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Analyzing IP RisksDr. Kalyan C. Kankanala
Email: [email protected]: www.sinapseblog.com
Course: www.onlineipcourses.com
•Patent Risks
Patent Rights
• Territory• Product Patent - Make, Use,
Sell, Offer for Sale and Import.• Process patent - Use
Infringement
• Literal Infringement• Infringement by Equivalence
Direct Infringement
• Claim Construction• Comparison• Claim by claim - element by
element
Claim Construction• Claim
• Preamble • Transition• Body
• I claim a 'ceiling Fan' comprising of a base connected to a solid rod, which in turn is connected to a rotor with three wings.
Claim Construction
• Preamble - I claim a 'ceiling Fan'
• Transition - comprising of • Body - base connected to a
solid rod, which in turn is connected to a rotor with three wings.
Claim Elements
• Base• Solid rod• Rotor• 3 Wings
Is this product infringing?
• A ceiling fan having a base to be attached to the ceiling and which has a hollow rod connected to the base. The hollow rod is connected to a circular rotor having 4 wings.
• I claim a 'ceiling Fan' comprising of a base connected to a solid rod, which inturn is connected to a rotor with three wings.
Doctrine of Equivalence
• Equivalents of a claim– Function– Way– Result
• Prosecution History Estoppel
Example
•Trademark Risks
Trademark Infringement
• Registered trademark• Identical or Deceptively Similar
marks• Identical or similar goods or
services• Likelihood of confusion
• Famous mark
Passing Off
• Misrepresentation• Course of trade • Consumers• Injury to business or good will• Actual damage
Cable News Network Vs. Cam News Network
• CNN - World news on electronic media
• Defendant - Printing and publication of news, journals and magazines - ‘CAM News Network (CNN on cover page)
• Held passing off - Injunction granted
Horlicks Limited Vs. Kartick Sadhakan
• Horlicks Trademark - energy boosting products
• Defendant - Toffee• Held liable for passing off
Adobe Vs. Rohit
•Registered domain name – www.adobe.org
•Held – Domain Name registration not authorized
•Restrained from use•Punitive damages – Rs. 5
lakhs
•Copyright Risks
Copyrights• Reproduce• Adapt• Distribute• Derivative works• Public Display• Public Performance
• Moral Rights
Copyright Infringement
– Without Permission– Exercises Rights
– Access– Copying
Defenses
• Ideas• Facts• Work in Public Domain• Fair dealing or Fair Use
Mackie v. Rieser
• Image of an artist's sculpture included in brochure
• Held liable for copyright infringement
• Damages - 1, 000 dollars
Silver Ring Splint v. Digisplint
• Jewelry manufacturer - Website, Catalog and Handbill
• Alleged that defendant's website and catalog violated copyright
• Held liable
Amarnath case
• Sculpture• Mutilated• Moral rights
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