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D.Gowthami Reddy, Partner, M/s.Pentallect Partners

IP UNFOLD MONTHLY IP INFO-APRIL, 2025

1. Viva Holdings, along with its 37 subsidiaries, has signed the Ecommerce MOU to strengthen protection of its digital content and retail products against piracy. IPOPHL sees this as a major move encouraging more creatives to protect their IP rights. Viva emphasized that piracy threatens a large portion of its revenue, and stronger collaboration with platforms is crucial for sustaining the creative industry.   2. The USPTO has granted a patent to Ramper, a Web3 startup under Vietnam's Ninety Eight, for its social login feature that simplifies access to Web3 apps using platforms like Google and Facebook. This innovation addresses accessibility barriers in Web3 and signals strong progress for Vietnam’s blockchain sector. The patent also highlights Vietnamese startups’ growing global ambitions in the tech space.   3. The Supreme Court of New Zealand ruled that while copyright is relationship property under the PRA, Sirpa Alalääkkölä retains sole ownership and control of her artwo...
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D.Gowthami Reddy, Partner, M/s.Pentallect Partners

IP UNFOLD - Weekly IP Info DECEMBER 15 -21, 2024

IP UNFOLD -  Weekly IP Info  

1) An international patent was granted to the invention ‘The novel ternary insecticidal combination’ developed by  Best Agrolife, an agrochemical manufacturer. The formulation controls the entire sucking pest complex, including whitefly, jassids, aphids, and thrips with a single application.

2) The chief executive of Arm Holdings plc underplays the company’s ambitions to become a chip supplier in its own right at a trial against Qualcomm as Qualcomm is a major customer to Arm that pays an estimated hundreds of millions of dollars per year. During closing arguments, Qualcomm's legal team urged the eight-member jury to find the chipmaker had not breached a contract with Arm, warning that the British chip designer was using its lawsuit to try to gain leverage over makers of smart phone chips.

 3) The Bombay High Court has issued a temporary injunction against Chrome21 India, preventing them from using the 'Hirect' trademark. Hind Rectifiers, a semiconductor and railway equipment maker, filed a lawsuit alleging trademark infringement and passing off. The court found that Chrome21's use of 'Hirect' caused confusion with Hind Rectifiers' established and well-known mark

4) Indian news channel ANI sued OpenAI in Delhi High Court, alleging ChatGPT's the company of using its articles without permission to train ChatGPT. The court is examining whether AI training infringes copyright and if OpenAI can claim fair use.

5) The US Copyright Office in its report on  deepfakes found that It finds that existing laws, in copyright and other intellectual property areas, are vastly insufficient to redress the harm posed by unauthorized digital replicas, which have the potential to threaten not only those in entertainment and politics, but private individuals, too.

 

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