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 […]
Trademark Incapacity Doctrine or Primary significance test: Which favors Generic mark to be recognized as trademark?
The principal purpose of a trademark is to act as a ‘source signifier’ and not ‘product signifier’. A mark qualifies as a trademark when a […]
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 […]
Copyright exception related to marriage procession: A clarification from the Copyright Office
A piecemeal Public notice from the Copyright Office, Government of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry [DIPP] notified on August 27, 2019, though a little […]
Nothing is new under the moon: second-medical-use and COVID-19 treatment
Under patent law, new uses of known substances can be protected by second medical use patents. It is known that the research in the field […]
Did Apple steal the trade secrets of a startup?
The liquid flows from higher concentration to lower. Is it the same for the flow of information [trade secrets] from higher concentration companies to startups? […]
Goa’s Khola Chilli registered as a GI tag
Goa, a State on the southwestern coast of India, gets its second GI tag on Agricultural product ‘Khola Chilli’ after receiving its first GI tag […]
Statutory right Vs Constitutional right: A discussion about the work of architecture
Do you know a building, structure, tower, bridge, etc. are protectable under the Intellectual property Law? Look at these famous buildings, the “Campo Volantin Bridge” […]
The assorted flavours of Kovilpatti Kadalai Mittai from Tamil Nadu awarded with a GI Tag
Tamil Nadu’s renowned peanut sweet known as Kovilpatti Kadalai Mittai was awarded with a GI tag certificate on 20th April 2020 with the seal of […]
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 […]
Manipur, a State in India, gets the newest GI Tag on Agricultural Product ‘Chak-Hao Black Rice’
Manipur, a State in India, is bagged with a newest GI Tag on agricultural product ‘Black Rice’, popularly known as ‘Chakhao’ after receiving its GI […]
Are we ready for next-generation cars?
Technology leap has driven us to an era where we are witnessing things which were used to be just a hyped phrase. Especially if we […]
Can a machine with Artificial Intelligence be recognised as an inventor in the patents law? The approach of three different jurisdictions and relevant policy considerations
USPTO and EPO reject the notion of AI as an inventor, while the established opinion in the copyright world is that an AI machine cannot […]
The ancient struggle of Thanjavur Netti and Arumbavur Wood carvings signs its victory with the reward as a GI Tag
The land of the oldest living language in the world, Tamil Nadu, a State in India, recently on 12th May 2020 was awarded with 2 […]
Trademark as a vehicle of social divide
It was Shakespeare who, through Romeo, had thrown caution the wind, and questioned the significance of a name, for a Rose, called as anything but […]