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The Patent Amendment Rules 2019
In furtherance to the draft rules published in December last year, the Government of India, on September 17, 2019, issued a gazette notification to formalise and introduce the Patents (Amendment)...
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India: Government approves the Patent Prosecution Highway programme
The Government of India on November 20, 2019 approved the proposal for adoption of Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programme by the Indian Patent Office (IPO).As per the press release issued by the...
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THE INDIAN PATENT OFFICE RELEASES GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PPH...
The Indian Patent office on November 29, 2019 released Guidelines for implementation of the bilateral Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) pilot project between India and Japan. The PPH pilot program...
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Myanmar: Save the date for soft opening of new trademark filing system-...
A new Trademark Law was enacted by the Myanmar Government in January, 2019, aligning the new set of rules, regulations, and procedures with the international standards, including formality examination,...
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PPH BETWEEN INDIA AND JAPAN, NOTIFICATION FOR 44 REQUESTS RELEASED BY THE...
As apprised in our earlier news alert of November 2019, the Government of India had implemented a pilot patent prosecution highway (PPH) program between India and Japan. The number of PPH applications...
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COVID-19 UPDATE : EXTENSION OF DEADLINES AND LIMITATIONS
OUR OFFICE: In the wake of recent rise in numbers of COVID -19 patients in India, a lockdown has been imposed by the Government in several cities, including New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and...
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SIGNIFICANCE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY
INTRODUCTIONThe core of fashion is considerably more than pieces of clothing and attire. It is an organization's capacity to manufacture and monetize a distinguishable and distinctive brand with...
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Role of the Judiciary in Reconciling Competition Laws and Intellectual...
Introduction:Competition law and Intellectual Property law both have clearly different sets of objectives to cater to, however, there arises a scuffle between both set of laws which needs to be...
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India: Covid -19 Update: Extension of Deadlines to APRIL 15, 2020 and Remote...
Please note that the Government of India has announced a countrywide lockdown of 21 days to combat the spread of COVID-19, beginning March 25, 2020 and the IPO has announced extension of deadlines to...
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In the realm of Cyberspace: Piracy and Cybersquatting
“This is just the beginning, the beginning of understanding that cyberspace has no limits, no boundaries”, a well-contended phrase by the Nicolas Negroponte[1] efficiently elucidates the capability of...
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COMODITIZING PERSONALITIES: A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE INTO THE CONCEPTS OF...
“In today’s media landscape, content has been commoditized and audience is the new currency”, a highly condemnatory phrase by Brendan Gahan is capable of analogizing the current notions of “character”...
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Comparative advertising or disparagement: India’s first COVID-19 IP dispute
In what seems to be India’s first reported coronavirus related IP dispute, Hindustan Unilever (HUL) took Reckitt Benckiser (RB) to Bombay High Court over RB’s recent Dettol Handwash advertisement,...
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Legal protection of musical works in an era of remixes
“Originality is the art of concealing your sources.”, a well-conceived phrase by one of the founding fathers of the United States, Benjamin Franklin holds relevance even after centuries since his...
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The Middle-man Liability Conundrum-An analysis of the judgement of Delhi High...
The Plaintiff, Kent RO Systems Ltd., is a manufacturer of water purifiers and has sought protection of its water purifier systems by obtaining design registrations under The Designs Act, 2000....
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Third Time’s A Charm! : Indian Patent Office releases Revised Guidelines for...
On June 30, 2017, the Indian Patent Office (IPO) released revised Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs) (hereinafter referred to as the 2017 Guidelines) in furtherance to its...
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INDONESIA MAKES STRIDES IN MODERNISING ITS TRADE MARK LAW
Continuing along its path of modernising its trademark law, Indonesia has enacted Regulation 67 on Trademark Registration, as part of the implementation of of Trademark Law No 20 of 2016. The...
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Indonesia becomes the 100th member of the Madrid Protocol
On October 2, 2017, Indonesia acceded to the Madrid protocol, making it the 100th country and 8th member of the ASEAN to join the Madrid Union.This news was announced during the 57th WIPO General...
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India: Trade Marks Registry Issues New Guidelines for Declaration of Marks as...
Following the introduction of the Trade Mark Rules, 2017, the Trade Marks Registry has issued guidelines for the determination of marks as well known by the Registrar.The application should be...
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Cipla Protects its Corporate and Trade Name in a Battle between Trade Name...
A Full Bench of the Bombay High Court, in its recent judgment CIPLA Limited v M/s CIPLA Industries Private Ltd (Suit number 1906 of 2012), shed considerable light on the use of a registered mark in...
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India: COVID-19 Update: Extension of Deadlines to May 04, 2020
As you may know, the Government of India had announced a countrywide lockdown of 21 days to combat the spread of COVID-19, beginning March 25, 2020 and accordingly the IPO had announced extension of...
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