TRADEMARK
BURGER FAKE KING
Burger King filed a lawsuit to preserve its trademarks ‘Burger King,’ as well as its crescent logo design and Hamburger Refresh Design logo. The defendants were duping innocent wannabe businesspeople out of enormous sums of money by providing fraudulent franchises under the Burger King logo. Burger King discovered many domain names that were operating illicit and unauthorized websites utilizing the ‘Burger King’ brand. The plaintiff was granted an interim injunction by the Delhi High Court against unauthorized use of its trademark “Burger King,” the Crescent Logo Design, and the Hamburger Refresh Design Logo. The defendants were ordered to stop utilizing the brand’s linked domain names and email addresses. By banning access to the particular domain name, the interim injunction was extended to DNRs GoDaddy and FastDomain Inc. Furthermore, the court ordered investigations by the Delhi Police Cyber Cell as well as blocking orders by the DoT and MeitY.
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COPYRIGHT
EKDAM JHAKAS
An interim injunction was issued by the Delhi High Court preserving Anil Kapoor’s personality rights, prohibiting various businesses from using his persona, voice, character, abbreviation AK, portrait, and image for commercial reasons without his approval. The restrain is extended to the content created with the help of AI. The order establishes precedents for future misuse. While the term ‘Jhakas’ may still be used, it may not be utilized in the way Anil Kapoor does for commercial purposes without his prior consent.
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COPYRIGHT
ANYTHING FOR CRICKET
The Delhi High Court granted Viacom18 a dynamic injunction for the Indian Cricket Team’s bilateral matches in order to protect its five-year broadcast and streaming rights against piracy and copyright violation. While issuing the injunction, the court also commented on piracy issues and how the courts are flooded with such suits. To tackle such obstacles, the court emphasized the importance of strong anti-piracy legislation.
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COPYRIGHT
HUMANS V/S PEOPLE
On September 18, 2023, Humans of Bombay filed a copyright infringement complaint against the People of India before the Delhi High Court. The court judged the matter to be of substance and issued notices to the defendants. The plaintiff stated publicly that they are safeguarding their intellectual property in their articles & posts and that it is not about narrative and storytelling. The Humans of Bombay’s filing of this complaint has become a big issue on social media and is trending on many social media platforms.
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PATENT
JUST IP REGISTRY THINGS
The The Delhi HC set aside the order of the Controller of Patents and Designs, upon an appeal being filed by Raytheon Co. u/s 117 of the Patents Act, 1970. The Controller had previously refused to award the Patent due to a lack of inventive step. The Controller observed that in the patent application, there was an absence of novel hardware along with the software. The patent application concerned High-Performance Computing (HPC), which is used by scientists and engineers to model, simulate, and analyze complex physical and algorithmic processes. The appellant contended that the grounds of refusal stated by the Controller were in accordance with the outdated Computer Related Invention Guidelines (CRI) 2016. The appeal was granted, and the HC ordered the Patent Office to re-examine the application in accordance with the applicable guidelines and rules.
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PATENT
PAYPAL AND NFT MARKETPLACE PATENT
PayPal filed a patent application for a system that would allow the transmission and trade of NFTs within its network last week. This fintech firm intends to build an entirely new system that will permit off-chain transactions using NFTs in a market platform for cost optimization and increased transfer speed. This system will also provide a number of digital wallets linked to the NFT marketplace that will provide these services. PayPal customers can use fiat currency or other cryptocurrencies to buy and sell NFTs. PayPal’s early move could be due to the fact that many fintech businesses are joining the NFT market.
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