The Principle of Passing off is basically the law against the tort committed by an entity when he unintentionally or … More
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COPYRIGHT WHAT AND WHY
ABSTRACT Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) plays a vital role on trade of every nation in this digitized world. There stands … More
OWNERSHIP UNDER COPYRIGHT
Copyright is one of the Intellectual Property Rights. In India, copyright is sui generis right. It is considered a natural … More
Piracy of Design Under the Design Act,2000
Just like other intellectual properties, Design is also subject to infringement. Design infringement is the illegal act in which using … More
Memes & Copyright issues
INTRODUCTION Memes have gotten so common that social media would be uninteresting to its audience and users if they didn’t … More
Intellectual Property Rights: An Overview
No. A copyrighted piece in no way insinuates your right to copy. What a copyrighted piece does suggest though, is … More
Grounds for refusal of registration of Trademark
A “Trademark” is defined under Section 2(1)(ZB) of the Indian Trademarks Act, 1999 as a “mark capable of being represented … More
Passing Off Action Under Trademark Law
Passing off Passing off is a common law tort that can be enforced to the unregistered trademark rights. If a … More
Trademarks & Their Categories.
In this article, today I will discuss the different types of trademarks as it is a very vast and significant … More
Protection of Intellectual property rights in the final frontier
Introduction In 2013, Canadian astronaut, Chris Hadfield posted a video of him covering the famous David Bowie song ‘Space Oddity’ … More
OVERVIEW OF GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE
WHAT IS GATT?[i] The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is a legal agreement between many countries, whose overall purpose was to promote international … More
Copyrights: Definition, Types and Copyright Law in India
What is a Copyright? Simplistically speaking, a Copyright is an intellectual property which gives to its owner, the exclusive right … More
IPR Infringement
What is Infringement? Infringement is the act by which a person not authorised to use an intellectual property, uses it, … More
TRADE SECRETS AS IPR
The phrase “trade secret” is rather self-explanatory. As the name suggests, “trade secrets” simply speaking, are secrets used in the … More
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