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 […]