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Amendments in Patent Application Process in Singapore

29th December, 2017 - 4:16 am Categories: Intellectual Property News & Updates Patents Signapore

The process of applying for patents in Singapore will become much easier and more efficient after Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS), in its continued efforts to ease patent application process, has introduced few changes in Patent forms 1 and 12B. According to a circular released on November 21, 2017 on IPOS website [1], these … Continue reading Amendments in Patent Application Process in Singapore

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Trade Mark Infringement-Toyoto Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha. vs. M/S Prius Auto Industries Ltd. and Ors.

26th December, 2017 - 10:40 am Categories: Intellectual Property News & Updates Trademark

Time for Considering Territoriality Principle over Universality Principle Courts are gradually shifting their focus to territorial nature of Trade Marks. The same was also quite evident in the Exide case, that has been discussed in the previous blog (here). However, no conclusion was drawn in the case due to ‘out of court settlement’. But, the … Continue reading Trade Mark Infringement-Toyoto Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha. vs. M/S Prius Auto Industries Ltd. and Ors.

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Exide Industries Limited vs. Exide Corporation, U.S.A. & Ors.

18th December, 2017 - 11:19 am Categories: India Intellectual Property News & Updates Trademark

The case Exide India v Exide US brings into effect the perplexing issue of Trademark law. The dispute dates back to 1997 when the US based Company ‘Exide Technologies’ entered the Indian market post Liberalisation, where Indian company ‘Exide Industries’ was already present over the decades in the local market selling automobile batteries under the … Continue reading Exide Industries Limited vs. Exide Corporation, U.S.A. & Ors.

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The Budding Patent Law in Myanmar

8th December, 2017 - 4:26 am Categories: Intellectual Property Myanmar News & Updates Patents

Myanmar, also known as Burma, a least developed country in mainland South-East Asia, is still in its embryonic phase of Intellectual Property Laws. The country is not presently a signatory to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property or any other treaty protecting patents. The Burma Patents and Designs (Emergency Provisions) Act 1946 … Continue reading The Budding Patent Law in Myanmar

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IP Rights Encompassing Comic Books

7th December, 2017 - 7:06 am Categories: Intellectual Property News & Updates

Comic book characters like Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Iron Man, Harry Potter etc. have become part of our daily lives ever since they were created via comic books and later incorporated through television shows, merchandise and more recently movies. From soft toys, video games to movies all such methods provide various avenues to the owners and … Continue reading IP Rights Encompassing Comic Books

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Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and its Intellectual Property (IP) Interface

4th December, 2017 - 4:07 am Categories: Intellectual Property News & Updates Patents

With growing importance and widespread adoption of Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, Ripple among many others, Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) have become very popular over the last few years. In brief, an ICO is an unregulated means by which funds are raised for a new cryptocurrency venture or even by a technology company that … Continue reading Initial Coin Offering (ICO) and its Intellectual Property (IP) Interface

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Freedom of Panorama

29th November, 2017 - 7:09 am Categories: Copyright Intellectual Property News & Updates

Freedom of panorama is a derived from German word Panoramafreiheit. It is the right of individual to publish photographs of the public buildings and the public structures which are attached to the public places permanently and is one of the exception of the Copyright law. “French-Italian model” and the “German-English model” are the two modular … Continue reading Freedom of Panorama

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Copyright Protection to Architectural Works

25th November, 2017 - 5:11 am Categories: Copyright Design News & Updates

Issue of infringement of architectural works requires understanding of protection of works when they are reproduced, distributed, performed, publicly displayed, or made into a derivative work without the permission of the copyright owner. For example: if an architect uses a part of the architectural design of another architect in order to build his own building, … Continue reading Copyright Protection to Architectural Works

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Copyright Protection for Architectural Works- Part II

22nd November, 2017 - 3:58 am Categories: Copyright Intellectual Property News & Updates

Application of Mischief rule by Courts Mischief rule is pertains to interpretation of statutes, and is applied by Courts when there is a conflict between two laws or provisions of law on interpreting it by the words as stated in the particular law or is interpreted by the courts to resolve the confusion in its … Continue reading Copyright Protection for Architectural Works- Part II

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100 and counting: Indonesia joins Madrid Protocol

7th November, 2017 - 11:57 am Categories: Indonesia Intellectual Property News & Updates Trademark

The Madrid Protocol is an international treaty which simplifies the procedure for international registration of trademarks by filing a single application along with onetime payment fee. The protocol was adopted at Madrid on June 27, 1989, amended on October 3, 2006 and further amended on November 12, 2007 [1]. The Protocol provides for convenient and … Continue reading 100 and counting: Indonesia joins Madrid Protocol

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