Invitation to join the IP workshop
Join us on 27th September to become a part of an excellent workshop on Intellectual Property Rights. The workshop will be conducted by the expert […]
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Where does India stand on Global Innovation Index 2020
The key issue of GII 2020’s theme is who will finance innovation? The question is how the economic fallout from the COVID-19 crisis will impact […]
Graphical User Interfaces and Design Protection
A rapid growth in the demand for virtual platforms to operate various meetings is evident today. One such platform during the ongoing pandemic is “JioMeet” […]
Hangover the Morning After: Can Tattoos be Copyrighted?
The question of whether tattoos can be copyrighted has come up time and again in numerous cases in the past decade. However, it caught my […]
Turning Deaf: Musings on the phonetic similarity of trademarks in Indian Courts
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]