Why Startups need to protect their Intellectual Property before disclosing it
September 26, 2017Intellectual Property Rights,Trademarks,Patents,Industrial Designs,CopyrightsProtection,Startup
your Start-up would revolve around your IP in one way or the other and managing and protecting the same might actually decide the ground for you.
New initiatives from the copyright office for registration of copyrights in India
September 22, 2017Intellectual Property Rights,CopyrightsIP India,Registration
Digital technology is drastically changing our ways of life, whether it's home or office and the Copyright office is no exception to it. In its attempt to use the technology and to enhance transparency in Copyright prosecution in India, the Copyright Office recently issued a Public Notice wherein stating that the Copyright Office going forward shall publish on its website a list of all applications received by it for copyright registration. The said list shall be published on the first Friday…
Last Opportunity by the Indian Trademark Office to file Response to Examination Report not attended to
September 2, 2017Intellectual Property Rights
The Indian Trademark Office yet again released a default notice against several thousands of trademark applications that were examined before March 31, 2017, however, no response to the examination report has been filed yet.
Confidentiality or Restraint of Trade
November 4, 2016Intellectual Property Rights
Coming across Employee Confidentiality Agreements or inclusion of the Confidential Information clause in an employment agreement is a common part and parcel of the professional front. However, there have been instances wherein under the disguise of protecting confidential information, such agreements eventually end up as restrain clauses, contractually categorised as restraint of trade.