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Brunei’s Intellectual Property Office Accession to Madrid Protocol
The Government of Brunei Darussalam on October 6, 2016 <1> deposited its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol for the...
Sep 27, 20172 min read
Energy and Industry Department at the Prime Minister's Office (EIDPMO) Launches Trademark Search Kiosk
The Brunei Intellectual Property Office (BruIPO) is an office under EIDPMO and is responsible for the administration and registration of...
Sep 27, 20172 min read
INDIA’S PROTECTION TO SECRETS OF TRADE
Introduction The global econoamy is trending towards an era of protectionism as can be seen from policies such as “Make America Great...
Aug 26, 20177 min read
MYANMAR: NEW TRADEMARK LAW EXPECTED TO BE ENACTED IN 2017
For the past few years, the nation of Myanmar has been proactively working on the implementation of its first ever formal trademark law,...
Jul 26, 20173 min read
Meta-tagging vis-à-vis Trade Mark Misuse: An overview
Introduction: For most of our questions, we rely on the internet for answers. While the debate on the reliability of information received...
May 19, 20178 min read
Cartier International AG and Ors. Vs. Gaurav Bhatia and Ors.
Citation: 226 (2016) DLT 662 Introduction As per a study conducted in 2016 by OECD (Organisation Economic Cooperation and Development)...
May 19, 20175 min read
Trademark Infringements: The big problems faced by foreign brands in Nepal
The government of Nepal is notorious for policy and procedural time wasting as far as providing services to businesses is concerned. The...
May 15, 20174 min read


Trade Mark Filing in Vietnam
Vietnam became a member of the TRIPS agreement on January 11 th , 2007. Vietnam has a commendable intellectual property (IP) framework...
May 15, 20179 min read


Trademark Law Bangladesh: An Abridgment
Bangladesh is a signatory to the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement under the World Trade...
May 15, 20176 min read
Liability of online market portals vis-à-vis trademark infringement in the cyberspace
With the emergence of globalization and sharp advancement of technologies, our society and its knowledge making has also changed...
Apr 19, 201710 min read
Fighting with Counterfeit Menace: Montblanc Simplo GmbH vs. Gaurav Bhatia & ors. CS(OS) 2563/2013: Granting Injunctive Relief
Introduction: It always has been a well known fact that the markets in India are targeted by large number of counterfeit products/goods....
Mar 21, 20174 min read


India’s time to delve into IP laws
Shireen Shukla, legal intern at Kkurana & Khurana , probes the recent International IP Index report, released by U.S. Chamber of...
Mar 9, 20175 min read


Simplified account of Trademark Registration in India
We had written an article giving a simplified account of Patenting procedures in India to enable readers who are new to the Patents. A...
Dec 27, 20168 min read
SEVEN TOWNS V. KIDDLAND: DELHI HIGH COURT ON TRADE DRESS PROTECTION
The concept of trade dress, although closely associated with trademarks is not explicitly recognized in Indian legislations unlike its...
Nov 12, 201610 min read


Trademark/ Copyright and Patents Suits/ Civil Proceedings: Why Non-uniformity in Jurisdictions Available to Plaintiffs?
Section 62 of the Copyright Act, 1957, Section 134 of the Trademark Act, 1999, Section 104 of the Patents Act, 1970 and section 20 of...
Jun 17, 20164 min read


Era of Start-Ups in India-ease in Intellectual Property Registration to be Decisive Factor
There have been many developments recently that have streamlined the of registration of Intellectual Properties (IPs) of Start-Ups. This...
May 25, 20164 min read
Notification Related to Abeyance of Mass Abandonment Orders: A Sigh of Relief to Trademark Applicants
Reportedly, the Trade Mark registry has abandoned huge number of trademark application since 28 th March 2016. The Intellectual Property...
Apr 19, 20162 min read
Jurisdiction of Courts Under Section 62 of the Copyright Act and Section 134 of the Trademarks Act
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in “ INDIAN PERFORMING RIGHTS SOCIETY LTD. Versus. SANJAY DALIA AND ORS”: (2015) 10 SCC 161 and the...
Mar 14, 20164 min read
Make the Most of Dynamic Trademark Utilities from Trademark Registry (TMR) India
This article discusses at length the importance of each dynamic trademark utility from TMR so that each reader can make most out of it....
Feb 12, 20162 min read
Extension of Time to submit the objections or suggestions to the Proposed Draft of Amendment of Trade Marks Rules, 2002
This post comes as an update to the previous one in context of the Proposed Draft Trade Mark Rules by the Central Government, which has...
Dec 19, 20151 min read
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