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Mother Teresa’s uniform was trademark: Why?

The news was washed out that this "famous" sari of Nobel winner Nun, who died in 197, has been given a trademark to prevent "unfair" use by people for business purposes. The Indian government recognized Sari as the intellectual property of the Missionary of Charity in September last year, when the nun was declared [...]

By |2017-09-16T16:33:21+05:30July 12th, 2017|India, Trademark|0 Comments

Battle between Youtube and Dhinchak Pooja

The video of internet singing sensation Dhinchak Pooja has been removed from YouTube after alleged copyright infringement, but here's why the social media is cheering 'casts' at this time. Dhinchak Pooja’s videos have been removed from Youtube after a copyright claim by user named Kathappa Singh. Background Dhancheep Pooja, who dismissed songs such as [...]

By |2017-09-16T16:34:37+05:30July 12th, 2017|Copyright, India|0 Comments

Bengaluru: Music copyright issue on Ola cabs

A copyright infringement case has been filed against Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal and chief technical officer Ankit Bhati on a complaint by Lahari Recording Co. Following the complaint, the police searched Ola’s offices in Bangalore and seized hard disks and devices used to download and store the songs locally and stream them on Ola [...]

By |2017-09-07T12:59:44+05:30June 21st, 2017|Copyright, India|0 Comments

Calcutta HC Allows Spartan Online to Use ‘thespartanpoker’ in Domain Name Spat

The Plaintiffs and the Respondents had entered into a joint venture to carry on their poker gaming business under ‘www.spartanpoker.com’ from Calcutta, even though the company was based in Maharashtra. This was done as the West Bengal Gambling and Prize Competitions Act, 1957 legalizes poker and does not qualify it as gambling. Plaintiff No. [...]

By |2017-09-07T17:00:05+05:30May 27th, 2017|Copyright, India, IP Basics|0 Comments

FOIA Requests made of USPTO seeking information on rules of PTAB judges

On Thursday, May 11, 2017, I submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request (see bottom) to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). My FOIA request seeks a copy of any and all rules of judicial conduct, ethical policies and/or codes of professional or judicial conduct that apply to Administrative Patent Judges [...]

By |2017-09-07T17:33:12+05:30May 16th, 2017|India, IP Basics|0 Comments

More conflicts of interest surface PTAB judges

According to Wikipedia, Lady Justice has been depicted with a blindfold since at least the 16th century, with the blindfold representing impartiality. When impartiality of the system, or the judges who are charged with administering the system, is questioned, it is a very big deal. That is why the Code of Conduct applicable to [...]

By |2017-09-07T18:02:04+05:30May 8th, 2017|India, IP Basics|0 Comments
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