Author: Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India

Protected Music

August 8, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 2:19 pm

The list of high-profile copyright battles is on an increase in the recent times in the musical industry. There was a lot of speculation around the katy Perry case, as to whether the beats of the song Dark Horse by Katy Perry and her team intentionally copied

Chanel loses trademark dispute in China

July 16, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 8:31 am

Recently Chanel Co. lost a trademark infringement case relating to its ‘Double C’ logo in China. In 2016, the representatives of Chanel along with Guangzhou Haizhu District Administration for Industry and Commerce (Haizhu AIC) carried out a detailed investigation into a local jewellery store operated by

Huawei files for Trademark for mobile OS called Harmony

July 15, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 7:37 am

In June 2019 Huawei had filed a trademark application for its mobile operating system, HongMeng OS. A month later, Huawei has applied for trademark for another mobile operating system called Harmony. Huawei found itself in a spot after Google revoked its Android license following the

Amazon sued over “Prime”

July 13, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 8:34 am

A Missouri based trucking company, Prime Inc., has filed a suit against Amazon in the US Federal Court alleging Amazon’s Prime logo on tractor-trailers is “confusingly similar” to its own trademark. The Prime Inc. has built up “substantial value and goodwill” with its name and

Kim Kardashian wins lawsuit against fashion brand

July 12, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 7:37 am

Earlier this year, the reality-TV star turned business-woman Kim Kardashian West initiated proceedings against Missguided in California. Her case was based on the claims that Misguided was infringing her trademark rights, and on US laws protecting her right to publicity. The suit was brought in

Girl Scouts of USA sues Boy Scouts over trademark

July 12, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 6:14 am

The Girl Scouts of USA, founded in 1912, has filed a suit for trademark infringement against the Boy Scouts of America. The suit was file dafter the latter decided to drop “Boy” from its namesake program and started welcoming older girls. The Boy Scouts accepts

Motorola Patents Method to Track People Who Switch Phones Frequently

July 11, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 6:45 am

A Motorola Solutions patent application published on July 4 lays out a strange method of tracking and identifying customers who regularly change their mobile devices. The application was initially filed by the company in 2016. According to Motorola, people who change switch phones frequently could

No Patent for Facebook

July 10, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 6:16 am

Recently the Delhi Patent Office dismissed Facebook’s patent application titled ‘analyzing a query log for use in managing category-specific electronic content.’ The Mark Zuckerberg led company had filed the patent application in 2007. This case is a classic example of how software-related innovations are entangled

IMB Patents foldable smartwatch

July 9, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 10:46 am

Tech giant IBM patented smartwatches which unfold into tablets on June 11, 2019. IBM had filed for this patent in 2016. This patent build on 9100 patents that the company received in 2018. Currently IBM does not manufacture any consumer devices. However, the smartwatch-to-tablet

Gigi Hadid attempts to redefine copyright law

July 8, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 7:35 am

Earlier this year model Gigi Hadid was sued by an agency, Xclusive Lee, for posting an image of herself on her Instagram account. The agency was the author of the image and Hadid’s use of the picture violated its copyright. Recently, Hadid had filed a

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