Navigating the Legal and Business Aspects of Regional Language Trademarks
It is quite well known and accepted that India is a land of great linguistic diversity, with 22 major languages of India being recognized by the Constitution of India under the “Eighth Schedule” and over 19,500 languages or dialects spoken in India as mother tongues, which signifies that there is a lot to gain in … Continue reading Navigating the Legal and Business Aspects of Regional Language Trademarks
Read more »The Rise of Open Licensing and Creative Commons: Rethinking Ownership in the Digital Age
Content creation, dissemination, and consumption occur at a staggering pace in the digital age. The panorama of intellectual production has seen an explosion that touches the whole scope of creative human endeavor, from blogging to academic research, from the computing code to digital art. Unfortunately, the traditional intellectual property (IP) regimes set up to protect … Continue reading The Rise of Open Licensing and Creative Commons: Rethinking Ownership in the Digital Age
Read more »Acceleration in Issuance of Patents by the USPTO
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced an acceleration of patent issue dates, effective May 13, 2025.[1] This change, part of the agency’s ongoing modernization efforts, will shorten the period between the Issue Notification and the actual Issue Date of a patent. As per the new envisaged changes, the timeline between Issue … Continue reading Acceleration in Issuance of Patents by the USPTO
Read more »Green Innovations and the Role of IP in Climate Action: A Catalyst or a Cage?
The world is in a state of precariousness. What we’re living through is thin, and narrow, and it’s an urgent window of time we need to address climate change. Some believe that IP laws are above all the engine for the bringing of money to corporations thus cutting off geographical access to solutions, while others … Continue reading Green Innovations and the Role of IP in Climate Action: A Catalyst or a Cage?
Read more »Revolutionizing Trademark Protection in India: The Role of Blockchain Technology
Among trademarks and emerging tech revolutions, the blockchain marks a new era of IP protection in India. With digitalization taking up a complete day, all of these companies want security, transparency, and invoking tamper-proof trademarking solutions. The full ramifications of blockchain technology for brand protection and development are expected to arise in significant capacities in … Continue reading Revolutionizing Trademark Protection in India: The Role of Blockchain Technology
Read more »Impact of Brand Protection and Market Fairness: Lessons from the Girnar Case
Understanding Deceptive Similarity in Trademark Law This legal framework extends beyond being merely similar in appearance-it indeed encompasses only phonetic, structural or conceptual similarity that might potentially deceive an average consumer suffering from imperfect memory. This is the reasoning that finds courts consistently holding that in deceptive similarity cases, the test is one of probability … Continue reading Impact of Brand Protection and Market Fairness: Lessons from the Girnar Case
Read more »Sustainable Success: The Power of Integrating IP Strategy with Green Business Practices
Sustainable development entails meeting present needs without jeopardizing the ability of future generations to do the same. Achieving this balance requires harmonizing resource use, investment, technology, and societal needs. To actualize sustainable development, businesses and organizations must adopt a Sustainability Action Plan. This plan outlines a systematic approach to incorporate sustainable practices into daily operations, … Continue reading Sustainable Success: The Power of Integrating IP Strategy with Green Business Practices
Read more »Inspiration vs. Imitation: Understanding copyright infringement
Right from the moment a child is born to the moment of a human’s last breath, harmonies, symphonies, rhythm, and tempos are a constant. Music plays an integral role in everybody’s life, its influences being subtle. It affects us in more ways than we can acknowledge. Knowing this, let’s delve into the idea of ownership … Continue reading Inspiration vs. Imitation: Understanding copyright infringement
Read more »Legal Qualms in IP Licensing During Insolvency: A Cross-Border Analysis
Introduction: Insolvency processes present different legal and practical issues, predominantly involving intellectual property (IP) licenses. The treatment of intellectual property licensing can disturb economic relationships and imperil crucial IP rights for enterprises in financial difficulties. A fragmented legal landscape forces players to navigate, making issues more complicated by the absence of a uniform global framework … Continue reading Legal Qualms in IP Licensing During Insolvency: A Cross-Border Analysis
Read more »Section 3(k) of the Indian Patents Act: Navigating Software Patents and Innovation
The Committee observes that the importance and value of innovative technologies like AI and machine learning will grow exponentially in the current world, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic, in which digital applications will play a critical role in reacting to the crises. Furthermore, the enormous advantages of AI and its uses in Indias income generation … Continue reading Section 3(k) of the Indian Patents Act: Navigating Software Patents and Innovation
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