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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 […]

Topics: IPR Valuation: Growing field of IPR

February 21, 2021 Teena Dutta 0

The workshop on IPR Valuation: Growing field of IPR was organized on 30th January 2021. The event commenced at 5:30 PM IST with an inaugural speech […]

Conflict between India and Pakistan over the registration of GI

February 18, 2021 Areena Kausar 0

A geographical indication is a tag for goods representing the unique geographical origin and possessing specified attributes due to that origin and is protected by legal […]

Anti-anti-suit injunctions: Remedy against a remedy

February 15, 2021 Surbhit Shrivastava 0

Introduction In order to understand what an anti-anti-suit injunction is, it is necessary that we first discuss about anti-suit injunctions. An anti-suit injunction is an […]

DISARRAY OF RIGHTS

February 6, 2021 Revathi Thushara Tapila 0

After more than a decade long legal battle of popular Aditya Pandey matters, there seems to be no dawn on the murky disarray of rights […]

A Phishing Attack That Shook Everyone: The Story of Nidhi Razdan

February 3, 2021 Anshika Dhawan 1

If you are an intense social media user, you must have come across a name – Nidhi Razdan in the past few days. Along with […]

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 […]

Workshop on IPR Valuation: Growing Field of IPR

January 28, 2021 admin 0

The IP Press presents the Workshop on IPR Valuation: Growing Field of IPR Date: 30th January 2021 Time: 6:00PM – 7:00 PM IST Speaker: Mr […]

GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION (GI) TAGS OF ASSAM

January 26, 2021 Tanya Sharma 2

Assam is a north-east state of India which is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh in the north; Nagaland and Manipur in the east; Meghalaya, […]

HEXO Corp. v. Assi Project Management LLC Case Highlights and Settlement

January 24, 2021 Karan Upadhyay 0

Hexo Corp. is a consumer-packaged goods Cannabis Company that creates unique products to serve the global cannabis market[i]. It was incorporated in 2013 and the […]

INSTAGRAM VERSUS THRIFTAGRAM

January 22, 2021 Ayushi Suman 0

Thinking of desirable commercial social media business platforms, Instagram has risen to be one of the most sought-after social media companies with over 600 million […]

Happy moments for ‘Magic Moments’ as court rules against ‘Vintage Moments’

January 20, 2021 Ritesh Kumar 0

An interim injunction was passed by the Hon’ble Delhi High Court against Vintage Distilleries Ltd. in the case of Radico Khaitan Ltd. v. Vintage Distilleries […]

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 […]

Budweiser says cheers after Delhi High Court Rules in its favour

January 15, 2021 Sonal Sinha 1

In today’s world of technology, a major part of our lives are lives are spent virtually via social media.  Social media is no longer just […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Copyright exception related to marriage procession: A clarification from the Copyright Office

June 4, 2020 Charu Srivastava 0

A piecemeal Public notice from the Copyright Office, Government of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry [DIPP] notified on August 27, 2019, though a little […]

Nothing is new under the moon: second-medical-use and COVID-19 treatment

June 3, 2020 Maria Fischer 0

Under patent law, new uses of known substances can be protected by second medical use patents. It is known that the research in the field […]

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Are you ready to test your IP knowledge?

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

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

Can sand-sculptures be copyrighted?

This sound mark belongs to whom:

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

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

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

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

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

An improvement over a patented invention can be protected by:

"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

'Prior art' in patent law includes

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

copyright protects the ____ elements of GUI

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

Which of these is a geographical indication?

'IPC' in relation to Patents means:

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

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

Can tattoos be copyrighted in India?

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

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

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

Prior art search includes:

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

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

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

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

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

Exceptions to copyright infringement in India also referred to as:

The copyright over a photograph lasts for:

India is a member of:

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

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

What does a trademark protect?

Which Oscar winning movie was sued for copyright infringement?

Law on_____ is not codified in India.

"Independent claim" is a term associated with:

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

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

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

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

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

 

 

Slogans/ Short phrases can be protected under:

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

Trade-secret is protected in India by:

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

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