Selvam & Selvam Blog

JULY 11, 2024

To add more clarity to this, ‘Trademark squatting’ – in which one person obtains registration for a trademark which does not actually belong to them nor do they have any right/ claim over the same – has evolved into an actual business today. So, how do you approach this issue when your brand is caught in the middle of it?

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TorrentFreak

JULY 13, 2023

These nameservers are operated by the MPA and when site operators hand over their domains as part of a settlement, most of the time they are updated with these details. Tonic says that maintaining that type of database would reveal registrant information, something that many of its customers consider “invasive of their privacy.”

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

A Family settlement agreement (FSA) was concluded wherein Abhishek Lodha was appointed as the CEO of the Lodha Group (later renamed Macrotech). Abhinandan, on the other hand, transferred his ownership to the real estate group in return for Rs. 500 crores (disputed figure).

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Read this Tidbit by Kaustubh Chakrabarti on the Delhi HC ruling that the Regional Director under the Companies Act has no jurisdiction to decide ownership of a trademark. The defendants could neither prove registration of trademark in their label nor did they have a valid license.

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

On November 3rd, 2018, Thaler filed a copyright application for A Recent Entrance to Paradise, designating himself as the claimant and the work’s author as “Creativity Machine,” saying that the copyright should be transferred from the AI to him due to his “ownership of the machine.”

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CopyrightsWorld

APRIL 29, 2022

On November 3rd, 2018, Thaler filed a copyright application for A Recent Entrance to Paradise, designating himself as the claimant and the work’s author as “Creativity Machine,” saying that the copyright should be transferred from the AI to him due to his “ownership of the machine.”

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 4, 2022

However, we were surprised to learn that the company is also receiving backlinks from sites that appear to credit them for ownership of images they do not hold the rights to. Of course recipients could choose to settle their cases by taking positive action, in that case paying a settlement.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Hughes: increasing registrations for women at the © office compared to other metrics where women are disadvantaged—ownership of stock, real property, presence on corporate boards, patent ownership which then translates to being in a startup. May also resolve through settlement. What goes on in settlement?

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IP and Legal Filings

JANUARY 19, 2023

Three industry organizations—the China Banking Association and the Payment, the Clearing Association of China, and the National Internet Finance Association of China—released a statement stating unequivocally that it is not permitted to provide services like registration, clearing, settlement, and trading.

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Kluwer Copyright Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

And over 100 claims were copyright infringement claims where the claimant hadn’t filed for copyright registration of the work allegedly infringed (a prerequisite to filing). For example, 35 claims were trying to pursue cases against foreign respondents, over whom the CCB has no jurisdiction.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Respondent operates his business through two incorporated entities and claims ownership of the trademark via the permitted use by the two incorporated entities. Ajay Goyal vs Anil Verma & Anr on 31 January, 2024 (Delhi High Court) The Plaintiff is the proprietor of the mark ‘SUFIYANA’ and has a registered logo. MSN Laboratories Pvt.

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IP and Legal Filings

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Ownership of intellectual property (IP) used as collateral often belongs to the borrower. The Regulation also stipulates that, in the event of a dispute involving IP-based financing, the OJK, Indonesia’s financial services regulator, must approve any out-of-court settlement before it can be implemented. Conclusion.

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SpicyIP

MAY 20, 2024

The plaintiff also alleged that the examination of impugned trademarks was faulty, registration should have been denied under Section 11(1)(b) of Trade Marks Act, 1999. In response, the present rectification petition was filed to remove the subject registration. Alimentary Health Ltd. Jaikishan Kakubha Saraf alias Jackie Shroff v.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The question of ownership in the virtual world, particularly in video games, has long been debated. Let’s also not forget the Delhi High Court’s telling move to set aside three compromise decrees recognizing settlement agreements between ISRA and certain defendants (see also here ).

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In the case of Alice Corp v CLS Bank International, the US Supreme Court in 2014 held that claims to a computer-associated technique of mitigating “settlement risk” in various financial transactions were barred from patenting. However, are the blockchain technologies really patentable? Blockchain’s possible application in the world of IP?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In the case of Alice Corp v CLS Bank International, the US Supreme Court in 2014 held that claims to a computer-associated technique of mitigating “settlement risk” in various financial transactions were barred from patenting. However, are the blockchain technologies really patentable? Blockchain’s possible application in the world of IP?

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Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

MAY 7, 2021

In the case of Alice Corp v CLS Bank International, the US Supreme Court in 2014 held that claims to a computer-associated technique of mitigating “settlement risk” in various financial transactions were barred from patenting. However, are the blockchain technologies really patentable? Blockchain’s possible application in the world of IP?

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TorrentFreak

MARCH 23, 2023

Sun and his companies were further charged with fraudulently manipulating the secondary market for TRX through extensive wash trading, described by the SEC as “simultaneous or near-simultaneous purchase and sale of a security to make it appear actively traded without an actual change in beneficial ownership.”

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LexBlog IP

JULY 21, 2021

It can also mean as the proxy or substitute holder of rights here on earth because no spiritual being will receive a copyright certificate, trademark registrations, or letters patent. courts have denied registration to religious marks as being offensive to other believers or to non-believers. ” (at page 9 and 13). .”

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SpicyIP

JANUARY 29, 2024

Do read our summaries of the post on the DHC restraining generic competitors for Ibrunitib, Delhi High Court’s finding on opposition and examination process, and some quick tidbits on the Ram Mandir, Oppo-Nokia dispute settlement, and the Bombay High Court order on Pan cards.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

A lot of settlements. Using Coke’s “iconic” status to prevent the registration of “Concealed Carry” in Coca-Cola font. Complicated relationship to ownership: they think their value comes from providing iconicity/authenticity. Interesting issues: secondary meaning, abandonment, functionality, likely confusion, dilution.

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43(B)log

AUGUST 3, 2023

This can lead to settlement/end of cases: Even if there was copying, we don’t know they copied from you! Emma Perot, Music Copyright Ownership: Factors Behind the Surge in Writer Credit and Rights Clearance Why so many writers on songs? Without a registration system, it can be difficult to identify who came first.

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43(B)log

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Indeed, the PTO has increased its focus on whether the use an applicant is making is trademark use, as opposed to ornamental or informational use, in its registration decisions. Thus, even though it would be possible to have a registrable llama logo that functioned as a trademark, that’s not what Epic had.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Lodha TM battle Following disagreements over how a family settlement agreement is to be interpreted, the Lodha brothers are tangling over the Lodha trademark. The Court considered several issues including the ownership of the trademark as well as the similarity in the trademark used by the defendant. Prakash vs M/S.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Part 1 - Ideas, Beliefs, and Concepts Dev Gangjee (University of Oxford) opens this part of the book with "A distinctive absence: registrable trade marks in 1875". This arose because the law focused on "relative" distinctiveness, rather than assessing marks in isolation, which led to challenges for registering word marks.

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SpicyIP

DECEMBER 31, 2024

2024 has been an explosive year for IP developments in India, with more IP divisions coming up in different High Courts, an increasing number of IP registrations and an overall higher degree of attention on IP issues in the country. to clarify that registration does not grant exclusive right in a part of the mark. Whats in a Colour?

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