What is a Trademark? A trademark is a word, symbol, logo, phrase, or another device mark which can be identified as a source of a good or a service which distinguishes it from that of the competitors. Trademark can be any symbol, phrase, or word which can be easily recognizable and it also denotes a…
Development is a process that creates growth, progress, positive change or the addition of physical, economic, environmental, social and demographic components. More recently economic growth has been valued, not for its own sake but for facilitating human freedom. Experts like the Nobel prize winning economist Amartya Sen, renowned philosopher Martha Nussbaum have called this the ‘capabilities approach’ to development. Economic growth…
Abstract: This topic discusses the introduction, meaning of Trademark, provisions and concept of passing off and infringement action under the Trademarks .This topic also cover various judicial pronouncements given by Indian Courts in this reference. Introduction: A trademark in relation to goods convey to the general public and specially to the consumers about…
Psychology is the scientific study of behaviour, experience and mental processes. Behaviour includes all of our outward or overt actions and reactions, such as talking, facial expressions and movement. Mental processes refer to all the internal, covert actions of our minds, such as thinking, feeling and remembering. To study behaviour and mental processes in both…
With the progress in fields like art, science, technology, media, literature and other creative works, there arose a need to protect unique and distinctive creations from blatant misuse. All these were the creation of a person’s intellect and hence was identified to be protected. With this came the establishment of intellectual property rights. These were…
Copyright is a right given under India law to creators, inventors, or authors for their innovative and original work. Work that is copyrighted protects the work from unauthorised use. Copyright gives the owner of that copyright exclusive rights and prevents usage of that work by any unauthorised person. The type of works protected under Copyright…
Suppose you are the owner of a gym or a café/ restaurant and you love music ( who does not?) and you want to play the same in your gym or café/ restaurant. While playing the same will give you happiness, it wont be the same for the original artists. One fine day you play…
Books are a treasure of mysteries. The words penned down by the writer allows the reader to understand the perspective of the writer. There is a lot of chances that an idea of a book written by someone can be copied and used as work by an unauthorised person. So, it is important to get…
Before television, box office and option for home media, sales of tickets were the only way for movie to earn money. But with the developing digital era, the producers of films have figured out may ways to earn money; one of which is satellite rights. Satellite rights are the rights that the producer of the…
In today’s world, we mostly identify products or the company with a logo or any distinctive mark that appears on the product. For example, we can easily identify a Mercedes or a BMW car by its logo solely. In the advent of a competitive market, the manufacturers started relying on these marks to make a…
