Author: Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India

Trade Mark Registration in Bhutan

Trade Mark Registration in Bhutan

The trade mark filing process in Bhutan is governed and regulated by Industrial Property Act of 2001. An unregistered trademark can also be used but once a trademark is registered, the owner of the trademark has exclusive rights over the mark. Bhutan also follows the

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Trade Mark Registration in Nepal

Trade Mark Registration in Nepal

In Nepal, the law related to trademarks is governed by the Patent, Design and Trademark Act 1965. Trademark can be protected on the basis of its registration and the claimant can also acquire such rights by sufficient public recognition. A trademark application has to file

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Three Dimensional Trademarks and the EU scuffle

Three Dimensional Trademarks and the EU scuffle

Earlier in the previous year, Nestle` had filed an application for trademark registration in the UK for registering its four fingered bar of KIT-KAT as a three-dimensional mark. Nestle` has been one of the biggest companies that enforce Intellectual Property Rights to a commendable extent. So far,

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DISNEY SNUBBED AS ‘CREEP’

DISNEY SNUBBED AS ‘CREEP’

After the U. S. Patent grant on 19th July, 2016 of patent application number US9393697B1 to Disney, social media has subbed Disney as a creep. The Patent application title ‘System and Method Using Foot Recognition to Create a Customized Guest Experience ‘, is expected to

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GOTTA CATCH ‘EM ALL

GOTTA CATCH ‘EM ALL

Nintendo’s on the apex of a change and the illustrious game maker may shortly unlock the huge potential of its intellectual property in the remunerative mobile gaming space. Nintendo’s Pokémon GO isn’t solely an amplifying accomplishment but also a global phenomenon. Pokémon GO is perfect

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Irony bell’s the KAT

Irony bell’s the KAT

Ukrainian, Artem Vaulin, the alleged owner of Kickass Torrent or popularly known as KAT, has been arrested in Poland. The Department of Justice, U. S is seeking to extradite him for counts of criminal copyright infringement, in addition to conspiracy charges related to money laundering

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The Sun (Pharma) sets for Cadila HealthCare on VENZ

The Sun (Pharma) sets for Cadila HealthCare on VENZ

The Madras High Court decided in favour of Sun Pharma in the Trade mark dispute between Sun Pharmaceuticals and Cadila Healthcare over the deceptive use Sun’s trade mark VENIZ. Sun Pharma had adopted the trade mark VENIZ in August 2000, for medicines to treat depressive

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Fastrack Patent Procedure for Startups

Fastrack Patent Procedure for Startups

The Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2016 amended the Indian Patents Rules, 2003 and is effective from May 16th, 2016. The Patent amendment rules bring good news for Startups in India. The Patent Registration system in India would now recognize ‘startups’ also as an applicant and these

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No Man’s Algorithm

No Man’s Algorithm

With the release date of ‘No Man’s Sky’ round the corner, the Dutch company Genicap is alleging infringement by the highly anticipated game creators. It all started with professor Johan Gielis, in the early 2000’s created a geometric transformation formula. This formula helps to create

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#Hashtag Protection under Trademark Laws

#Hashtag Protection under Trademark Laws

With evolution of the present social media, hash tags have become an importing marketing tool. And thus, very frequently hashtag protection as intellectual property is thought of. Hashtags, are not designs or inventions thus, aren’t protectable under patent or design laws. They are too small

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