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Conundrum behind registrability of GUIs as industrial designs in India

LexBlog IP

Graphical User Interface (GUI) refers to icons, windows, and/or menus to offer a mechanism to interact with electronic devices visually. There has been quite a bit of debate around the registrability of GUIs under industrial design law in India. Vs. The Controller of Patents and Designs and Anr. [1]

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The Importance of Trademark Protection When Copyrighted Works Enter the Public Domain

Corsearch

Looking at the clip of Oswald below, you can clearly see elements of the character in Mickey’s modern design. An intelligent trademarks strategy is therefore needed, from screening and search reports to clear your proposed marks relating to works that are entering public domain, to watching services to monitor your marks once registered.

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EUIPO BoA IP Case Law Conference Report #5 : “Copyright in flux: What does the future have in store?”

The IPKat

Through a comparative lens he showcased the registration trends over the recent years in the examples of US, China and Hungary. The clash between artistic value and substantive value refers specifically to trademark and copyright cumulation and, according to the Italian Supreme Court, would make the shape mark unregistrable.

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Trade Secrets in Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)

Kashishipr

Patents, copyright, and trademarks have been the most widely recognized forms of IP to date; however, there are other forms as well, including geographical indications and industrial designs, which have been gaining attention in the past few decades. Eligibility Criteria for Trade Secret Protection.

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Geographic Awake: Bridging Gaps in Geographical Indication Awareness Across India

IP and Legal Filings

An indication becomes generic when it returns to the public domain and is no longer protected in its country of origin or has ceased to be used there. This is stated in Section 9 of the Act, which forbids the registration of GIs that are determined to be generic names or indications of goods.

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A Tale of Two Ports? GC holds PORTWO GIN to be an exploitation of PDO

The IPKat

Kat friend, Becky Knott, promises that she doesn’t just write about alcohol, see here , but a recent decision involving the Protected Designation of Origin for ‘Porto’ caught her eye (palate?). 2017/1001 (which the GC later said must be understood to refer to Article 8(4a) of Regulation No. 1308/2013 (see here for the Regulation).

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Volkswagen is a happy camper as BoA upholds its EU trade mark opposition

The IPKat

Its EUTM Registration No. EU Designation of International Registration No. It claimed that the ‘Cultcamper’ element in Pinball’s mark expressly referred to its ‘Bulli’ campers (paragraph 11), meaning that the term would be descriptive and explicitly linked to its own vehicles. Pictures of marks are in the public domain.