Types of IPR covered by the TRIPS agreement

Introduction At present, the products of intellectual creativity such as inventions, designs, know-how and artistic works serve an important role, and in order to promote such creative activity, inventions, industrial designs, literary and artistic works, layout-designs of integrated circuits, trade secrets and so on are given protection.Furthermore, trademarks and other such signs are also protected…

Prohibition of Registration of Geographical Indication as Trademark

INTRODUCTION To advertise our nation’s distinctive goods and maintain traditional crafts, the government intends to create the Gems of Our Heritage campaign. This would highlight Geographical Indication (GI) items from all over India and encourage the application for GI registration of further products. In addition to increasing the local market’s visibility and potential, the GI…