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Cardinals Of Intellectual Property Rights (Part- II)

IP and Legal Filings

PART 1: of the blog discussed about history, development, fundamentals of IPR and explained Patents and Trademarks. Just like trademarks, registration for them is not mandatory, but if it is registered the protection becomes airtight. The blog is divided into two parts and this is part 2 of the blog.

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Beyond the Big Screen: The Legal Odyssey of Film Titles in India

IP and Legal Filings

V RGV Film Factory” [4] , the court rules that a movie title’s eligibility for trademark protection depends on its acquisition of secondary meanings and uniqueness. [5] MK, An analysis on Protection of film titles under Trademark Law , Surana & Surana (Dec. 20, 2023) [link] [10] Arbaaz Khan Production (P) Ltd.

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (July 17- July 23)

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Case Summaries Delhi High Court grants a permanent injunction to Allied Blenders in a trademark infringement case concerning ‘Officers Choice’ Image from here Allied Blenders and Distillers Pvt. The plaintiff, registered proprietor of ‘Vasundhra’, claimed prior use since 1999, whereas the defendant, claimed use since 2001.

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Does food flavouring constitute a “work”?

LexBlog IP

1) He made this request on grounds including trademark law and unfair competition law. Articles 4(1) and (3) concern the individual powers of the author on moral rights and article 12(2) concerns the transfer of intellectual rights (property and moral). dishes and seasonings) as works of IP. (1) Emphasis added.)

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Derivative works: the Adventures of Koons and Tintin in French copyright law

Kluwer Copyright Blog

Moulinsart, the Belgian company that holds the rights to Tintin, and the heir of the author, Hergé, holder of the moral rights, brought a copyright infringement case against Marabout. The Copyright / Trademark Interface: How the Expansion of Trademark Protection Is Stifling Cultural Creativity. The parody defence.

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Just Humor Them: Jests, Jokes, Satire, and Parody In Infringement and Defamation Cases

LexBlog IP

VIP Products LLC on the trademark side (on which the plaintiff is now seeking certiorari from the Supreme Court), and Sketchworks Industrial Strength Comedy, Inc., Humor is also central to trademark infringement claims through notions of parody, and as part of copyright claims through satire. Falwell did years ago.