An application was submitted to IPO (Indian Patent Office) for Trademark Registration for the name NAMO TEA PARTY on 6th February, 2014. The application (2673369) was file by Shailesh Tewari in respect of Goods/Services Personal & Social Services rendered to meet the needs of individuals in class 45. The “NaMo (Narendra Modi) Tea Party” is…
After Nestle blocked Cadbury’s bid to trademark the color purple used for its chocolate wrappers, on October 7 2013, they are at it again, involved in yet another legal dispute over the shape of Nestle’s Kit Kat chocolate bar. On July 8th 2010 Nestle applied to register the 3D Trademark for the shape of the…
ART+COM Innovationpool GmbH. (“ACI”), Berlin has filed a case against Google Earth (Google Inc), California; regarding Infringing its U.S. Patent No. RE44,550 (‘550 patent), entitled “Method and Device for Pictorial Representation of Space-Related Data”. The ‘550 patent is a reissue of U.S. Patent No. RE41,428 (‘428 patent), which was filed on December 17th, 1996 with…
The Indian Patent office granted 346 Design patents in February, 2014. The top three consisted of Volvo Truck Corporation with 27, Ma design India Pvt Ltd with 23 Design & Biba Apparels with 12 patents. The table below shows the top ten Companies that received the maximum number of Design protection in the Month of…
The top ten designs consisted of designs like Textile Fabric, Handle & Bottle etc, and the table below shows the top ten designs that received the maximum number of protection in the month of February, 2014. Sl no Designs No of Applications 1 TEXTILE FABRIC 16 2 BOTTLE 12 3 HANDLE 10 4 CONTAINER FOR…
The Indian patent office granted 454 Patents for the month of February, 2014. The Top three consisted of Qualcomm Incorporated, Samsung R& D Institute India Bangalore Private Limited and Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (PUBL), with a count of 16, 9 and 8 patents respectively. The table below shows the top ten Companies that received the maximum…
The following are the most common ways to monetize a patent: Commercialization Commercialization is the process of developing a product for the market using the protected by patents. Patent rights provide the legal basis for stopping any infringements, and can potentially ensure monopoly of the product, depending on the strength of the patent. Most companies…
Kalinga’s aromatic coffee known as Kalinga Coffee is a heritage product of Philippines. Kalinga is identified as the No. 1 coffee producer in the region and the No. 7 top producer in the country. Recently, The Coffee Stakeholders agreed to have the Kalinga Coffee be registered as a Geographical Indications (GI) product. Kalinga Coffee is…
The Grant of a Geographical Indication (GI) tag to Tirupati laddu by Indian Patent Office in 2009 raised many questions, as it paves the way for enhanced commercialization of faith. Tirupathi Laddu, got its GI tag Under the class 30, with Goods description of Food stuff on 04th September, 2009. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), the Applicant of the…
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda) has approached the IP Board against the GI Registry, requesting them to amend the GI Registration of Basmati Rice. The GI Application (145) was filed on 26th November 2008 under the class 30 (Agriculture). The applicant APEDA has field the application under following geographical areas:…
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