Author: Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Toyota is the ‘PRIUS’ User
July 20, 2016
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 12:20 pm
The Delhi High Court, decided in favour of automobile giant Toyota in a case against Prius Auto Industries and Prius Auto Accessories Private Limited. In a 7 year old battle, Toyota contested that Prius Auto Industries had used Toyota’s trademark ‘Prius’. Prius was Toyota’s first
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3D Printing Technology: Protection Concern for Patent Attorney
July 13, 2016
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 12:10 pm
The 3D printing technology in the recent time has been one of the fasted growing disruptive technologies. This led to introduction of websites like Shapeways and Thingiverse, which provides a creative solution to home based designers. At the same time the technology of the printer
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Bioconcept in its Quest to Cure Cancer wins Japan
July 12, 2016
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 8:21 am
In recent good news for the medical community, Biconcept Inc. has been granted a patent for “Device and Methods of Cell Capture and Analysis”. The Patent was granted by the Japanese Patent Office. This Japanese Patent covers use of antibodies and micro channels to detect
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Bio-piracy and Traditional Knowledge.
July 12, 2016
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 6:33 am
Bio-piracy may be understood as the commercialisation of genetic or traditional knowledge of rural and indigenous people. There have been many attempts to patent traditional knowledge or ancient wisdom of indigenous communities. In 1995 such an attempt was made, when two Indian scientists tried to
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Mcdonald’s Lovin’ it in EU
July 11, 2016
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 10:56 am
A Luxembourg based General Court has upheld a 2013 verdict by the European Union Intellectual Property Office, in favor of McDonald’s Corp. A Singapore based firm, Future Enterprises had registered the trademark “MACCOFFEE” in 2010 with the European Union Intellectual Property Office, which was challenged
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Converse Fails to Sneaks up on the Sneaker Industry
July 11, 2016
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 10:31 am
Converse’s Chuck Taylor sneakers loose trademark battle against Wal-Mart, Sketchers and New Balance. The U. S International Trade Commission(ITC) invalidated Converse’s trademark for chuck’s stripes, toe cap and toe bumper. In 2014 converse had sued 31 companies for infringing its Chuck Taylor All Star sneakers.
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The BREXIT Effect
July 11, 2016
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 10:04 am
With the masses of United Kingdom choosing to leave the European Union, it has raised many questions about its affects on various arenas of Trade and Law that the EU system had self sustained itself in. One of the major concerns is regarding Intellectual Property
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Can Cheerleaders’ Uniform Claim For Copyright Protection?
July 8, 2016
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 12:49 pm
In 2010 in U.S., Star Athletica had published its first catalog of cheerleading uniforms and immediately was sued. On the other hand, Varsity Brands, the world’s greatest producer of cheerleading and dance-team uniforms purported that Star Athletica’s uniform has violated Varsity’s copyrighted designs. At this
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IS PARODY SPOOFING LEGAL UNDER COPYRIGHT LAW?
July 8, 2016
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 12:18 pm
INTRODUCTION With the advancement of intellectual property rights, new lexicon like ‘parody spoofing’ has also surfaced. So the question comes up , what is Parody /Spoofing? Why is it so much in public interest? Parody is a creative work that impersonates the characteristic style of
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The Indian Need of a Utility Patenting Model
July 1, 2016
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 11:32 am
Utility patent is one of the three types of patents available in the United States of America. Based on the basic requirement of usefulness, the claimed ‘use’ should exist for a utility patent to be granted. In US, utility patents are granted for Machines, Articles
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