Editorial Staff
The ‘Nation wants to know’ Conundrum
Arnab Goswami, the famed Editor in Chief of Times Now recently quit to start his own venture, Republic TV, under the umbrella of ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd. His excessively loud, yet entertaining show, The Newshour, was frequented with the catch phrase he had popularised; ‘The Nation wants to……
Pitfalls to Avoid in Indemnification Clauses in Tech Licensing agreements
Before signing a technology licensing agreement, carefully review all its provisions, including the indemnification clauses. Regrettably, this very important part of a licensing agreement is often treated as a boilerplate provision. Don't make the mistake of waiting till the last minute to review…
Spring Board Doctrine: Protection of Trade Secrets
Trade Secrets A Trade Secret is information used in trade or business that is kept confidential to maintain an advantage over competitors generally known or easily accessible to persons involved in particular trade or business. It could be know-how, formula, recipes, manufacturing methods,…
Priority Trademark Application In India – All You Need To Know
The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property that was signed in Paris pertains to industrial property in a broad sense including trademarks, patents, trade names and geographical indications amongst others. The Convention predominantly deals with three categories namely national…
Trademark Infringement and Counterfeiting
Counterfeiting and infringement are two concepts that are often considered synonymous and similar to one another and the differences between the two are most often overlooked. Counterfeiting as defined in the English dictionary and as commonly understood by the general public stands for a…
Rental Rights Under Indian Copyright Laws
Copyright is a bundle of rights that exist with the owner or author of the work who has all the rights of exploitation of the work in any manner he wants which includes rental rights as well. Rental rights are rights to rent copies of work. No person other that the owner of the copyright can rent…
Trade Marks Rules, 2017- Dissected, Scrutinized and Simplified
The month of March seems to be jinxed with respect to Trademarks in India! March 2016, we witnessed the infamous “Mass abandonment” of over one lakh trademark applications and a year later in March 2017, the Indian Trade Marks Office again struck back with the enforcement of the much anticipated…
Escalation in the Trademark Fee – Trade Mark Rules, 2017 comes into force
The much-awaited Trade Marks Rules 2017 has finally come into force as of March 6, 2017. Although the new rules aim at simplifying the trademark prosecution as a whole by reducing the number of forms from 75 to 8, incorporating provisions for expedited registration of trademarks and so on, the…
Trademark Rules 2017- The Top Six Changes
The Trade Mark Rule 2017 came into force on March 6, 2017 with several changes to the existing trademark practice. While there are numerous amendments, I’ve listed the top six changes Classification of Applicants The Trademark Rules 2017 has specified the Applicants for the purpose of the Trademark…
The Trademark Rules 2017 – The online filing system version 3.0
The Trademark Rules 2017 were finally notified on March 6, 2017 after months of speculation and several mistimed email blasts notifying people of its imminent adoption. The crux of the draft rules hasn’t changed, since its publication in November 2015 with fewer forms, a more digital approach,…