Licensing In order to understand the concept of licensing of intellectual property rights, we must first understand what a license is. A “license”, simply understood, is a permit or consent given by the owner of a property to another, authorising such other person to use the said property. Licensing is a contract between two parties,…
Natural variety is the sign of life on earth. It is very spine of supportable turn of events. The current Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) system is empowering commercialization of seed improvement, monoculture, assurance of new plant assortments, microorganisms, and hereditarily changed organic entities. As an outcome, our rich biogenetic variety is being dissolved irreversibly. We…
WHAT IS COLLECTIVE MARK ? A collective mark is a trademark or service mark used, or intended to be used, in commerce, by the members of a cooperative, an association, or other collective group or organization, including a mark which indicates membership in a union, an association, or other organization. A collective mark is used by all members of the…
Copyright is an announcement that states an entity or a character owns a proper to reproduce, put up or promote a piece of artwork or technology, governing authority presents the copyright beneath which unique writings, degree, movies work lies. Unless the proprietor of the copyright makes a decision to switch the right to a second…
The start of 21st Century saw the ascent of world wide economy where information was given more significance. The expression “information” implies the utilization of human imagination and advancement for the upliftment of the economy of the Nation. In this cutthroat reality where imagination and developments are vital, ensure one’s own thoughts, items and plans…
What is a Copyright? Simplistically speaking, a Copyright is an intellectual property which gives to its owner, the exclusive right to make copies of a creative work. A copyright gives a bundle of rights to the copyright-holder, including, inter alia, rights of reproduction, communication to the public, adaptation and translation of the work. While this…
Scope of Licensing The scope of the license refers to the degree of control and rights that it grants to the Licensee. The scope of a license depends on the kind of license. An Exclusive License grants absolutely exclusive rights to the Licensee, even excluding the Licensor. Sole Licenses permit the Licensor and the Licensee…
INTRODUCTION When a person brings out his/her creativity be it through art, objects, writing, music, etc. He solely has a right over it and it becomes his own property. This is exactly what is meant by intellectual property rights. A person has full ownership of his creativity and nobody can copy or reuse it without…
INTRODUCTION Until the advent of the printing press, nobody was much afraid about stealing their work as making copies was so tedious and heavily prone to manual error that only a few copies were made of the books and manuscripts. It was in the fifteenth century when the invention of the printing machine and consequential…
Every now and then, we hear the remix versions of old classic hit songs being used in films and being played by the DJs. Not only are the old songs remixed and re-released, but we also have fairly newer songs that are released in a modified version. For instance, a lot of Punjabi Songs are…
