Introduction

The ability to enforce intellectual property rights determines how strong they are. In this setting, issues concerning intellectual property rights are increasingly being resolved through arbitrati...Read More

Introduction:

Intellectual Property Rights are defined as the exclusive legal right given to a business or the inventor, for the use of something which the inventor has created with his or her intellect. The intellectual Property right is protected under...Read More

Copyright- In General

The phrase "exclusive right to do or permit others to do specified things with relation to literary, dramatic, or musical works, creative works, cinematograph films, and sound recordings" is used to define copyright%...Read More

INTRODUCTION

Since the dawn of agriculture, farmers in India have sowed seeds, harvested crops, set aside a portion of the produce for seeds, and traded seeds with their neighbors. Every ritual in India involves seeds, it is the very symbol of life’s renewal. PGRs have always been regarded in India as "common ...Read More

Meaning of Intellectual property

The term ‘Intellectual’ implies that it is specific to the mind or talent. Thus, Intellectual property refers to the creation of the human mind. It is non-physical (intangible) and it derives its value from ideas. It is a legal concept that confers the right to owners and creator...Read More

The European Union (EU) aims to establish a single market economy which might not be an easy task since the market value of various corporations needs to be evaluated. The aim here is to give an upper hand to trade to boost the economy, however, providing room for trade might not be appreciable to small and medium enterprises. The EU Competition Law has its basic framework in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (hereinafter, ...Read More

The pandemic has affected economies to a great extent, affecting businesses. Last month, a surge in the delta variant of the Covid-19 cases was seen in various Asian Countries. Some of the Asian countries such as Malaysia, Philippines have seen record numbers in terms of daily infection with Indonesia posting record numbers of 1.492 death in one day. Even after the successful hosting of the Summer Olympics recently in Japa...Read More

With the latest numbers on the floor, filing for IP protectionRead More

With the booming e-commerce industry, in the first move, e-commerce giant Amazon launched its Intellectual Property Accelerator (IP Accelerator) program in India. With more sellers, who themselves are the brand owners, on the website; this program will assist those sellers in providing any IP issues by connecting them with IP specialists and legal firms. As per the statement released,  These sellers, including small and medium...Read More

The market is filled with technological inventions and with more competition; the value of IP has been on the rise. This increased value substantiates the reason for having effective strategic IP management. Primarily, now going into the perspective of Strategic IP management, various key factors can be found which dictate the manageme...Read More

Intellectual property plays a significant role in increasing the stake of the company. Previously, it was assumed that only tangible assets hold the major proportion of the company’s valuation but this was changed gradually. Now the intangible assets have a major stake in the company’s valuation. These importances of the intangible assets which are intellectual property have increased the need for its effective...Read More

The Patent Act 1977, specifies that the patent will be infringed if it is granted and in force and without consent. Section 60 states that the subject to the provisions of this section, a person infringes a patent for an invention if, but only if, while the patent is in force, he does any of the following things in the United Kingdom concerning the invention without the consent of the proprietor of the patent, such things consist of using or...Read More

In view of the UK's exit (Brexit) from the European Union (EU), the transition period ends on December 31^st, 2020 and the UK becomes an independent territory of the EU since January 1st, 2021. The Brexit transition period ended on 31 December 2020 has marked United Kingdom (UK) way out from the European Union. The effects will be determined by the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement signed an...Read More

We all are very clear with the understanding and the importance of early filing date and priority date in the patent application. A patent is granted on the premise that the invention is non-obvious and constitutes inventive steps. These issues are very much interlinked with that of the filing date since an early filing date is acknowledged as prior art. The priority date of a patent relates to the earliest filing date ...Read More

Introduction

The evolution of Intellectual Property laws and standards are all in the direction of maximizing private rights and not give importance to public interests.[1] There is alw...Read More