Securing Original Photographs
Photographs are under the subject matter of copyright which means that photographs are artistic works that attract copyright protection.
Diverse Patent Applications
For registering the patent, it is essential to file a patent application before the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks, a government age...
Blockchain and IP
Blockchain offers a near unmistakable record of information, it has a plethora of uses in the management of Intellectual Property. It can aid in the verification of the o...
Role of a Patent Attorney
A patent attorney is qualified to advise clients about patents, along with other allied intellectual property rights. He assists the owners or inventors in filing the pat...
Prior Art
Novelty is one of the essential criteria required for a patent to be granted in India. Novelty means that the invention must be new or novel and must not have been antici...
Role of a Trademark Attorney
While the online registration process of a trademark looks like an easy process, it contains intricate nuances which only a trained and professional practitioner would kn...
Patentability in India
A patent is an exclusive right granted to the owner of an invention, that allows him to prevent others from making, using, or selling the invention without the consent of...
IPR In Automobile Industry
The Indian automobile industry has been the fastest and instant growing industry in the world and has also acquired a global position among some superpowers of the world....
Seminar at Neotia University, Kolkata
The school of Legal studies of the Neotia University, Kolkata and the Patent Promotion and IP cell, TNU took an interest in organising a one-day seminar on Innovation and...
Workshop at CIPET, Bhubaneshwar
CIPET: Institute of Petrochemicals Technology (IPT) at Patia, Bhubaneswar recently took an initiative for organizing a one-day workshop with the IP leading firm Biswajit ...
All you want to know about Registration of Copyright
Copyright has been referred to as the creation of a statute under the private property of law that has its subsistence in the various types of works. The law governing th...
Copyright Search
The copyright search forms the basic step of copyright registration. The copyright search is conducted by the applicant or his legal representative, to check if the same ...
Can a website be patented?
A website is an essential asset to any form of business today as it forms a part of the business identity. However, it is possible that someone else would want to exploit...
Effect of acquiescence in Trade Marks
Most of us know that Registering a Trade Mark or even using it for enough time, so as to develop a secondary meaning, gives us legal rights. But what happens when we don’...
Copyleft: Is it against Copyright?
Be it in music, literature, movies, or even software that our lives would be incomplete without, most of us are aware of the concept of copyrights. But, did you know that...
The case of ISKCON Bangalore and ISKCON Mumbai
The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) was established in 1966 in New York and is a religious organization with an international presence. The organ...
TCE protection in India
In our previous blogs, we have discussed the need for protection of Traditional Cultural Expressions (TCE) as well as the formulation of policies and institutions for the...
Structuring Legal and Institutional Initiatives for TCE Protection
In furtherance of our previous blog which recognised the need for protection of the Intellectual Property (IP) involved in Traditional Cultural expressions (TCE), this ar...