Pre-Challenges and Post Benefits of State of the Art search tool by WIPO In revolutionary era, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has moved out of the box of research labs and into the real world. From the time when developments in technology came slowly having larger gaps in between, now such evolutions take place on a daily… Continue reading Pre-Challenges and Post Benefits of State of the Art search tool by WIPO
Consortium for Music Creators – WIPO On the 10th day of August 2020, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced to release a consortium “WIPO for Creators” with an objective of achieving awareness of IP Rights for creators in all parts of the world. WIPO has come into an agreement with a Sweden based Music… Continue reading Consortium for Music Creators – WIPO
Farmer’s big leap towards IP Protection The breakout of Covid-19 has brought down strange times upon the Intellectual Property Field. On one hand some major pharmaceutical giants have let go of their exclusive patent rights over a certain drug, on other there has been a rise in innovation and race to first develop and protect… Continue reading Farmer’s big leap towards IP Protection
Trademarks and their Multifaceted Effects A recent shocking incident of the death of Mr. George Floyd once again shed light on the slogan ‘Black Lives Matter’. The outcry has created various disputes relating to Intellectual Property Rights like confusion and deception, dropping the racist trademarks and rebranding, as well. There has been an outrage against… Continue reading Trademarks and their Multifaceted Effects
Generic name as Domain and its Protection under Trademark law Introduction: The new era of e-age is loaded with information and knowledge and domain name is an integral part of the whole system. Domain names are the internet Protocol address which leads you to find your subject easily, leading to that exact particular page. People… Continue reading Generic name as Domain and its Protection under Trademark law
Patentability Guidelines for Software in India ‘Inventions are the bedrock of Innovation’, powerful new IT technologies are now developing, paving the way for innovation in the next several decades. It’s happening simultaneously in software, hardware and other computer related inventions. The Computer software comprehensively includes computer programs, libraries and related non- executable data, such as… Continue reading Patentability Guidelines for Software in India
Trademark: Descriptive or Generic, Distinctiveness Rules its Fate The Supreme Court of United States (further referred as SCOTUS) in its June term resolved the longstanding issue of protecting generic domain names and trademarks. Over the past week, since the opinion was published on June 30th, the SCOTUS’s booking.com ruling has rocked the trademark world and… Continue reading Trademark: Descriptive or Generic, Distinctiveness Rules its Fate
Public outcry makes TM Fair & Lovely Unfair: HUL to delete word FAIR from its brand In the recent news, Hindustan Uniliver has taken a massive step towards rebranding of its popular ‘FAIR & LOVELY’ range by dropping the word FAIR from the same. Though the step is being seen in light of the recent… Continue reading Public outcry makes TM Fair & Lovely Unfair: HUL to delete word FAIR from its brand
Madras High Court reaffirms the law on generic and common trademarks The Madras High Court settled a long-standing dispute between ITC and Nestle which involved their use of generic and laudatory words to describe their product line of instant noodles. The case was titled as Civil Suit 231 of 2013 and was filed by ITC… Continue reading Madras High Court reaffirms the law on generic and common trademarks
Damages in IP Infringement Cases The tradition of awarding damages to the IP right holder has got a boost as many High Courts have awarded punitive damages in variety of forms apart from monetary compensation.In a recent judgement of Hon’ble Delhi High Court in Reckitt Benckiser (India) Pvt. Ltd Vs. Mohit Petrochemicals Pvt. Ltd. &… Continue reading Damages in IP Infringement Cases
