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Announcing the 3rd Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law

SpicyIP

Shamnad Basheer’s 46th birth anniversary today, we at SpicyIP are proud to announce the third edition of the Shamnad Basheer Essay Competition on Intellectual Property Law. The third was an essay competition held by CREATe on the topic of how Artificial Intelligence would change the practice of intellectual property law.

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Protection of Color Trademarks under the Indian Trademark Law

Kashishipr

A public survey was submitted as verification of this assertion, and the equivalent was granted on 1 st October 2012 after a long-drawn-out legal battle with the Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate, Nestle. Colgate Palmolive Company vs. Anchor Health & Beauty Care Pvt. For more visit: [link].

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Roll for Initiative! How Wizards of the Coast’s trademark dispute is helping to keep the nasties out of tabletop gaming

IPilogue

This is an interesting example of how intellectual property law can be utilized to smother the proliferation of harmful views. The context surrounding the litigation shows that protecting business interests is not trademark law’s sole function. .

Trademark 101
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The Conundrum of Naked Licensing

SpicyIP

We are pleased to bring to you a guest post by Naman Keswani on the concept of naked licensing within trademarks law. Naman is a fourth-year student at the Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur who has a keen interest in Intellectual Property Law, especially Trademark Law.

Licensing 105
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Can A Single Colour Mark Acquire Registration In India?

IP and Legal Filings

He was unmistakably aware of the nuances regarding colours in trademark law. Broadly speaking, trademarks are of two types: traditional and non-traditional. [1] Notwithstanding the essence of this finding, this is too narrow an interpretation of the true spirit of trademark law. 18] Deere & Company v.

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Can Celebrity Catchphrases be Intellectually Protected?

IIPRD

Catchphrases in Copyright and Trademark Law Copyright law guarantees artists the protection of their creative work while allowing others to expand upon it through its legislations. Conclusion Indian intellectual property laws and judiciary’s position on the trademark of celebrity catchphrases is a bit shaky.

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WHAT, IN THE NAME OF GOD, …?: Intellectual Property Rights In Holy Names, Sacred Words, & Other Aspects of Creation

LexBlog IP

That question is “how have various countries’ intellectual property laws addressed efforts to copyright, trademark, or patent holy names, sacred words, or outputs of creation?” 66 (2012), and Association for Molecular Pathology v Myriad Genetics, Inc.,