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Growing laws for growing fraud!
31 October 2022An all-hands-on-deck approach by India to curb misinformation in Digital India
Be Aware if you are using ‘about’ in a patent claim!
31 October 2022Use of the term “about” in a claim is quite common, where the inventor is not sure or unable to pinpoint the exact weight or percentile or volume or thickness, size of particle, etc., of essential elements of the invention to specially address the cl...
Trademark advertising in India through Google Ads – Current scenario
31 October 2022India has been pro-actively dealing with trademark registrations, infringements and safeguarding proprietor’s rights with respect to their trademarks of concern.
James Bond declared a well-known mark
31 October 2022Are the marks below confusingly similar?
Singapore: Dispute over trademark rights to famous “Eng’s” noodle shop decided in favour of late fou...
30 September 2022A June 2022 decision by the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) provided a first instance ruling for a trademark dispute pertaining to the name of a famous noodle shop in Singapore.
India puts teeth into surrogate advertising laws
30 September 2022The laws on surrogate advertisements have mostly been silhouetted against the commercials featuring CDs, sodas and mouth fresheners and enforced by the self- regulating body called the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI).
“Visual effects” and “ocular impression” essential to prove design infringement
30 September 2022In a recent judgment passed by Delhi High Court, the court granted injunctive relief to Diageo Brands against Great Galleon Ventures on grounds of infringing Diageo’s registered design; however, no injunction was granted on ground of passing off.
On amendment to a Markush claim during patent invalidation proceedings
31 August 2022Alternate standfirst: China’s patent examination guidelines provide specific principles for amending a Markush claim during invalidation proceedings. The history of Markush claims in China, and the two prevailing theories in the interpretation of suc...
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Sociedad Anonima Damm v Hijos De Rivera, S.A. [2022] SGIPOS 6
31 August 2022The Applicant, Hijos de Rivera, S.A. and the Opponent, Sociedad Anonima Damm are beer producers based in Spain. Both parties co-exist in Spain, Europe and UK, but as they grew beyond those territories they began to get embroiled in disputes.
Free trade? Not so much?
31 August 2022India is one of the largest consumers and producers of black tea in the world with the states of Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala leading the brigade. Darjeeling tea was one of the first few success stories in India, which has not just recei...
Looking Beyond The Novelty Lines
31 August 2022Inventions already in the public domain are not patentable. Novelty or anticipation are determined with reference to the statement of the claim of the patent application and they are likely to be tested during the entire life span of 20 years of a pa...
English Translation: A Must!
31 August 2022There is no disputing the advantages of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) system which, as of April 2022, has 156 member countries. Not only is the applicant able to defer national phase application costs but is given time to assess the strength of...
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Twitter, Inc. v. V V Technology Pte Ltd [2022] SGIPOS 4
31 July 2022A recent decision shows the importance of consumer perception of economic linkages to the likelihood of confusion inquiry.
The potential of a pre-grant opposition
31 July 2022The scheme of the Indian Patents Act allows a patent application or patent to be opposed at two levels before the patent office: first at the pre-grant stage by “Any person” and second at the post-grant stage by “Any person interested”.
Notification of crop species in Indian Plant Variety Act: Recent developments
31 July 2022The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights, 2001 (the PVP Act) is a sui-generis system providing intellectual property rights on the plant varieties developed, in compliance with Article 27(3)(b) of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectua...