The TRIPS agreement being an International Agreement, sets out for its signatory nations the minimum standards of protection to be provided in respect of the […]
Secret use of an invention before filing a patent application could amount to public use and such public use of the invention would be beyond […]
We often argue that generic words can’t be trademarked because it tends to be used in the same industry by the other proprietors to refer […]
A three judges bench of the United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit has rightly said that “the area of software copyrights is a murky […]
USPTO v. Booking.com[1]This post is in continuation to our previous posts covered here and here. The day has come and the SCOTUS (Supreme Court of […]
The right to Freedom of speech in general enables us to express ourselves freely in different forms. Trademark law, on the other hand, protects the […]
On 6th March 2020[1], the Single Bench of the Bombay High Court led by Hon’ble Mr. Justice B.P Colabawalla, granted an ad-interim injunction in favour […]
USPTO v. Booking.com B.V[1] As my colleague, in his article “Trademark Incapacity Doctrine or Primary significance test: Which favours Generic mark to be recognized as […]
The present blog pertains to the landmark fight over Monsanto’s Bt. Cotton technology. It is not yet finalised whether the subject invention was a patentable […]
This post is written in co-authorship by Ms. Riddima Sharma and Ms. Amshula Chauhan. The Court of Justice of European Union (CJEU) in a recent […]
Kerala, a south-western state of India, situated on India’s tropical Malabar Coast, has nearly 600km of Arabian Sea shoreline. Popular by the name “God’s Own […]
What we usually discuss in patent classes is about enforcement of the patent rights by the patentee against any person under Section 48 of the […]
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 […]
Mr. Nosy Parker is an artist who creates interesting posters at his leisure. Recently, through one of the groups on facebook, he saw an attractive […]
Odisha was secured with the much-awaited GI Tag on “RASAGOLA” on 29th July 2019 [Certificate]. The application for ‘Odisha Rasagola’ was filed by the Odisha […]
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 […]
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 is slowly becoming a trend now. Starting with a first set of initiatives to fast track examinations of patent applications […]
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 […]
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 […]
