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Privacy policy-Why do I need it for my website?
Did you know? By merely browsing a website on the internet, you have actually agreed to the website’s terms and conditions and privacy policy? Now that you are anyway bound by it by merely browsing the website, it would be best if you could actually go through it just to know the way in which your…
Can food recipes be protected under intellectual property?
Ever wanted to know the recipe for your favourite dish in a restaurant? Or wished that you could make Pringles at home? They wouldn’t be special or in demand anymore if you could do make it by yourself! This got me thinking on the best ways to protect food recipes and prompted me to write this…
Intellectual Property Cases - restoring faith in the Indian Judiciary
The efficiency of the Indian judiciary has been the subject of many a discussion at both professional and personal gatherings that I’ve attended. The media has covered the overwhelming case backlog and seemingly infinite expanse of time that it would take to clear them. Most often the general…
Fluid trademarks – Go with the flow?
Most of us use Google almost every day and intentionally or unintentionally, we look forward to seeing what the Google Doodle of the day would be! Well, that is the kind of impact that the constantly changing “Google” logo has created on the minds of its users. I personally am very fascinated with…
How can I protect my intellectual property rights in mobile applications?
There’s no dearth for mobile applications on smartphones. There’s an app for everything today and you’ll definitely find one to meet your requirements. We’re spoilt for choices and that’s exactly the concern of every mobile application developer. They need to make sure that they stand out and…
Sony’s trademark infringement suit dismissed after 20 years for technical defects
In trademark infringement suits involving well-known trademarks, one always expects the big corporation to win for obvious reasons – the trademark is well-known, goodwill and reputation acquired over the years and of course because they were able to make out a prima facie case. It wasn’t that easy…
Don’t mess with the wrestlers! – WWE awarded an injunction and damages against unauthorised distributors in India
If you are a wrestling fan, you would have definitely heard of John Cena, Randy Orton, The Rock, Cm Punk, Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, The Great Khali, Rey Mysterio, HHH, Edge etc. As a fan of these mega stars, you would have purchased many merchandise to be more like them and also would have made…
Non Disclosure Agreements - Tell me what the secret is and I’ll tell you if it was a secret.
I’d written about Trade Secrets a while back, and the only way to protect those secrets in India, (barring not revealing them to another soul) is through Non Disclosure Agreements (NDAs).Non Disclosure Agreements are basically agreements signed between two people or entities which put down in…
Court rules on dispute relating to trademark assignment
Trademark assignment is a process in which the owner of the trademark transfers the ownership of the mark either with or without the goodwill of the business. We had earlier written about the procedure for assigning trademarks and also the key points that should be incorporated in an assignment…
To do or not to do - Validity of the registration of a trademark at an interlocutory stage
Recently, the Bombay High Court heard two appeals together to rule on the same point of law, i.e., whether the Court could go into the question of validity of the registration of a trade mark at an interlocutory stage when the defendant takes up the defense of invalidity of registration of the…