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Outer Space and Intellectual Property Rights
Intellectual Property Rights as understood legally refers to those rights given to persons for their intellectual creations of mind, by way of copyright, trademark, design or patent protection. Just like any other property rights, they confer up on the owner or the creator the rights to benefit…
Public Domain Day – The Day that Copyright Endeth
The first of January of each year is, well, the New Year’s Day for most part of the world. It is also another reason for celebration for some authors, researchers, archivists and book publishers. January 1st also happens to be Public Domain Day. Each year on this day the copyright in older works…
IP Office joins Startup India Campaign – Launches Scheme and Facilitators
Of late there has been a humongous upsurge in the number of Startups being launched in India, and alongside catching up pace, is the awareness about importance of protecting the intellectual property rights. The early stages in a new business is nothing short of a whirlwind for novice entrepreneurs…
Trademark Infringement and Jurisdiction – What it means to carry on business
Trademark law in India provides that a plaintiff can file a suit for trademark infringement in a district court within the jurisdiction where the plaintiff is actually and voluntarily residing or carrying on business or personally working for gain. It is a common phenomenon for the defence to…
Protecting business processes as Intellectual Property in India
Business processes: Very often people hear about how intellectual property protects all creations of the mind and immediately think their ideas have monetary value. Often times, when talking to people about patents, and their requirement for novelty, they usually believe that they do business…
Copyright is no monkey business – According to U.S Court Judgement
If you haven’t seen this photograph before (which is highly unlikely) you might think is that for real? Did a monkey actually take a selfie? The answer is yes! This beaming monkey has attained pop culture popularity in over the past two years. Coming back to business, the reason why the image above…
Trademark and Startups: 4 Frequently Asked Questions
When starting a business I’m sure there are a multitude of questions that go through every entrepreneur’s mind. Barring the basic questions of whether or not to go ahead with launching something, on the trademark front there are a couple of questions that keep cropping up. In this post, I’ve…
Parallel Imports – The Exhaustive World of Trademarks
Brand owners often find parallel importation as one of the key issues facing their businesses. Their hard earned reputation is at stake when their goods are sold by dealers who are not authorized to do so. It is also referred to as “grey market” for the reason that the goods imported and sold are…
Whose Work is it Anyway? Orphan works in the time of file sharing
An Orphan work is a copyright protected work whose author is unidentifiable, which means that it is not possible to contact the author of the work due to the fact that there is no information about him/her, or he/she can’t be traced or because the person is dead. In the age of the internet and easy…
Brainstorming to name your startup? Read on...
There was once a group of youngsters sitting in a café scribbling over their notepads, almost spilling the coffee in the heat of their arguments. They were in a heated brainstorming session regarding a suitable name for their startup. A few tables across sat another young man, seemingly disturbed…