Introduction: Patents are generally a certificate awarded to a person who discovers something new and wants to own leverage over it and allows people to use it only on his/her terms and conditions. Once a person gets a patent over his/her work, other people who wish to use the same Read more…
Introduction: In layman’s language, Copyright means “legal right to control the production and selling of music, book, play, film, or any piece of original work”. The Copyright Act 1957, accompanied by the Copyright Rules 1958 (the Rules), is the law governing the protection of copyright in India. Substantial changes to Read more…
Fanfictions are stories created by amateur writers. The stories are based on the work of others. These writers borrow familiar characters and story elements and then they bind them together, in a new imaginative story. Mainly these stories are created by fans of existing characters from movies, TV shows, novels, Read more…
Introduction: Franchising is an innovative way of expanding business operations into new market places. In a commercial language, the franchise is a permission granted by the manufacturer to retailer or distributor to sell its product or operate a business within the specified territory. A franchise may include a contract between Read more…
Introduction: To create a safe ecosystem for your business, there’s a way out! NDA or Non-disclosure agreement, is the savior. The grappling fear of your confidential data that you share with your company partner or another party, whosoever it is; being misused is something that doesn’t sink in so easily. Read more…
Introduction Traditional Medicine knowledge is a very important aspect specially in a country like India. It determines the passage of knowledge and its development from one generation to another. This transmission usually works within a community or family. It has gained a critical position in the Intellectual Property Rights. The Read more…
THE WAY FORWARD AND ITS WORKABILITY IN INDIAN SOCIETY INTRODUCTION The simple translation of “sui generis” is “one of its kinds”. It is made in such a way that it fulfills the country’s needs. It is high time to have legislation in India which listens and protects the needs of Read more…
INTRODUCTION India is considered as the second-largest producer of textiles and garments in the world. This is because India is a home of various raw materials needed for garment industries like cotton, wool, silk, and jute, coupled with the skilled workforce that has turned out to be a big booster Read more…
Introduction The framers of the Constitution found a need to establish certain provisions for practicing any trade or occupation. It was included as a fundamental right of the citizen as a freedom to carry on any trade or occupation under Article 19(g). It briefly explains about Trade, Commerce and Intercourse Read more…
INTRODUCTION Collective Marks could be defined as marks or signs which distinguish in accordance with the geographical origin, raw material, method and mode of manufacture or common characteristics of goods and services using the collective marks. Collective Marks come under the ambit of The Trademark Act of India, 1999, and Read more…
Introduction Copyright is legal protection granted to a person for their original creation through their mind and intellect. In India, copyright not only protects creations which is not a mere idea that can be presented in a way that has some use or benefit. Section 14 of the Copyright Act Read more…
INTRODUCTION Theft has prevailed in the world for a very long time. Rise of technology has developed a new kind of theft. This isn’t physical but in the form of online infringement and piracy. The work produced by the creators is copied and distributed through the internet in an unethical Read more…