Introduction India has been a member of the WTO since January 1995 and also had been a member of the WTO’s forerunner General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) since July 1948. As a developing country, India has played a significant role in the proceedings of the WTO, especially in voicing its own concerns and also of…
Something that has an impact on the appearance of an article or a part of an article can be said to be a design. An article embodying novel and original design provides that product with an aesthetic look that may potentially grab the attention of the customers. “Design,” is defined in Section 2 (d) of…
Champagne, Puma, Darjeeling Tea and Ford are known all over the world. A common man would recognize the given names as famous brands. On looking closely it can be realized that the above mentioned names do not belong to the same category. Champagne and Darjeeling Tea can be categorized under Geographical Indicators, while Puma and…
DEFINITION It is an indication. It originates from a definite geographical territory. It is used to identify goods with unique characteristics that originate in a specific geographical territory. It is used to distinguish agricultural, natural, and manufactured goods. The manufactured goods must be manufactured, processed, or prepared in that territory. It should have a distinct…
A copyright may be a type of belongings that grants the owner the prerequisite to duplicate and distribute an explicit work for a particular amount. The artistic effort can be literary, artistic, instructional, or musical. Copyright aims to safeguard the initial expression of thought within the variety of artistic work, not the construct itself. Copyright…
Introduction Intellectual property refers to that property which are intangible creation of human minds such as inventory, artistic and literary works, signs and symbols etc. To protect and safeguard the rights of the creators of these Intellectual Property we have Intellectual Property Rights. Countries provides these rights for the purpose of giving statutory rights to…
Evolution of Copyright Laws in India The Copyright Law of India was enacted by the British colony and like most of the acts of that time; it was an imitation of the English law. The first copyright act of India was enacted in 1847, during the regime of East India Company. As per the act,…
INTRODUCTION Various industrial designs are registered and protected through the process of Design Registration in India. The entire procedure of the Design Registration is governed under the Designs Act-2000 and the corresponding Designs Rules-2001. ‘Design’ refers to the unique aspects of shape, figure, blueprints or decorations or composition of lines or hues or combination thereof…
Introduction According to the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999, Section – 2, clause defines the term geographical indications, “geographical indication”, in relation to goods, means an indication which identifies such goods as agricultural goods, natural goods or manufactured goods as originating, or manufactured in the territory of a country, or a…
A patent is a sort of intellectual property that grants its owner the legal right to prevent others from creating, using, or selling an invention for a certain length of time in exchange for the publication of an enabling disclosure of the invention. In most countries, patent rights are governed by private law, and the…
