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1. Analyzing IP Risks
Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala
Email: kalyan@bananaip.com
Blog: www.sinapseblog.com
Course: www.onlineipcourses.com

2. •Patent Risks

3. Patent Rights
• Territory
• Product Patent - Make, Use,
Sell, Offer for Sale and
Import.
• Process patent - Use

4. Infringement
• Literal Infringement
• Infringement by
Equivalence

5. Direct Infringement
• Claim Construction
• Comparison
• Claim by claim - element by
element

6. 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

7. 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.

8. Claim Elements
• Base
• Solid rod
• Rotor
• 3 Wings

9. 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

10. Doctrine of
Equivalence
• Equivalents of a claim
– Function
– Way
– Result
• Prosecution History
Estoppel

11. Example

12. •Trademark Risks

13. Trademark
Infringement
• Registered trademark
• Identical or Deceptively
Similar marks
• Identical or similar goods or
services
• Likelihood of confusion
• Famous mark

14. Passing Off
• Misrepresentation
• Course of trade
• Consumers
• Injury to business or good
will
• Actual damage

15. 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

16. Horlicks Limited Vs.
Kartick Sadhakan
• Horlicks Trademark - energy
boosting products
• Defendant - Toffee
• Held liable for passing off

17. Adobe Vs. Rohit
• Registered domain name
– www.adobe.org
• Held – Domain Name
registration not
authorized
• Restrained from use
• Punitive damages – Rs. 5
lakhs

18. • Copyright Risks

19. Copyrights
• Reproduce
• Adapt
• Distribute
• Derivative works
• Public Display
• Public Performance
• Moral Rights

20. Copyright
Infringement
– Without Permission
– Exercises Rights
– Access
– Copying

21. Defenses
• Ideas
• Facts
• Work in Public Domain
• Fair dealing or Fair Use

22. Mackie v. Rieser
• Image of an artist's
sculpture included in
brochure
• Held liable for copyright
infringement
• Damages - 1, 000 dollars

23. Silver Ring Splint v.
Digisplint
• Jewelry manufacturer -
Website, Catalog and
Handbill
• Alleged that defendant's
website and catalog
violated copyright
• Held liable

24. Amarnath case
• Sculpture
• Mutilated
• Moral rights

25. • Thank you
• kalyan@bananaip.com
• www.sinapseblog.com
• www.ipracademy.com
• www.onlineipcourses.com