Trademarks in India are registered under the Trademarks Act, 1999 (“Act”). An application is filed to the Registrar of Trademarks (“Registrar”) for registration.
A trade mark includes any word, name, symbol, configuration, device, shape of goods, packaging, combination of colours or any combination thereof which one
In today’s world of ‘passing off’ and ‘infringement’, you must be extra vigilant in protecting your intellectual property (IP). You just cannot relax by merely filing
Introduction to Passing Off It is quite common in today’s news articles to observe statements such as ‘Shop owner sells low grade products with logo of branded
Trademarks in India are registered under the Trademarks Act, 1999 (“Act”). An application is filed to the Registrar of Trademarks (“Registrar”) for registration. The
A trademark is generally a visually perceptible sign used in relation to goods services. The primary purpose of a trademark is to identify commercial
The Patents Act lays down a procedure for the grant of patent to an inventor to exploit his invention for 20 years subject to the fulfilment of certain conditions. The first step is to make an application in the
It is not mandatory for an inventor to apply for a patent in respect of his invention. It is optional. The inventor may prefer to keep his invention secret instead of applying for a patent by disclosing it.
A patent is an exclusive privilege given to the author by the State to prohibit anyone from utilizing, creating, and selling an invention for a specified duration of time. It applies to a monopoly right on an invention. However, not all inventions are patentable
Assignment of Patents : Sec 68 of the Patents Act, 1970, provides for the assignment: Sec.68 also provides for the mortgage of, licence in or
Copyright in a work does not subsist in perpetuity. The term of copyright protection is limited to the life of the author and fifty years after his death (usually referred to as ‘fifty years pma’ i.e. post mortem auctoris) in most of the countries. The limited duration
The rights of performers, record producers and broadcasting organisations are referred to as neighboring rights because they have developed in parallel with copyright, and the exercise of these rights
Copyright is one of the Intellectual Property Rights. In India, copyright is sui generis right. It is considered a natural right as it is automatically granted to the creator of the original literary (including computer programs), dramatic, musical
The Copyright Act, 1957 (the “Act”), supported by the Copyright Rules, 1958 is the governing law for copyright protection in India. Substantial amendments were carried out to the Copyright Act, in May 2012.
The term copyright office is given under section 9 on the Copyright Act, 1957 makes it compulsory to have a copyright office. The copyright office is controlled by the registrar of copyright which is appointed by the Union government, which means
Section 37 and Section 39A of the Copyright Act govern the provisions relating to broadcast. Section 37 grants broadcasting organizations a special right, namely the broadcast reproduction right. The term
An assignment is, in spirit, a transfer of ownership, even if it is partial. The copyright owner in an existing work or the future owner of the copyright in a further work may assign to any person the copyright