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The WIPO Convention,1967

The World Intellectual Property Organization is a Geneva-based organisation dedicated to supporting creative activity and advancing intellectual property protection around the world. WIPO is one of the United Nations’ 15 specialised agencies. The World Intellectual Property Organization currently has 193 members. WIPO’s initial mission was to promote intellectual property protection, but when it joined the…

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 Universal Copyright Convention

The Universal Copyright Convention, (1952), was adopted in Geneva by an international conference convened under the auspices of UNESCO, which had been conferring with copyright experts from various countries for some years. The convention became effective in 1955. Its primary characteristics are as follows: (1) No signatory nation should provide its local authors preferential copyright…

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The Patent Co-operation Treaty,1970

The Patent Cooperation Treaty, or PCT as it is commonly known, was established in 1970. The Treaty, like any other Treaty, is a legal pact signed by several countries. The PCT’s goal is to simplify the initial filing procedure, making it easier and less expensive to file a patent application in a wide number of…

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The Trips Agreement,1994

Various intellectual inventions and creativity have had a big impact on today’s globe. The inventor’s efforts to promote and defend these ideas and concepts become increasingly important as they become more popular and successful. Beyond simply transporting goods across borders, the concept of commerce and what makes trade beneficial to nations has evolved. Innovation, creativity,…

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Novelty as a criterion for Patent

Obtaining a Granted or Registered Patent for an Invention is a difficult undertaking. For appraising an invention, each country has its own set of rules and regulations. To obtain a Registered Patent, the applied Patent application must meet certain criteria. One of these is the Invention’s novelty requirement. Every country, more or less, has at…

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Patent and non – obviousness

The invention’s non-obviousness is one of three requirements for the grant of a patent, the others being novelty and industrial applicability. Simply defined, nonobvious as a patent word indicates that the invention must not be obvious or evident to a person of ordinary skill in the relevant field. The invention must improve on the prior…

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Biography of Justice H.K. Chainani

Honourable Mr. Hashmatrai Khubchand Chainani was the Chief Justice of Bombay High Court from the period of 1958 to 1965. Mr. HK Chainani was born into a Sindhi Family 29 February 1904 in British India. He completed his primary education from Hyderabad then went to Karachi for further studies. He studied in D J Sindh…

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Upcoming Workshops

Upcoming Workshops for the month of August August 27th 5 pm to 8 pm How to Crack that Job Interview. A lot of times, students send their CV’s and yet they are not able to get through the Human Resources Department for an Internship Opportunity. The reason being some carelessness during emailing of your CV.…

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Elements of Patentability

In today’s technology-driven society, intellectual property has always played an increasingly important role. Patents are a valuable asset to any organisation. As a result, an organization’s innovative strength can be measured through its patenting activities. The corporation is more demanding not only in terms of the number of patents but also in terms of the quality…

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GI OF BETEL LEAVES

Introduction: GI is used as an indication for products having a specific geographical origin and possesses certain features or it has a reputation due to its indigenous nature. GI tag gives an assurance of quality and distinctiveness which is important attribute to its origin in that particular geographical area. GI products have the potential to…

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