Conventionally, trademarks included marks that could be represented graphically and could be used by the human eye to discern a product or brand from another one. The basic premise behind a trademark was to enable the public to recognise the source of goods and services and to allow the owner of the enterprise to capitalise on the name and […]
INTRODUCTION Trade secret is a part of intellectual property right and laws. Intellectual property rights basically refer to anything innovated, created, or even curated in a manner that is unique, exclusive, and sets apart you or the company in the market. For example- the new model of SUV, updated smartphones, the logo of your brand, […]
Introduction: Patent prosecution stage of patent application has a crucial step of receiving first examination report (now will be called as FER) for the application from the Patent Office. Generally, timeline for filing FER Reply is 6 months from date of receiving of FER, this time can be extended up to 3 months by filing […]
According to Section 2 (d) of the Designs Act, 2000, “Design” is the application of any shape, configuration, pattern, ornament, or composition of lines or colours to any object, whether it be two-dimensional, three-dimensional, or both, through any industrial process or means, whether manual, mechanical, or chemical, separate or combined, that result in a finished […]
Trademarks: The distinction between infringement and passing off – By Raunaq Bali A Trade Mark is a form of intellectual property that may comprise a visual symbol, icon, image or expression which is used to identify goods or services which are provided by a specific source. These marks set apart those goods or services from […]
Intellectual Property rights plays an important role in nurturing an economy and these effects become more prominent when they are seen during the times of Globalization. The hard fact which cannot be denied in this is that IP Laws are mostly territorial in nature with each country prosecuting and maintaining the rights differently. In such […]