Editorial Staff

Trans-border reputation spills over to India

Reputation of a trademark implies to the knowledge and awareness of such trademark among the public and is the means by which a trademark is recognized. With globalization of trade and commerce, products are widely available in every nook and corner of the world irrespective of their place of…


IPR and Blogging - A blog for the bloggers

If you like then you should’a write blog on it, that’s not how the song goes, but I guess you get the drift. Today, blogging hasn’t just become a hobby but also a profession. There are so many amateur bloggers that have become professionals within a few years and some have even acquired celebrity…


If the Indian Govt has its way, trademark fees to increase by 100%

In continuation of our previous post on the draft Trade Marks (Amendment Rules) 2015 issued by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry on November 19, 2015, here’s the latest update on the proposed amendments. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of…


Freedom of Panorama

The concept of “Freedom of Panorama” is a copyright exception wherein the law permits taking photographs, video footage and creating other images (such as paintings) of buildings, sculptures and other art works which are permanently located in a public place, without infringing any copyright that…


What to do when an Injunction is not enough to stop the infringement

The Latin term ‘Ubi Jus Ibi Remedium’ means; where there is a right there is a remedy. In this context, there is a remedy when there is a breach of a courts order to stop a person from dishonoring the order of the court. One of the remedies available for an infringement of an Intellectual Property…


Taxes and Intellectual Property - Royalty payments in India

Intellectual Property Rights are one of the most valuable assets of organizations. To maintain a fine balance between promoting research and development and economic growth, various countries have different strategies regarding granting of intellectual property rights as well as other rights and…


Software Piracy raids on Startups - Know your rights

So you’ve just set up your company, and working at acquiring clients, you pounce on the phone as soon as it rings/ rush to the door at the prospect of a new client walking through the doors. Not all calls and visits may be pleasant. I’ve listed out two situations below which just might fall under…


Disability Exceptions in Copyright

Copyright law, which protects literary, dramatic, musical, artistic and affiliated works, mandates that in order to copy or use a copyrighted work one has to get permission from its owner or the author and this has been one of the major reasons for the visually impaired and otherwise print disabled…


The Case of the Early Bird and Trademark Squatting

Let’s take a huge scoop of hypothesis and say that, Ben and Jerry ice-creams forgot to register their trademark in India, and in 2016 when they tried to come into the Indian market they see that there has already been a trademark registered for Ben and Jerry in India, by one Mr. X. What Mr. X did…


Guidelines for computer related inventions makes IT India happy

On the 19th of February Office of Controller General of Patents, Trademarks and Designs released new Guidelines for the examination of computer related inventions. These new guidelines were welcomed by the people who protested against the guidelines that were issued in 2015 and kept in abeyance due…