-
Continue reading →: Fashion Industry and IPR Dilemma
The fashion industry is one of the most evolving & glamorous industries, generating billions in revenue each year. It includes within its ambit a multitude of designers of apparels, jewellery, footwear and other accessories like watches and bags. With the increasing demand for branded apparels & accessories, knockoffs and…
-
Continue reading →: ROTTEN DECISION ON GRANTING OF “BOOKING.COM®”
Recently, Booking.com prevailed in a long battle before the US Courts over “Generic” Trademark Registration of the wordmark “Booking.com”[1] which is owned by Booking Holdings Inc. along with other parallel services under such upright tradenames, for instance, Rentalcars.com. A ‘Generic name’ is such an expression or name which on the…
-
Continue reading →: ISKCON’s victory over ISKCON Apparel Pvt. Ltd.
“In view thereof, I find no difficulty in holding that the Plaintiff’s trademark ISKCON is a ‘Well-Known’ trademark in India.” Justice BP Colabawalla. ISKCON, a registered trademark has gained a ‘Well-Known’ status with its high degree of recognition extending not only in India but also abroad. That implies…
-
Continue reading →: Decriminalization of Section 138 of Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
Introduction: Negotiable Instruments Act was brought into force in 1881. The objective of the act was to regulate and protect different mercantile transactions. There are various types of negotiable instruments such as Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes, Cheques, Bank Notes, Debentures, Dividend Warrants, Treasury Bills, etc. All these instruments work…
-
Continue reading →: Fair Dealing & Fair Use: Using copyrighted material without permission
One of the mostly unexplored yet integral parts of Copyright Law is permitted use of Copyrighted material. This is an exception through which the Copyright Laws provides a balance between authors’ right and the public interest for the purpose of encouragement of private study and research and promotion of…
-
Continue reading →: INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS & ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Today the world is dependent on technology for almost everything. Setting Alarm to wake up to setting reminder to go to bed Technology has become a support system for man to survive in this world, exactly just like a ventilator. With ever increasing dependency of man on technology, it has…
-
Continue reading →: Important Issues around Bio Piracy & IP laws
Parallel to the protection of various Intellectual Properties, there exists a separate dimension of regime protecting the innovation, creativity and traditional knowledge flowing within the communities of indigenous peoples, tribes and those group of individuals remotely conserved and nourished by the states. This new aspect has recently led me towards…
-
Continue reading →: Sports Law Part- II
Fair hearing is a well settled principle of natural justice which enables the party to move to the unbiased adjudicating authority if the rights of any such party or a person are infringed . However, the same principle has been ignored while adjudicating any sports matter be it related to…
-
Continue reading →: INDIAN WOMEN AT RISK IN CYBER SPACE
Crime against women is on a rise in all the fields but being a victim of cybercrime could be the most traumatic experience for a woman. Especially in a country like India where the society looks down upon the women and the law doesn’t even properly recognize cyber crimes.…
-
Continue reading →: Different types of Trademarks and its Strength
In today’s corporate world, the brand name is the biggest valuable asset for a company. Therefore protecting the brand name is a basic step taken by all the companies even if it is a start-up. Can any name be protected as a brand name under the Trademarks Act, 1999? What…