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Cutis Biotech V Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd.: The case of “passing off” in Trademark

March 10, 2021 admin 0

The Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest manufacturer of vaccines by volume, has recently launched its antibiotic vaccine ‘Covishield’ to overcome the on-going global […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

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 […]

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Are you ready to test your IP knowledge?

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:

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

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

copyright protects the ____ elements of GUI

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

 

 

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

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

Can sand-sculptures be copyrighted?

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

The copyright over a photograph lasts for:

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

The design should be___under the Indian Design Act, 2000

 

'Prior art' in patent law includes

"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:

Slogans/ Short phrases can be protected under:

Can tattoos be copyrighted in India?

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

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

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

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

Law on_____ is not codified in India.

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

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

Which of these is a geographical indication?

What does a trademark protect?

'IPC' in relation to Patents means:

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

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

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

Prior art search includes:

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

An improvement over a patented invention can be protected by:

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:

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

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

Which Oscar winning movie was sued for copyright infringement?

Trade-secret is protected in India by:

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

This sound mark belongs to whom:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Exceptions to copyright infringement in India also referred to as:

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

"Computer program per se" is protectable under:

India is a member of:

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