Introduction The TRIPS agreement is one of (if not the most) comprehensive international agreements regarding the protection of intellectual property rights. It covers not only the well-known types of intellectual property such as copyright and related acts, trademarks and service marks, patents and geographical indications but also less well-known types such as industrial designs and…
View detailsThe term trademark refers to a single word, phrase, design, symbol, or sign that a company uses to legally differentiate its goods, products, or services from that of other companies or enterprises. For example, the social media company Facebook has only the letter “f” in its logo. When someone looks at the logo, it is…
View detailsNo. A copyrighted piece in no way insinuates your right to copy. What a copyrighted piece does suggest though, is the right to grant a licence of your original literary work that stems from your own mind, to be granted for use under a legally binding deed to any other person or corporal body. Or…
View detailsIntroduction to ADR :- The process by which disputes between the parties are settled or brought to an amicable result without the intervention of Judicial Institution and without any trail is known as Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR.ADR offers to resolve all type of matters including civil, commercial, industrial and family etc., where people are not…
View detailsCriminal proceedings are set in motion with the commission of an offence. The steps involved in various stages of Criminal proceedings are more in number and higher in complexity as compared to Civil Proceedings because of the constitutionally mandated rights given to the accused. In criminal cases, the most important stage is the Pre-Trial Stage…
View detailsINTRODUCTION TO LANDLORD AND TENANT :- Where the right to enjoy an immovable property is transferred to another person for a specific period of time in consideration , which is given periodically or on a specific occasions by transferee to the transferor , it is called a lease . After a lease tenancy comes into…
View detailsINTRODUCTION: Unless a pay disparity can be substantiated, men and women in the same workplace performing equivalent labor must be paid equally. Equal pay is necessary to comply with the law by finding, eradicating, and explaining unjustified pay disparities, as well as to contribute to a better society where everyone has equal opportunity.Due to an…
View details“Unfair business practice” Unfair Business practices refer to the use of various deceptive, fraudulent or unethical methods to obtain contracts. Unfair commercial practices include false statements, false advertising or descriptions of goods or services, binding sales, false offers of prizes or free gifts, deceptive pricing island and do not comply with commercial production standards. Such…
View detailsLaxmi vs. Union of India & ors. In Supreme Court of IndiaCitation – 2014 SCC 4 427Petitioner – LaxmiRespondent – Union of India and OrsDate of Judgement – 10 April 2015Bench – Madan B. Lokur, UdayUmeshLalit Background: The case that we discuss today is a landmark case in the legal history of India. This case…
View detailsINTRODUCTION In any society across the world, there are certain groups of people who have suffered historical disadvantages due to institutionalized mechanisms of inequality and structures of inequality. These groups need specific ameliorative measures and compensatory mechanisms so that the historical wrong can be undone. These measures are brought about in ways like Positive Discrimination,…
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