Geographical Indication Tags of MIZORAM
Geographical Indication Law [Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999] protects the traditional culture and benefits the artisans, weavers, craftsmen socially as well […]
IP
Pitbull yells out a trademark for himself! How Trade marking sounds have come a long way.
The jurisprudence of trademark laws, all around the world, has categorized a sound mark as a non-conventional trademark. It is usually seen as a trade […]
WIPO PROOF: An online tamper-proof wallet to record trade secrets and other intellectual assets
On May 27, 2020, WIPO launched a service that would provide evidence of the existence of intellectual assets at a specific point in time. This […]
Fast track patenting in India: An overview of IPO-JPO Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Pilot Program
Fast track patenting in India is slowly becoming a trend now. Starting with a first set of initiatives to fast track examinations of patent applications […]
Monkeying around with IP
We know that humans, as well as other legal entities, are entitled to claim proprietary rights over tangible as well as intangible things. They are […]
Stephanie Sinclair V. Mashable: An eyeopener for Instagram artists to take a re-look at their rights
It can without a doubt be stated that social media has become an inseparable part of our lives today. In Contemporary times, social media platforms […]
Competition Law versus Patent Law – The Monsanto Conundrum
Back in 2010, while reading about genetically modified cotton and Brinjals in a biology lecture, I became aware of Monsanto. Monsanto has been a pioneer […]
Can AI be Inventors under Patent Laws?
It’s 2020 and clearly it was anticipated that soon enough AI will take over the world. Alas! We are all sitting in our houses contributing […]
Finance art becomes another batch of students of school S. 101 failing Alice test
A Changing trend of the USPTO in rejecting patent applications in the domain of finance art units has become something of concern to US patent […]
What the IPR Game in the Gaming Industry Looks Like
Intellectual property, in its simplest sense, refers to the creations of the mind, i.e., inventions, literary and artistic works as well as symbols, names and […]