Category: Blogs
Compulsory licensing in Copyright
July 28, 2022
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 2:37 pm
What is a Compulsory License? Compulsory licenses are permissions from the government that allows someone else to use the copyright of the owner without his consent. In this article, we will look at compulsory licensing in Copyright and under what conditions a compulsory license is
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Copyright and Broadcaster’s rights
July 27, 2022
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 12:37 pm
What is a broadcast? The Copyright Act, 1957 originally used the term ‘radio-diffusion’ under section 2(v) to include communication to the public through any means of wireless diffusion in sound or visual form or both. Later, the 1983 amendment replaced the term ‘radio diffusion’ for
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Copyright and User Generated Content
July 25, 2022
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 3:11 pm
Remixing a song, streaming gameplay on youtube and collaborating with other artists on TikTok have become mainstream and garner millions of views. However, this poses an important question to copyright owners whose songs, games and other copyrightable subject matter are used without giving any monetary
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Copyright in Registered Designs
July 22, 2022
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 12:00 pm
Introduction Copyright in registered designs means that the author has the exclusive rights to apply a design to any article in any class. The proprietor of a registered design has the exclusive right to apply such design to all such classes. Copyright in its general
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Industrial Design vs Product Design
July 21, 2022
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 4:26 pm
What is Industrial Design? Industrial design is the process of designing articles (products, devices and objects) to attract customers and improve their marketability. Individuals that make such designs are known as Industrial designers. They mainly focus on the appearance, functionality and manufacturability of an article.
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How to become an industrial designer?
July 20, 2022
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 1:37 pm
Industrial Design (ID) is the professional practice of designing products, devices and services which are used by people around the world. The main focus of an industrial designer is the physical appearance, functionality and manufacturability of a product although, often they go beyond the developmental
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Best practices to avoid copyright infringement
July 19, 2022
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 4:30 pm
What is copyright infringement? Unauthorized use of a work protected by copyright is referred to as copyright infringement. Thus, it is the unauthorised use of someone else’s copyrighted work that violates the owner’s rights, such as the right to reproduce, distribute, exhibit, or perform the
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Intellectual Property in Mergers and Acquisitions
July 18, 2022
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 3:36 pm
In this blog, we talk about the role of IPR in Mergers and Acquisitions
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IPR in Fashion
July 14, 2022
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 12:18 pm
In this blog, we discuss the role of IPR in the fashion industry and the protection accorded under copyright, trademark and patent laws.
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Piracy of registered Design
July 12, 2022
Biswajit Sarkar - IP Law Firm India
Post time: 2:01 pm
In this blog, we explain the acts that amount to piracy of registered designs along with important case laws. We also provide the remedies available to the registered proprietor against such infringement.
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