On 16th July 2020, the Bombay High Court heard a matter brought in by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL). ZEEL holds the exclusive liner rights, […]
Thinking of a new innovative business model? A new start-up or product name that could set you apart from the crowd of the ever-growing additions […]
Discussion of Aktiebolaget Volvo & ors v. Mantis technologies pvt. Ltd. & ors.[29 June, 2020] A mark is an image or face of the goods […]
Introduction Imagine a triangle consisting of a producer, a good or service and a consumer. At the centroid, lies a trademark which tells the consumer […]
IntroductionInventors often face difficulty while choosing a protection regime for their inventions which simultaneously ensures a competitive edge. The two equally confusing options fulfilling this […]
The Rationale behind Trademark Protection Just as how humans are identified by their names, the ideas materialized by humans deserve to be identified by a […]
Arunachal Pradesh is also known as the Orchid State of India or the Paradise of the Botanists and geographically it is the largest amongst the […]
I have earlier researched, discussed and talked about Standard Essential Patents (SEP), however, I have never penned down my thoughts on this topic until now! […]
Karnataka is a state in the southern part of India, bordered by the Arabian Sea coastline to the west, Goa to the northwest, Maharashtra to […]
I. Introduction:The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown open dilemmatic questions to various business houses quizzing them about their survival, expansion plans and business continuity. The pandemic […]
The TRIPS agreement being an International Agreement, sets out for its signatory nations the minimum standards of protection to be provided in respect of the […]
A very interesting question was recently put across to a wide audience group. The questioner sought inputs on whether an applicant based out of India […]
Secret use of an invention before filing a patent application could amount to public use and such public use of the invention would be beyond […]
We often argue that generic words can’t be trademarked because it tends to be used in the same industry by the other proprietors to refer […]
A three judges bench of the United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit has rightly said that “the area of software copyrights is a murky […]
USPTO v. Booking.com[1]This post is in continuation to our previous posts covered here and here. The day has come and the SCOTUS (Supreme Court of […]
The right to Freedom of speech in general enables us to express ourselves freely in different forms. Trademark law, on the other hand, protects the […]
