The Delhi High Court has announced that an Intellectual Property Division (“IPD”) will be set up to deal with all Intellectual Property Rights (“IPR”) related matters. The stated objective behind such creation is to avoid multiplicity of proceedings, conflicting decisions and streamline the process of the manner in which IPR cases are to be dealt with. The Delhi High Court is also in the process of framing comprehensive rules for the IPD.
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Recorded Music Performance Limited (“RMPL”) has been registered as copyright society under section 33(3) of the Copyright Act, 1957 by the Registrar of Copyrights with effect from June 18, 2021. RMPL has been permitted to commence and carry on the copyright business in sound recording works.
Source: https://copyright.gov.in/Documents/PublicNotice51.pdf
A NASSCOM Report indicates that India’s share of emerging technologies being protected in the jurisdiction has been steadily increasing. Notably, the report also mentions Artificial Intelligence (AI) inventions accounting for 6% of the emerging technology patents in the country. The Report also observed an increase in the number of patents filed in the US by companies domiciled in India. Fields like Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing also counted in the growth.
The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), has nowreleased its final guidelines for “Influencer advertising on digital media”. The guidelines will come into effect from June 14, 2021.
Earlier in February, 2021, ASCI released the draft guidelines for “Influencer advertising on digital media” for stakeholder consultation and based on the feedback now released the final draft.
Source – https://asci.social/guidelines
The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) has issued a Public Notice (dated May 21, 2021) in light of the Supreme Court’s restoration of its Order dated March 23, 2020 on extension of statutory deadlines owing to the pandemic. The Notice states that all statutory deadlines falling after March 15, 2020 shall once again stand extended till further orders in order to minimise hardship to the public.
Source – https://ipindia.gov.in/writereaddata/Portal/News/725_1_21.5.2021_Public_Notice-Final.pdf