In India, the first legislation in regards to Trademark was Indian Merchandise Marks Act, 1889 followed by the Trade Mark Act, 1940. Then India became a party to the Agreement on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights i.e. TRIPS Agreement. Therefore, it became mandatory for India to bring our Trademark Laws in conformity with…
Trademark is an important branch of Intellectual Property Rights. It is a sign, name or word which is capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one enterprise from those of other enterprises. Trademark helps in recognition of product. Any person claiming to be the owner of the trademark or supposed to use the trademark…
Introduction As a result of the industrial revolution and the rapid developments made in the fields of science, technology and culture, new kinds of property apart from the traditional property came into existence. The concept of property has undergone a sea change especially after the second world war. New rights and properties like patents, copyright…
INTRODUCTION Trademark is name, word, phrase, sign, symbol, design or expression and combination of all these things that identifies goods and service of provider. Trademark is a kind of Intellectual property Right which protects trademark owner can be considered an individual, business organisation or any legal entity such as Corporation, Government, Agency, and NGO. Trademark…
ABSTRACT Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) plays a vital role on trade of every nation in this digitized world. There stands a higher risk of creative ideas getting stolen without the consent of the author or inventor. During the 19th century, The United States was not a leading IPR advocate as it is today, but was…
This article is about exceptions in the copyright law for museums. So copyright law and the museum industry may sound like an odd fit but truth is they are linked in their purposes and objects which are essentially to promote and encourage the progress of science and art in order to constantly maintain the value…
Copyright is one of the Intellectual Property Rights. In India, copyright is sui generis right. It is considered a natural right as it is automatically granted to the creator of the original literary (including computer programs), dramatic, musical and artistic works; cinematographic films; and sound recordings. Registration of work is not mandatory for availing the…
Copyright is there to protect your original creative works. You can’t copyright an idea. You can copyright things like literary work, dramatic works, musical and artistic work as long as they are in a tangible form. And what do I mean by tangible form? Well, things like books, film recordings, websites, software, photography, paintings, or…
Just like other intellectual properties, Design is also subject to infringement. Design infringement is the illegal act in which using of the registered design, or fraudulent copying of the registered design, without permission or authorization from the owner of such a registered design. IN such a case an owner of a registered design can go…
INTRODUCTION Patents are rights granted in respect of inventions, i.e. technological improvements, great and small, which contain at least some scintilla of inventiveness over what is know. The Utilitarian Theory enumerates that the availability of a useful product or a process to the mass will result in its applicability and also give an incentive to…
