory Licensing of Patents for Covid Drugs amidst the Pandemic Introduction In a recent order passed by the Delhi High Court in the case of […]

Report of the Workshop on Basics of SEPs by Ms. Justina Mathew

February 25, 2021 Surbhit Shrivastava 0

Topics: Basics of Standard Essential Patents (SEPs), Preparing for placements in IP field The workshop on Basics of SEPs: Pre-requisites of entering the field of […]

Report on the Workshop conducted by Adv. Prity Khastgir with The IP Press

January 18, 2021 Anshika Dhawan 0

Topics: Future of Cross-licensing to Create Patent Pool; The fate of AI-based Innovations; Future perspectives of a career in IPR The Workshop on Future of […]

Sharp and Daimler Co. enter into licensing agreement after Sharp wins patent suit

January 12, 2021 Surbhit Shrivastava 1

Introduction Automotive companies are looking for the next breakthrough in their industry. They have already done everything that a consumer would expect out of an […]

A sigh of relief to the UPC agreement… or is it?

January 6, 2021 Manya Jain 0

A Unified Patent Court (UPC) in Europe has been a dream for many. The ratification of the Unified Patent Court Agreement (UPCA) appeared to be […]

Software related inventions are not always “computer programs per se”: Lessons from the Allani case by the Indian Intellectual Property Appellate Board

December 21, 2020 admin 0

This is our guest post first published in the bulletin of Germany’s leading IP firm, Boehmert & Boehmert. Please click here to read the post. […]

Why importation of my patented product was not stopped by the Customs in India?

November 26, 2020 admin 0

Flaunter: After successfully fighting the trademark and copyright issues with the help of the IP Press, I wish to seek their guidance on another issue […]

Why the German Patent Law on Preliminary Injunctions vis-à-vis Standard Essential Patents warrants a revisit.

November 20, 2020 Yashwant Prasad 0

Germany is perceived by IP practitioners as a jurisdiction sought after for adjudicating pathbreaking patent lawsuits. This, in particular, is true for those involving Standard […]

Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2020

October 24, 2020 Tanya Sharma 0

The Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2019 notified on 31st May 2019 has now come into force with effect from 19th October 2020. The Rules known […]

Whether to patent the vaccine or to protect it as a trade secret?

October 23, 2020 Gaurav Mishra 0

Mr. Noisy has a start up named M/s Susan Private Ltd. based out of Bangalore and the strart up is involved in medical innovation in […]

SISVEL International S.A.. v. Haier Deutschland GmbH, BGH, 05 May 2020 – KZR 36/17

October 8, 2020 Ysabelle Chan 0

Sisvel v Haier, is the first post-Huawei/ZTE ruling in Germany which tackles the issue of Standard Essential Patent (“SEP”) and fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (“FRAND”) […]

Prior user right in patent law

October 6, 2020 Krishnam Goyal 10

No! Don’t confuse the title of this post “rights of a prior user” with the “prior user” of the Indian trademark law. Here we are […]

Global ‘FRAND’liness (license) over a standardized technology: is it a reality?

September 17, 2020 Krishnam Goyal 0

The German court (Mannheim) recently allowed an injunction in favor of Nokia to prevent Daimler from the unauthorized use of their SEP in Germany. The […]

Patenting in space: what we already know and moving forward from there

September 8, 2020 Pragya Sharma 0

Carl Cristo’s, “Science soars like an eagle however law drags on like a turtle” somehow describes the current state of space invention patenting. It’s a […]

Role of intellectual property in tackling the climate change issues

September 5, 2020 Tanya Sharma 0

“The time is not past when humankind thought it could selfishly draw on exhaustible resources. We know how the world is not a commodity”. Francois […]

Nokia V Daimler: Another SEP litigation to discuss!!!

August 28, 2020 Krishnam Goyal 2

After writing an introductory post on SEP licensing and discussing the steps of SEP licensing negotiation in view of the German case Haier v. Sisvel, […]

Why a utility model law is needed in India now more than ever!

August 25, 2020 Gaurav Mishra 0

Utility models are referred to by many names such as petty patents, minor patents, short-term inventions and innovation patents among others. Utility models are not […]

Inventions by AI machines fighting for recognition: The return of DABUS

August 18, 2020 Vidushi Bhardwaj 1

Last year, the EPO made a loud noise by rejecting a patent application over an invention produced by an AI machine named DABUS. The legal […]

Emojis as intellectual property right: registering speech formats

August 6, 2020 Tanya Choudhary 0

“The English Language cannot fully capture the depth and complexity of my thoughts so I’m incorporating emoji into my speech to better express myself, Winky-face” […]

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

Prior art search includes:

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

The design should be___under the Indian Design Act, 2000

 

copyright protects the ____ elements of GUI

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

This sound mark belongs to whom:

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

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

Slogans/ Short phrases can be protected under:

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

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?

Law on_____ is not codified in India.

Can sand-sculptures be copyrighted?

Trade-secret is protected in India by:

Which Oscar winning movie was sued for copyright infringement?

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

"Independent claim" is a term associated with:

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 minimum term of patent protection required as per TRIPS is:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Which of these is a geographical indication?

'Prior art' in patent law includes

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

India is a member of:

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

'IPC' in relation to Patents means:

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

The copyright over a photograph lasts for:

Exceptions to copyright infringement in India also referred to as:

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

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

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

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

An improvement over a patented invention can be protected by:

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

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

 

 

What does a trademark protect?

Can tattoos be copyrighted in India?

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

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

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

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

"Computer program per se" is protectable under:

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

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

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

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

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

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