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:…
The famous home-made sweet for Karthigai Deepam, Kadalai mittai (Peanut Jaggery Chikki) is all set to get its Geographical Indication (GI) tag. Manufacturers of this special sweet held a meeting, Supervised by the sub-collector Vijayakarthikeyan, in Kovilpatti in Tuticorin district. The main purpose of this meeting was to showcase their products by as many as 15…
The Indian Patent office granted 676 Design patents in January, 2014. The top ten designs consisted of designs like Textile Fabric, Handle, Bottle & drivers cab of a utility vehicle etc. The table below shows the top ten designs that received the maximum number of protection in the month of January, 2014. Sl no Name…
The Indian Patent office granted 676 Design patents in January, 2014. The top three consisted of Biba Apparels Pvt Ltd with 70, Ma design India Pvt Ltd with 24 Design & Ajantha Ltd with 14 patents. The table below shows the top ten Companies that received the maximum number of Design protection in the Month…
The Indian patent office granted 384 Patents for the month of January, 2014. The Top three consisted of Qualcomm Incorporated, Council of scientific & Industrial Research and Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, with a count of 12, 12 and 5 patents respectively. The table below shows the top ten Companies that received the maximum number of patents for…
Facebook has acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion. WhatsApp has upwards of 450 million users, and it is adding an additional million users every day. WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app for Smartphone, according to OnDevice Research. WhatsApp currently charges a dollar a year after giving customers their first year of use for free. WhatsApp…
Article L. 112-1 of the French Intellectual Property Code provides that all works of the mind are protected whatever their genre, form of expression, merit, or purpose, provided that they are original. Perfumes have recently provided a prime example in France and the Netherlands. Article L.112-2 of the French Copyright Act The following, in particular,…
Deliciously sweet! Deliciously addictive! Has now become deliciously confusing! Candy Crush Saga, the latest mobile game app which is available for android, iOS, Facebook and online has more than 62,085,632 fans/likes on FB page from all over the world. People who are crazily addictive to this game would be crushed with the new update that…
A proprietor from a Chennai based private enterprise held that the plaintiff had made out a case as MIDHANI was selling the prosthesis at INR 39,200, whereas the private enterprise sold it for INR 1.36 lakh each. Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited also known as, MIDHANI founded in 1973 placed in Hyderabad. Midhani, specialized in manufacturing…
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