Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

What makes for a successful patent Office Action response? A successful patent Office Action response typically involves a combination of claim amendments and technical arguments. This is a not a DIY post on how to write an Office Action response yourself. First, you can amend the claims.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 30, 2022

How to Review a Draft Office Action Response. Expect at least one Office Action in your nonprovisional patent application. Since rejections are inevitable, it pays to know how to review an Office Action response. How to Review Claim Amendments in an Office Action response.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Last week we published 9 posts on topics such as our comments on the proposed Trademarks (1st Amendment) Rules, the Madras High Court’s decision with respect to patentability of business methods, and Union Minister of State for Commerce’s response on ability of the current IPR regime to cater concerns arising out of AI generated work.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 16, 2024

Trademarks: Trademarks safeguard brand names, logos, symbols, or phrases that distinguish a startup’s products or services from competitors’ Registering a trademark ensures exclusive usage and prevents others from causing confusion among consumers.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JUNE 1, 2022

Some issues arise due to different limitations by foreign patent offices. For example, the USPTO imposes a 150 word limit on abstracts which may be lower than foreign patent office requirements. A PPH request, however, might not significantly bump up the wait time for the first Office Action. I would argue experience.

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Kashishipr

JUNE 16, 2021

Theft of Trademarks: Trademark Infringement ensues when a third party makes unwarranted use of a mark in commercial parlance, usually about similar or competing goods, by affixing a mark that is identical or similar to the registered trademark. The act is pursued to deceive or confuse consumers as to the origin of those goods.

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IP and Legal Filings

JUNE 9, 2022

Trademark, and design are two very crucial kinds of IPRs which provide a certain extent of protection at their levels. This blog states the key differences between the two which may help you to do the same. As each right has been brought into effect to protect different aspects of Intellectual Property, they have distinctive qualities.

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SpicyIP

MAY 18, 2023

Since we have extensively discussed these questions on the blog over the course of a decade , I’ll move on to the next point and interested readers can go through the exhaustive list linked above. Until then, here is our (although limited, but freely accessible) back up copy of the IPAB orders. What Do the Numbers Say?

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. Controller of Patents & Designs Patent Office Mumbai. The case was discussed on the blog here. The rejection order is authored by Dr. Latika Dawara, Asst.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

AUGUST 30, 2023

A trademark is an instrument using which a business can set itself apart from its competitors. Indicating the goods and services offered by the business, a trademark can be any word, phrase, logo, symbol, combination of colours etc. However, it must be kept in mind that a trademark has to be a visual representation.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Here are our summaries of the blog posts published last week along with the summaries of some interesting orders from different courts. Registrar of Trademarks and Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd and Another v. Anything we are missing out on? Please drop a comment and let us know. Read on to know more!

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Plaintiffs allege hundreds of defendants are infringing their trademarks and selling counterfeit goods. The real action takes place at the TRO stage, not the preliminary injunction stage, where the account/fund freeze forces merchants to settle fast without appearing in court to contest the preliminary injunction.]

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IPilogue

JANUARY 14, 2022

This article summarizes the top developments reported on our blog and in patents, trademarks, and copyright law in 2021. Introducing the College of Patent Agents & Trademark Agents. On June 28, 2021 , the College of Patent Agents and Trademark Agents Act came into force. Trademark Law.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JUNE 11, 2022

Peak ruling and embrace the Cablevision ruling that there is a class of unfixed electronic works: embodiment alone does not result in the creation of a copy; the embodiment must also persist for a period of more than transitory duration. Copyright Office’ Imposter Gets Google To Delist URLs On Section 1201 Grounds.

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SpicyIP

MAY 23, 2022

Abdul Sathar v Nodal Officer, Anti-Piracy Cell, Kerala Crime Branch Office & Anr, 2007. Moreover, Section 64 of the Copyright Act shows that on an action of seizure, the police officer can “seize copies of infringing works without a warrant.” Jithendra Prasad Singh v State of Assam, 2002. Andhra Pradesh.

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IIPRD

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

There are few e-commerce companies which explicitly make copies of brands such as Firstcopyclub, ShoesKartel etc. Challenges in IPR Regulation in e-commerce As per a survey, around 38% online buyers experienced counterfeit products and 1/3 rd people have gotten copied products.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

We’ve had a busy week at SpicyIP with lots of IP developments on and off the blog. Registrar of Trademarks. Then we discussed the Bombay High Court’s decision to rebuke the Patent Office for dismissing a patent application without providing sufficient reasons for the same. Did we miss anything big? Highlights of the Week.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 8, 2022

Since the blockchain is decentralized, identical copies can then be distributed among thousands of unaffiliated computers. Take Judicial Action. Intellectual Property , Trademarks. Krieger is a Member in Dickinson Wright’s Las Vegas office. Jennifer Ko Craft is a Member in Dickinson Wright’s Las Vegas office.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 22, 2023

” These models work by interpreting an input — for example, text prompts such as: “write a 500-word blog post about AI” or “design an image of a cat in a hat in the style of Picasso” — and generating a new output based on the training data. Andersen et al. Stability AI Ltd. The first, Andersen et al.

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 23, 2023

here are our summaries for our blog posts, 15 case summaries and other national and international IP developments. This post was originally published in Bill of Health , the blog of Petrie-Flom Center at Harvard Law School. After a week full of interesting IP developments and some very interesting orders (!),

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More Than Your Mark

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

United States law offers four types of protection for intellectual property, namely patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Trade secrets also have advantages far beyond domestic use and actions against foreign thieves can be maintained whether or not the trade secret is maintained by the owner in the foreign jurisdiction.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 28, 2023

On March 22, 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the trademark parody case captioned Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. As we previously blogged , the issues presented in the care are: 1. 1125(c)(3)(C), thus barring as a matter of law a claim of dilution by tarnishment under the Trademark Dilution Revision Act (TDRA).

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 27, 2021

While trademarks in China can be effectively protected against infringers and counterfeiters through quick and unannounced administrative raids, often taking place just a few hours after filing a complaint, such raids are not available for designs and copyright infringements.

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LexBlog IP

MARCH 28, 2023

On March 22, 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in the trademark parody case captioned Jack Daniel’s Properties, Inc. As we previously blogged , the issues presented in the care are: 1. But absent these features, pervasive copying and trading off a brand’s goodwill tends to confuse. VIP Products LLC.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The first application for a blockchain patent was submitted by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China with China’s State Intellectual Property Office in November 2017. The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The first application for a blockchain patent was submitted by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China with China’s State Intellectual Property Office in November 2017. The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

The first application for a blockchain patent was submitted by the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China with China’s State Intellectual Property Office in November 2017. The nodes authenticate transactions, add the data to their copy of the common ledger and transfer the ledger additions to all other nodes.

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JIPL Online

APRIL 22, 2021

This Blog aims to examine the Hatch-Waxman Act and one of the most significant incentives behind it, a three-year market exclusivity period for the “new clinical investigations.” Braeburn instituted an action against the FDA, alleging that the agency’s interpretation barring its drug was arbitrary and capricious. [ix]. Introduction.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Through mechanisms like patents, copyrights, and trademarks, the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) framework ensures creator recognition and rewards while fostering an environment conducive to creativity and progress. This applies to literary, dramatic, musical, artistic works, computer programs, cinematograph films, and sound recordings.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Kurian’s trail of transparency, Statements of Patent (Non-)Working, Corruption in IP Offices, Serial Crisis in India, the Indian “Bayh Dole” Bill, etc. As time passed, several developments happened on this front and there were brilliant posts on the blog, e.g. by Mrinalini Kochupillai , Prof. (Dr.) Missed anything?

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 5, 2022

Because the federal copyright law fully occupies the field and pre-empts state law claims sounding in copyright, a copyright owner faced with such state action would have to bring any damages action in federal court. Readers of this blog post get to consider these issues in parallel with the Supreme Court as that “ cert.

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The IP Law Blog

MARCH 2, 2021

This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association or the copyright holder. ts, (2) any damages sustained by the plaintiff, and (3) the costs of the action.

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