IP and Legal Filings

MARCH 13, 2023

The controller general or the registrar, is vested with extensive powers as well as a fundamental duty to administer the patent process with proper diligence and ensure the protection of the innovation along with the rights of the patentee. The act was adopted to give effect to the provisions of Madrid Protocol.

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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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TraskBritt Intellectual Property

MAY 27, 2021

The cost savings of filing a provisional patent application without consulting a professional are certainly tempting. However, such a strategy may ultimately cost more in the long run, including possibly costing valuable patent protection. What is a Provisional Patent Application? Keep Trade Secrets Secret.

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Patent Trademark Blog

MARCH 18, 2022

This is where trademarks play a role. Unlike patents, the role of a trademark is not to signify something new, but rather to indicate the source of the product or service. Trademarks can last indefinitely. Unlike patents, trademarks do not necessarily need to be registered in order to be protectable.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Software products, functionality, and source code can be protected through various means, including trademarks, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, and non-disclosure agreements. Jump To: Trademark Protection for Branding. Trademark Protection for Branding. The most time-sensitive of all filings are your patent filings.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

NOVEMBER 25, 2021

Additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, is the technique of creating three-dimensional solid items from a computer file. Using 3D printed software or a 3D scanner, the object to be printed is digitally formatted in the digital file. Computer-aided design (CAD) files are the most common type of digital file.

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 24, 2022

Form Part A of SPICe+ is required to be filed to reserve the name. Two names can be filed at a time. The name once approved is reserved for 20 days, which can be extended for 40 days or 60 days on filing the extension application. Documents required for filing the name reservation application. as applicable.

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Kashishipr

MAY 25, 2021

It may not always prevent unauthorized copying; however, it may serve as a public notice by securing a public record in one’s favor. The process of seeking registration can be cumbersome and tedious. Trademarking a Blog. Therefore, it is always an option to copyright the entire blog. is being utilized?

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LexBlog IP

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Patent and Trademark Office gave away process patents like candy. Under the statute, “[w]hoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof, may obtain a patent therefor, subject to the conditions and requirements of this title.”

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Muneer Ahmad vs Registrar Of Trade Marks on 17 November, 2023 (Delhi High Court) The Delhi High Court set aside the impugned order rejecting the appellant’s application for registration of “Bharat” device mark. The respondent stated that the reasons are given in an internal note sheet which can be accessed by filing an RTI.

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LexBlog IP

APRIL 19, 2023

Amazon sellers must understand the major forms of intellectual property –patents, trademarks, and copyrights–and the common pitfalls associated with each form to avoid infringement allegations, storefront disruptions or closures, and even lawsuits. Registering trademarks with the U.S.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

As of March 2022, over 1,900 such cases had been filed. Plaintiffs allege hundreds of defendants are infringing their trademarks and selling counterfeit goods. What Went Wrong This case involves Expeditee’s trademark, FLAGWIX, used to sell flags like the upper one in this screenshot. The defendant sold the flag below it.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

It’s a tough process to get SCOTUS to fix. That can have problems, but a whole bunch of marks that are extraordinarily narrow/cast no shadow and are only going to be applied against identical copying doesn’t necessarily create a terrible system, especially under conditions of congestion. So PTO may be cleaning up after petitioners.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

When a margin of a second can cost the team and the driver the entire championship, a tremendous amount of effort is put in to obtain that technology, which makes the car a hundredth of a second faster than the rest of the grid. Hence, the traveling chaos of F1 is a world filled with patents, trademarks, copyrights, and Trade Secrets.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Moreover, it champions inclusive growth, capitalizing on cost-effective labour and streamlined management structures for enterprises. Subsidies offered for Patent and Trademark (in selected categories) registration, encouraging innovation and protecting intellectual property.

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LexBlog IP

MAY 12, 2023

It includes patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Obtaining patents or trademarks for their inventions or brand names can prevent others from copying or imitating their innovations, protecting those ideas and giving them a competitive edge. Let’s delve into the specific reasons why.

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Corsearch

AUGUST 2, 2023

Trademarks A trademark is a distinctive word, logo, phrase, design, or symbol used to identify the source of goods and services. Trademark infringement is defined as a mark that looks and/or sounds like yours is used without your authorization. Patents Patents protect inventions, products, or industrial processes.

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43(B)log

DECEMBER 18, 2023

15, 2023) Simpson sued its competitor MiTek for using Simpson part numbers for structural connectors/fasteners for use in the construction industry in its catalogs/other promotional material; the court here, after a nonjury trial before the magistrate judge, rather comprehensively rejects its false advertising, trademark, and copyright claims. (It

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology. They are commonly being filed in the financial sector, non-financial sector (real estate) and other generic sectors. Most number of patents for blockchains were filed in the year 2017.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology. They are commonly being filed in the financial sector, non-financial sector (real estate) and other generic sectors. Most number of patents for blockchains were filed in the year 2017.

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In recent times, globally more and more patent applications are being filed for blockchain technology. They are commonly being filed in the financial sector, non-financial sector (real estate) and other generic sectors. Most number of patents for blockchains were filed in the year 2017.

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LexBlog IP

JULY 18, 2023

AI will inevitably lead to better efficiency and lower client costs. At least in the early days, however, the lower client costs come at a loss of confidence in the quality of work product, as the Schwartz Affair shows. Amazon had reportedly been developing a program since 2014 to automate review of job applicant resumes.

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IP Tech Blog

JULY 18, 2023

AI will inevitably lead to better efficiency and lower client costs. At least in the early days, however, the lower client costs come at a loss of confidence in the quality of work product, as the Schwartz Affair shows. Amazon had reportedly been developing a program since 2014 to automate review of job applicant resumes.

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Business Law Social Media Reporting 52

IP Tech Blog

JANUARY 4, 2023

Can other IP rights like trademarks play a role in protecting NFTs? Applicable IP Rights. For NFTs that have to do with an indicator of a company’s trademark, the Lanham Act may provide protection to an NFT as well. Use in commerce and distinctiveness are two basic requirements to obtain trademark protection.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Users can download “dapps” (or decentralized applications) which allow users to design and develop software using the Internet Computer blockchain. Dfinity sued for federal and state trademark infringement. Dfinity’s website also provides users with “educational tutorials and courses in the field of distributed computing platforms.”

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LexBlog IP

JANUARY 4, 2023

Can other IP rights like trademarks play a role in protecting NFTs? Applicable IP Rights. For NFTs that have to do with an indicator of a company’s trademark, the Lanham Act may provide protection to an NFT as well. Use in commerce and distinctiveness are two basic requirements to obtain trademark protection.

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SpicyIP

MAY 6, 2024

on 1 May, 2024 (Delhi High Court) An intra-court appeal was filed by the appellant challenging dismissal of a pre-grant opposition by the Controller regarding Tropilite’s artificial liquid cream. The appellant argues that doing so would effectively cease their business after four decades of trademark use. Bulgari S.P.A

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 11, 2022

patent applications have mimicked the larger investment in AI technologies, AI-related IP disputes have lagged behind consumer adoption. PDF copy available. patent applications mimicked the larger investment in AI technologies. Patent and Trademark Office, the number of Office Actions featuring rejection under 35 U.S.C. §

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Patent Trademark Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

A winning formula boils down to: Getting the right patents; and Enforcing your patents cost-effectively. Me-too products may be better off with simply trademark registration. If your product has unique aesthetic features that are nonfunctional, file a design patent application. Need patents to sell more?

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SpicyIP

MARCH 27, 2023

Subbaraya Setty & Anr that made some important observations on the use of trademarks as collateral. Case: Biomoneta Research Vs Controller General of Patents Designs on 13 March 2023 (Delhi High Court) The matter pertained to an appeal against the order of the controller rejecting a patent application for ‘Air Decontamination Assembly’.

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SpicyIP

MAY 15, 2023

Inviting Applications for the SpicyIP Doctoral Fellowship! Along with our launch of the SpicyIP Empirical Database series today, on Prof Basheer’s 47th birth anniversary, we are also very happy to open up applications for the recently announced SpicyIP Doctoral Fellowship. Deadline for the Applications: 11:59pm IST, 23rd June, 2023.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

16, 2024) WCT offers a mobile-fitness app called “Bike+” and owns a trademark registration for that name. It sued Peloton for trademark infringement and other claims after the defendant launched a new line of interactive stationary bicycles under the name “Peloton Bike+.” Peloton Interactive, Inc., 2024 WL 665181, No.

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Intepat

MAY 30, 2023

The DRDO has also expanded the eligibility scope for licensees by including a clause stating that the applicant shall be a ‘manufacturing entity’or ‘a system integrator’and not a trading company. No promoter or director of the applicant entity should have been a willful defaulter.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

DECEMBER 13, 2021

PDF copy available. The lithium-ion battery, introduced commercially in 1991, has expanded far beyond the consumer electronics industry, sparking a gold rush of research aimed at producing lower-cost, higher-performance batteries that can be used in a wider range of applications.

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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 where the Court emphasised the requirement of the plurality of invention in divisional applications and held that plurality should be disclosed in the claims.

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IIPRD

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

The “cloud” is an infrastructure for storing and processing data that operates independently of the client. Importantly, none of the data processing or storage currently done in the cloud needs to be done on the client, which dramatically lowers the hardware, software, and security requirements of the client device.

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IP and Legal Filings

APRIL 24, 2023

Any member of public can take inspection of the records and obtain a certified copy of the entry. In the previous Act, there was a 2-year confidential period post registration, which prohibited taking inspection/certified copy of any entry in the records. Landmark Judgments Crocs Inc. Bata India Ltd. Bata India Ltd.

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