The Digital News Publishers Association has voluntarily drawn up and issued a Code of Ethics for its members on October 17, 2020. The Code places special focus on the intellectual property rights and states that if content is found to be infringing intellectual property, such content should be edited, deleted or take down if necessary.
Source: https://images.bhaskarassets.com/web2images/521/2020/10/code-of-ethics-for-digital-news-websites_1603016989.pdf
The IPAB has, vide Public Notice dated October 23, 2020, requested parties who have reached settlement, or wish to withdraw the appeal/application, to file miscellaneous petition.
Source: https://www.ipab.gov.in/public_notice/Notification-No-01-2020.pdf
Sony’s efforts to secure a trademark registration for ‘PS5’, the abbreviation of its upcoming gaming console PlayStation 5, had been held up owing to a pre-existing trademark application. Both Sony and the third party (Hitesh Aswani) had opposed each other’s trademark applications. However, Hitesh Aswani has now withdrawn his trademark application as well as his opposition against Sony’s ‘PS5’ application. With this, it seems that the dispute has been resolved, clearing the path for Sony to launch the much-anticipated PlayStation 5 in India.
Source: https://ipindiaonline.gov.in/eregister/eregister.aspx, https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/sonys-ps5-trademark-dispute-in-india-resolved/article32963847.ece
The World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) has added India’s national collection of over 2 million Trademark records and over 58,000 Design records to the WIPO Global Brand Database and WIPO Global Design Database, respectively. This addition takes the total number of national/regional collections whose data is now freely available in the Global Brand Database to 64 and the Global Design Database to 31.
Source: https://www.wipo.int/reference/en/branddb/news/2020/news_0010.html; https://www.wipo.int/reference/en/designdb/news/2020/news_0009.html
The Central Government has notified and published the Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2020 on October 20, 2020 which further amend the Patents Rules, 2003. The scope of amendment extends to changes in Rule 21, Rule 131(2) and The Second Schedule (Form 27) of the Patents Rules, 2003.
Source: http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222589.pdf