Utility Models work similarly to Patents in protecting new technological inventions, and offer exclusive rights for a limited period of time to stop unauthorised third parties from using the protected inventions for commercial gain. Utility Models are also known as “utility innovations”, “short-term Patents”, “second-class Patents”, and “innovation Patents.” Utility Models are often seen to […]
A computer program is a set of instructions called source code written in human readable language that is then converted to a machine readable format, usually but not exclusively in the form called object code. The object code in turn commands a computer to carry out certain functions as instructed by the creator of the […]
INTRODUCTION In the contemporary world business is about innovation, upgradation, and creating a new product or service. To do that, people try to make new formulations for existing products or create new ones from scratch. Nevertheless, all of this requires intellectual property right protection, and one such IP is Trade Secrets. Trade secrets are one […]
International Intellectual Property Rights Conventions seek to grant plant variety breeders the right to enforce plant variety patents. Despite the fact that these conventions seek to protect intellectual property rights, they fail to provide a viable solution to conflicts that arise between local farmers and multinational corporations. Activists claim that the market for plant variety […]