Category: Recent News
Duchess of Sussex copyright infringement
October 9, 2019
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 8:28 am
The Mail, a news publisher company, had published copious disconcerting stories about Meghan Markle who is Duchess of Sussex and her wedding to Price Harry. It is assumed that the source of those inside information is the father of the then bride Meghan, Thomas
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WIPO empowering Women
August 12, 2019
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 1:57 pm
On August 09th, which is apparently the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples the WIPO took an initiative to launch their first project which is based on training and mentoring program on Intellectual Property for women entrepreneurs from indigenous persons and local groups. WIPO
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Christian Louboutin SAS v Nakul Bajaj and Ors.
September 28, 2018
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 3:09 am
In a recent judgment by the Delhi High Court in Christian Louboutin SAS v Nakul Bajaj and Ors., it has held that Darveys who was selling counterfeit goods on their online platform by using Christian Louboutin’s trademark including the notorious single-colour mark for its distinctive
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Revolutionary Judgment
August 23, 2017
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 1:58 pm
India is one of a handful of countries where a Muslim man can divorce his wife in minutes by saying the word talaq (divorce) three times. The landmark court decision came in response to petitions challenging the so-called “triple talaq” custom. The cases were filed
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KUDOS to Cello!
June 6, 2017
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 1:51 pm
Cello Household Products (plaintiffs) sued Modware India (defendants) in the Bombay High Court seeking an injunction for passing off and infringement of design. In May 2016, the plaintiffs had created a plastic bottle named PURO. The bottle was registered with the Indian Designs Office as
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