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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 […]

Report on the workshop on trade marks by Ms. Shumi Wasandi

November 4, 2020 admin 0

The workshop session on Trade Marks (Applications and Oppositions): practice and procedures started at 4:45 pm IST on the 31st October, 2020. The meeting was […]

Counterfeits to Burberry’s Haymarket Check Trademark under Legal Scanner- yet again!

November 2, 2020 Neha Singh 0

In its 164 years of existence, Burberry has time and again defended its “haymarket check” trademark from counterfeiters across the globe. If the description did […]

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 Dialogue Writing on the issue of trademark infringement and passing off

October 19, 2020 Shashi Misra 0

Mr. Omar Hussain owns a company named Blindt Co. incorporated under Indian Companies Act, which is very well known in India for their cornflakes and […]

Mahindra’s Roxor Versus Fiat Chrysler’s Jeep: US Trade Dress Infringement Case

August 22, 2020 Pankaj Chhuttani 0

Are you a car addict?? Want to read something about cars?? Then you are at the right place…This post covers the Trade dress infringement suit […]

A Battle between luxury mark and mark of a common-average man

August 9, 2020 Pranav Gupta 9

Analysis of BMW AG v. Om Balajee Automobile (India) Pvt Ltd What do you understand by the term ‘brand’? Is it a connotation to a […]

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” […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

How the addition of “.com” to a generic word, can be protectable under US trademark law

June 28, 2020 Pranav Gupta 4

USPTO v. Booking.com B.V[1] As my colleague, in his article “Trademark Incapacity Doctrine or Primary significance test: Which favours Generic mark to be recognized as […]

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 […]

Trademark Incapacity Doctrine or Primary significance test: Which favors Generic mark to be recognized as trademark?

June 6, 2020 Udit Thakran 5

The principal purpose of a trademark is to act as a ‘source signifier’ and not ‘product signifier’. A mark qualifies as a trademark when a […]

Trademark as a vehicle of social divide

May 21, 2020 Biswaroop Mukherjee 0

It was Shakespeare who, through Romeo, had thrown caution the wind, and questioned the significance of a name, for a Rose, called as anything but […]

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Are you ready to test your IP knowledge?

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

The design should be___under the Indian Design Act, 2000

 

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

 

 

Which of these is a geographical indication?

What does a trademark protect?

Exceptions to copyright infringement in India also referred to as:

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

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

An improvement over a patented invention can be protected by:

Prior art search includes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

Can tattoos be copyrighted in India?

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

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

'Prior art' in patent law includes

Can sand-sculptures be copyrighted?

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

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

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

"Computer program per se" is protectable under:

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

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

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

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

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

Law on_____ is not codified in India.

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

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

Trade-secret is protected in India by:

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

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

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

'IPC' in relation to Patents means:

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

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

Slogans/ Short phrases can be protected under:

This sound mark belongs to whom:

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

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

India is a member of:

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

Which Oscar winning movie was sued for copyright infringement?

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

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

copyright protects the ____ elements of GUI

The copyright over a photograph lasts for:

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

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

"Independent claim" is a term associated with:

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