Category: Blogs
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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Television Giants gain victory over Digital TV boxes
July 1, 2016
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 10:01 am
The Federal Court Canada has ordered an interim ban on the sale of Digital set-top boxes that come preloaded with copyrighted contents. BCE Inc., Rogers Communications Inc. and Quebecor Inc.’s Videotron Ltd, teamed up to take legal action against five defendants namely: iTVBox.net, My Electronics,
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Lea(thers) takes a bite off Apple
June 30, 2016
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 10:54 am
The Beijing Municipal High People’s Court, in its recent judgment has decided in favour of Xintong Tiandi, for the use of the phrase ‘IPHONE’ on its leather goods. The Court held that the U.S Tech Giant was unable to prove of ‘iPhone’ being well known
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Oracle’s nightmare doesn’t get overturned; looses a $9bn claim to Google and much more
June 30, 2016
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 10:41 am
U.S District Court has denied Rule 50 motion to overturn the jury verdict, that “Google’s use of Java API(Application Programming Interfaces)was fair use”. The six year old battle started with oracle already having proven the infringement by Google in the previous suit. Oracle’s Contention was
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Trademark Case Studies
June 28, 2016
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 12:01 pm
Trademark is used to identify the goods of one manufacturer from the goods of others. It is like a brand name. They are important for business as they allow the companies to establish the reputation of the products which they produce. They include words, symbols,
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‘m&m’ Melts in Sweden
June 28, 2016
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 11:41 am
The Svea Court of Appeal , at Stockholm ruled in favour of Mondelez International in a trademark dispute over ‘m&m’ against Mars. The Court held that Mars would be liable to pay fine up to $246,000. Starting this July, Mars barred from selling its colourful sugar
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Nestle vs Cadbury – The Purple Debate
May 17, 2016
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 10:03 am
In the year 2004 Cadbury applied to register the shade of the color purple known as Pantone 2685C as a trademark in relation to goods which fall under the Intellectual Property Office’s class 30. Their application for the registration declared that the trademark would be
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Renewal of an Expired Trademark in India – Procedures & Aspects
April 2, 2016
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 7:51 am
Trademark Law in India is passing through a remarkable and progressive phase. Trademark registrations in India have increased over the last decade or so as India is becoming one the preferred destination for commercial activities. Trademark registration in India is regulated by the Trademark Act
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The Role of Patent Attorney in India
February 16, 2016
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 11:52 am
For registering a Patent in India it is necessary to take the initiative very professionally to prepare and submit all the relevant documents before the Patent Office, Government of India. To ensure the patentability of a specific invention would be protected by the patent laws
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Importance of Trade Mark Registration in India
February 9, 2016
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 10:45 am
It is commonly seen that people remain confused between brand and trademark of a company. The two concepts, despite many similarities have different purposes and nature that people either overlook, or are not aware of. What is Brand Name In common parlance, the brand name
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