The Trade Marks (Amendment) Rules, 2014 has been published by the Government of India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion) by notification dated 01/08/2014 in Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (ii) of the Gazette Of India, Extraordinary on 01-08-2014 and has been made effective from the date of publication i.e. 01/08/2014. The said rules…
The Copyright office (India) notified through notification no. F.27-25/2014-CO dated 22/07/2014 that the offline filing counters of Copyright office will close from 01/08/2014 to promote the on-line filing of copyright application. In this Regard on-line facility of filing of copyright applications has already been in function from 17/02/2014. Further, the Copyright office requested to all applicants and attorneys to…
India has become the first nation to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled. So far, more than 75 WIPO member states have signed the Treaty, which was adopted on June 27, 2013 at a diplomatic conference organized by WIPO and hosted by the Kingdom…
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the continuation of the Plan scheme to modernise and strengthen Intellectual Property (IP) offices during the 12th Plan period. The overall project cost would be Rs.309.6 crore, of which Rs.258 crore will be spent during 12th Plan and Rs.51.6 crore in the 13th Plan. The implementation of the scheme will…
The Supreme Court in Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank International, No. 13-298, unanimously ruled on 19/06/2014 that basic business methods may not be patented, even if computers are used to apply them. The case involved a method for reducing the risk that the parties to a transaction will not pay what they owe. Writing for the court, Justice Clarence…
The heads of the world’s top five intellectual property offices confirmed the time frame for opening up the One Portal Dossier to the public during their annual conference held in Busan last week. ONE PORTAL DOSSIER: The OPD is a website where patent examiners can freely share patent applications and other relevant information of patent offices in top patent-filing…
The Draft Trademark (Amendment) Rules, 2013 has been notified by the Government of India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion) by notification vide dated 05/09/2013 in Part II, Section 3, Sub-Section (i) of the Gazette of India, Extraordinary on 01/08/2013 for the information of all persons likely to be affected thereby. The said draft…
The renowned Thanjavur Veena added another feather to its crown after it received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag formally on 25/05/2014. Though the tag was published in the GI Registry on December 4, 2012 itself, through a statutory notification, the government officially announced it in early 2013. And, after more than a year, the certificate confirming the GI status…
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has unveiled a one-of-a-kind image-search function for its Global Brand Database, adding a new feature that allows users to upload an image to search for visually similar trademark and other brand-information records from among the millions of images in the collection. The image-search functionality, which is the first such application among free, public…
The recent orders of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) asking its director general to investigate Ericsson’s alleged anticompetitive conduct raises issues lying at the crossroads of IP rights (IPR) and competition. The order also raises the issue of third-party access on fair and reasonable terms, which our judiciary is yet to comprehend. Indian companies Micromax and Intex are…
Adv. S Surender The recent enunciation of…
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