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 […]
A piecemeal Public notice from the Copyright Office, Government of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry [DIPP] notified on August 27, 2019, though a little […]
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 […]
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” […]
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 […]
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, is bagged with a newest GI Tag on agricultural product ‘Black Rice’, popularly known as ‘Chakhao’ after receiving its GI […]
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 […]
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 land of the oldest living language in the world, Tamil Nadu, a State in India, recently on 12th May 2020 was awarded with 2 […]
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 […]
Uttar Pradesh, a State in India, proudly holds 27 GI tags, once again recently on 20th April 2020, a certificate for another GI Tag was […]
“Independent inventors and small businesses are often the difference-makers when it comes to cutting-edge innovation and the growth of our economy. They are also in […]
In a recent U.S. Supreme Court judgment of Iancu v. Brunetti [1] the law which bans the registration of such trademarks, symbols or words that […]
My previous posts on the open-source innovation read with Doha style compulsory licensing and revocation in the public interest were exhaustive on the access to […]
The music industry has driven on smoke and mirrors and has been paradoxically remained the same for both domestic and International borders. On one side […]
We’ll all die, the goal is not to live forever, The goal is to create something that will An Oscar Winning Illustrator, animator and Director […]
A new web-based intellectual property (IP) marketplace platform, Patents 4 Partnerships, is introduced by USPTO on May 4, 2020. It provides the searchable database of patents […]
Kashmiri ‘kesar’ (saffron), known world over for its inimitable taste and rich colour, has got the much-awaited Geographical Indication (GI) tag. The recognition was officially published in […]
The question of subjecting intangible cultural heritage to Intellectual property (hereafter IP) law protection has largely been elusive for scholars, policy makers, representatives of the […]
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