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SpicyIP Weekly Review (September 6 – 12)

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I covered the recommendations of the Report which includes reforming Section 3(p) of the Patents Act to incentivize TK-based innovation, creating a proper documentation mechanism to prevent misappropriation of TK, and registration of traditional knowledge as GIs. September 3, 2021]. News from India. The Ministry had claimed that 14.2

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Geographic Awake: Bridging Gaps in Geographical Indication Awareness Across India

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 According to field research by The Energy and Resources Institute (“TERI”), farmers were not benefiting from the GI tag in the situations of some GI-protected items, such as Malabar pepper and Vazhakulam pineapple. Additional analysis has revealed that the registration status varies greatly.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 4-March 10)

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First, it argued that the plaintiff concealed material information that the registration of its mark was removed for non renewal in 2010 and was renewed only in 2019. Second, the defendant was able to obtain copyright and trademark registrations for its device marks during the above interim phase.

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Globally Local: Analysing The Impact Of Geographical Indication On International Trade

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These negotiations served as an impetus towards propagation and acceptance of Geographical Indications into the folds of Intellectual Property Law regime. Analysing the “Trade Related Agreements” of “Bilateral and Multilateral” Nature, one would observe the consistent inclusion of GI in most of them.

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The USPTO Takes Steps to Implement the Trademark Modernization Act of 2020

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The Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (“TMA”) becomes effective on December 27, 2021 and makes several important amendments to federal trademark law (the Lanham Act) intended to modernize trademark application examinations and clean house of trademark registrations for marks not used in commerce. million registrations. [1]

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California Enacts a New Law about Olive Oil Labeling

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The owner of no less than six registrations for various forms of CALIFORNIA OLIVE RANCH is a company named California Olive Ranch, Inc., (“COR”) located in Chico in Butte County northeast of the state capital Sacramento. As early as 2015, it produced 65% of all extra virgin olive oil products in the U.S. 5279505 and Reg No.

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