As an IP lawyer you could spend your day helping a company protect its brand and spend the next helping a researcher safeguard their published results. No two days look the same! With India emerging as the largest market for research and innovation, many companies have begun to hire patent/IP lawyers. As an intellectual property […]
Whether you’re creating the next big streaming platform or composing a soon-to-be viral bop, here’s how you can protect your creation! Filing for patents is a must to protect your ideas from being copied or misused. Read on to find out the benefit of patent. Before we dive in, let us first understand what are patents. […]
IPRs for eco-friendly inventions are highly prioritised today IPRs for green inventions are the need of the hour. Living in a rapidly-developing world, we often hear of new and exciting intellectual properties and innovations. These inventions make our lives easy, while also providing financial benefits to the inventors. However, while most inventions are a stroke of […]
Intellectual Property Rights play a crucial role in the field of e-commerceLearn about how your favourite shopping website is protected under IPR for e-commerce IPR in e-commerce is a highly valuable component of e-commerce. IPR stands for Intellectual Property Rights – the rights that allow a business to use their invention to gain financial benefits […]
Traditional knowledge – whether it’s the lullaby you learned as a kid or the family recipe that was handed down to you.Learn how traditional knowledge protection is afforded under IPR laws Traditional Knowledge and IPR are two terms that we don’t often hear together. While IPR stands for Intellectual Property Rights, Traditional knowledge is something we […]
Trade secrets like Google’s search algorithm and Coca-Cola’s recipe give them an edge over their competitors. Learn about trade secrets, their types and examples in this article Trade secrets are Intellectual Property Rights that add value to a business. As this world becomes more inclusive, there is little space left to protect unique ideas and […]
Patent searches are a must before you can transform your idea into an invention!We take you through the patent search process Patent searching is a critically important activity that all inventors and innovators must undertake before filing for a patent. A patent is a type of Intellectual Property Right that allows its owners the legal right to […]
The Copyright Act, which came into effect in 1957, protects its eponymous intellectual property right. Thus providing literary artists exclusive rights over their creations The copyright law is designed to protect the expressions of ideas, thoughts, notions, philosophies and concepts. Pick up any novel or check any film, audio or video CD/DVD cover; you will […]
Patents and trade secrets are unique intellectual property rights. These IPRs help you to protect and monopolise your inventions and creations. The differences between patents and trade secrets lie in the nature of IPR protection each of them offers. While patents provide you with the exclusive rights to gain a monopoly and commercial benefits from […]
A trademark objection occurs in the initial l stage of trademark registration and can be filed by examiners, registrars and third parties. A trademark objection may be headed your way if you’re an innovator who has just filed for a trademark. Don’t fret; this is a fairly routine process. But before we get to exploring […]