Tag: IPR

The need for the protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions

August 12, 2022 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 7:12 pm

Traditional Cultural Expressions may be defined as productions that consist of characteristic elements of traditional artistic heritage developed and maintained by a community or individuals reflecting the values of that community. This may include verbal expressions, such as poetry, folk tales, words or signs;

How to satisfy the ‘novelty’ condition while registering a design?

August 11, 2022 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 6:30 pm

Designs are the visual features of objects, something that is solely perceived by the eye. It could be the shape, color, arrangement of lines, surface patterns, or any combination thereof. In India, Designs are protected under the Designs Act, 2000.

Intellectual Property in Mergers and Acquisitions

July 18, 2022 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 3:36 pm

In this blog, we talk about the role of IPR in Mergers and Acquisitions

IPR in Fashion

July 14, 2022 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 12:18 pm

In this blog, we discuss the role of IPR in the fashion industry and the protection accorded under copyright, trademark and patent laws.

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

Trademark Genericide and What Brands Can Do To Avoid It

July 5, 2019 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 1:09 pm

A trademark distinguishes the goods and services of one seller from that of another. A trademark exclusively identifies a product as belonging to a specific company and recognizes the company’s ownership of the brand. It serves as an identity for the product and can be extremely helpful

GOTTA CATCH ‘EM ALL

July 29, 2016 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 11:21 am

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

#Hashtag Protection under Trademark Laws

July 22, 2016 Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India Post time: 12:16 pm

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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