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.