WHAT IS TERM OF COPYRIGHT? The term of copyright is the length of term copyright subsists in a work before it passes into the public domain. The term of copyright for a particular work depends on several factors, including whether it has been published or not. Usually, copyright protection lasts for the life of the…
View detailsWHAT ARE OIL BONDS? Oil bonds are special securities issued by the government to oil marketing companies in lieu of cash subsidy. These bonds are typically of a long-term tenure like 15-20 years and oil companies are paid interest. Oil bonds are special securities issued by the government to oil marketing companies in lieu of…
View detailsIntroduction: The Constitution of India was drafted with the intention of establishing a democratic society based on social, economic, and political equality, as well as equality of position and opportunity. Positive action aims to enhance societal equality by favoring the poor. Any legislation cannot achieve its goal unless society accepts it. The right to equality…
View detailsWHAT IS WIPO? World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), is an international organization designed to promote the worldwide protection of both industrial property (inventions, trademarks, and designs) and copyrighted materials (literary, musical, photographic, and other artistic works). The organization, established by a convention signed in Stockholm in 1967, began operations in 1970 and became a specialized…
View detailsAccording to the United States Copyright Office, copyright is a bundle of exclusive rights awarded to the creator of an original work authorship. These rights include the ability to copy a work, display it publicly, perform it, and create derivative works based on it. A creative work of authorship is simply any work that contains…
View detailsCopyright Protection While copyright does not protect data or ideas in and of themselves, it does protect the original expression of data and ideas. Only literary, dramatic, musical, and aesthetic works are protected by copyright. The rights that apply to each of these groups differ. The independent creation of similar works is not protected by…
View detailsThe internet has posed a threat to humans in a variety of ways. Copyright infringement is one of them. People can browse millions of websites with a single click, post anything on social media networks by altering someone else’s original work; a common example of such change is the submission of research papers, in which…
View detailsUnder Indian law, an adaptation is essentially a format shift, in which a copyrighted work is changed from one medium to another. If a work is developed by adding a substantial quantity of new content, it is not regarded an adaptation under the Indian Copyright Act. The copyright in a derivative work solely applies to…
View detailsPatent licences come in a variety of shapes and sizes.To transfer intellectual property rights from a defence laboratory to a firm, there are three types of licence agreements. An exclusive patent license means that the intellectual property rights cannot be used by anyone other than the named licensee. An exclusive license, under federal law, allows…
View detailsIntroductionThe taking or sending out of products by land, sea, or air, on consignment or by way of sale, lease, hire-purchase, or any other agreement, is referred to as “export.” When it comes to software, “export” also refers to transmission across any electronic medium. “All export contracts and invoices must be in freely convertible currency…
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