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…
The 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…
Trademarks are an integral part of intellectual property rights. Trademarks concern themselves with purchasing process and the areas pertaining to the interaction between brands and the customers[1]. Historically, people purchased goods when the basic tenets of trademark law already existed. In shops, an assistant helped individuals and acted as “filters” between the product and the…
INTRODUCTION Copyright law, as the name implies, is a straightforward legislation that states that if you create anything, you own it and you alone have the authority to decide what happens to it. In India, copyright law is controlled by the Copyright Act of 1957. The goal of this copyright law is primarily twofold: first,…
If we talk about robots rights with the people, then maybe it is unthinkable, or they will deny such rights, and the argument often made by most people is because of the way people think about the technology, to begin with, there is an underlying question to which people already have a subconscious answer in…
WIPO, or the World Intellectual Property Organization, was founded on July 14, 1967, and is located in Geneva, Switzerland. This article will examine the history of WIPO, how it evolved into what it is now, what WIPO’s missions, functions, and goals are, and how it works to improve intellectual property rights throughout the globe.The World…
CONCEPT OF PATENT According to world Intellectual Property Organisation. “A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem. To get a patent, technical information about the invention must be…
CONCEPT OF TRADEMARK According to World Intellectual Property Organisation, “A trademark is a sign capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one enterprise from those of other enterprises. Trademarks are protected by intellectual property rights”.A trademark is a distinct sign or word(s) used to identify a companyZ or its products. Once registered, that identical sign or string…
CONCEPT OF COPYRIGHT According to World Intellectual Property Organisation, “ Copyright (or author’s right) is a legal term used to describe the rights that creators have over their literary and artistic works. Works covered by copyright range from books, music, paintings, sculpture, and films, to computer programs, databases, advertisements, maps, and technical drawings.” HOW DID THE CONCEPT OF…
INTRODUCTION The employment of various dishonest, fraudulent, or immoral ways to gain business is referred to as unfair commercial practises. Misrepresentation, fraudulent advertising or representation of an item or service, tied selling, bogus free prize or gift promises, deceptive pricing, and noncompliance with manufacturing standards are all examples of unfair commercial practises. Such practises are…
