Category: Blogs
Are all inventions patentable?
November 4, 2017
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 8:35 am
Patent means a grant of some privilege or authority made by the Government to one or more individuals. The term ‘Patent’ acquired statutory meaning in India, when the Patent Act, 1970 was promulgated. Patent under the Act is granted from the Government to the inventor
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Intellectual Property in Packaging Industry
September 14, 2017
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 6:47 am
Intellectual property is the creation of the mind. Such creations may vary from literary and artistic works, inventions to symbols, names and images used for commercial purposes. Intellectual property can be classified into (a) Industrial Property such as Patents, Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indication;
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What, Why and How of Patents!
August 31, 2017
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 1:39 pm
Introduction In the past 60 years, innovation and technology have made great strides. Inventions in any field require a huge amount of capital for R &D. Without patents, it is estimated R&D outlays would be reduced by 64%, jeopardizing the well-being of the future innovation
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Can a Title of a Book be Registered as Trade Mark?
August 29, 2017
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 7:32 am
People often wonder that how to protect the name of their individual work, be it a book, song, software composition, or anything else? Protecting names can be challenging as copyright does not cover protections of names, titles, or short phrases. This leaves us with remedies
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Purely Plant-Based Products Cannot Be Called Milk, Cream, Butter!
August 19, 2017
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 10:23 am
Plant products cannot be marketed as “dairy,” was stated by the European Court of Justice. TofuTown which is a German Company, produces and distributes vegetarian and vegan foods. In particular, it promotes and distributes purely plant-based products under the designations ‘Soyatoo Tofu butter’, ‘Plant cheese’, ‘Veggie
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ANOTHER TAJ
July 4, 2017
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 1:10 pm
It is a moment of pride for Mumbai as well as India, that the 114 year old Taj Mahal Palace Hotel which is an inseparable part of Mumbai’s skyline has added another feather to its cap by becoming the first trademarked building in India. The
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‘COVFEFE’ – THE NEW WORD.
July 4, 2017
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 12:01 pm
Covfefe –2days back we haven’t heard about this word, but today suddenly it became the most searched word in the internet. The 45th American President Donald Trump tweeted “Despite the constant negative press covfefe,”. So, what is the meaning of the word covfefe? Is it
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The windy flag
July 1, 2017
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 11:29 am
With the growth of digital economy, the most important guard of it – the intellectual property law is also developing. The trademark law which protects the brand of the products sold online from unfair use, tends to be at the cutting edge of such developments
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LOGO- NOT FOR GO
July 1, 2017
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 11:21 am
In the car industry, it is still a disputed question of intellectual property -Whether using a registered trade mark logo of a company by a third party in any service connected with that goods is legitimate or not. There is no specific answer given in
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BATTLE OVER THE RED SHOE
July 1, 2017
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 10:53 am
The issue of whether a color is to be regarded as a shape is a long-standing question. Various directives under the trade mark laws are not in favor of registration of any sign which gives substantial value to the goods. After observing the plethora of
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