Report on the Workshop conducted by Adv. Prity Khastgir with The IP Press
Topics: Future of Cross-licensing to Create Patent Pool; The fate of AI-based Innovations; Future perspectives of a career in IPR The Workshop on Future of […]
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Budweiser says cheers after Delhi High Court Rules in its favour
In today’s world of technology, a major part of our lives are lives are spent virtually via social media. Social media is no longer just […]
IP hot shorts in September 2020
It has been a constant and collective effort of The IP Press Team to bring to its readers the most recent news in the field […]
Pitbull yells out a trademark for himself! How Trade marking sounds have come a long way.
The jurisprudence of trademark laws, all around the world, has categorized a sound mark as a non-conventional trademark. It is usually seen as a trade […]
WIPO PROOF: An online tamper-proof wallet to record trade secrets and other intellectual assets
On May 27, 2020, WIPO launched a service that would provide evidence of the existence of intellectual assets at a specific point in time. This […]
Competition Law versus Patent Law – The Monsanto Conundrum
Back in 2010, while reading about genetically modified cotton and Brinjals in a biology lecture, I became aware of Monsanto. Monsanto has been a pioneer […]
Copyright exception related to marriage procession: A clarification from the Copyright Office
A piecemeal Public notice from the Copyright Office, Government of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry [DIPP] notified on August 27, 2019, though a little […]
Nothing is new under the moon: second-medical-use and COVID-19 treatment
Under patent law, new uses of known substances can be protected by second medical use patents. It is known that the research in the field […]
Did Apple steal the trade secrets of a startup?
The liquid flows from higher concentration to lower. Is it the same for the flow of information [trade secrets] from higher concentration companies to startups? […]
Goa’s Khola Chilli registered as a GI tag
Goa, a State on the southwestern coast of India, gets its second GI tag on Agricultural product ‘Khola Chilli’ after receiving its first GI tag […]
Statutory right Vs Constitutional right: A discussion about the work of architecture
Do you know a building, structure, tower, bridge, etc. are protectable under the Intellectual property Law? Look at these famous buildings, the “Campo Volantin Bridge” […]
The assorted flavours of Kovilpatti Kadalai Mittai from Tamil Nadu awarded with a GI Tag
Tamil Nadu’s renowned peanut sweet known as Kovilpatti Kadalai Mittai was awarded with a GI tag certificate on 20th April 2020 with the seal of […]
What the IPR Game in the Gaming Industry Looks Like
Intellectual property, in its simplest sense, refers to the creations of the mind, i.e., inventions, literary and artistic works as well as symbols, names and […]
Manipur, a State in India, gets the newest GI Tag on Agricultural Product ‘Chak-Hao Black Rice’
Manipur, a State in India, is bagged with a newest GI Tag on agricultural product ‘Black Rice’, popularly known as ‘Chakhao’ after receiving its GI […]
Are we ready for next-generation cars?
Technology leap has driven us to an era where we are witnessing things which were used to be just a hyped phrase. Especially if we […]
Can a machine with Artificial Intelligence be recognised as an inventor in the patents law? The approach of three different jurisdictions and relevant policy considerations
USPTO and EPO reject the notion of AI as an inventor, while the established opinion in the copyright world is that an AI machine cannot […]
The ancient struggle of Thanjavur Netti and Arumbavur Wood carvings signs its victory with the reward as a GI Tag
The land of the oldest living language in the world, Tamil Nadu, a State in India, recently on 12th May 2020 was awarded with 2 […]
Uttar Pradesh, one of the States in India, gets the newest GI tag on handicraft “Gorakhpur Terracotta”
Uttar Pradesh, a State in India, proudly holds 27 GI tags, once again recently on 20th April 2020, a certificate for another GI Tag was […]
USPTO’s COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program
“Independent inventors and small businesses are often the difference-makers when it comes to cutting-edge innovation and the growth of our economy. They are also in […]
Revising Trademark Restrictions: The new wave of interpreting ‘Scandalous’ or ‘Immoral’ Words
In a recent U.S. Supreme Court judgment of Iancu v. Brunetti [1] the law which bans the registration of such trademarks, symbols or words that […]