Ooty Varkey, the baked delicacy synonymous with the Nilgiris, is all set to get the prestigious Geographical Indications (GI) tag. A society of its manufacturers has recently submitted an application in the city GI registry seeking the tag. India, as member of the WTO, enacted the GI Act in 1999 which came into effect [...]
If the Golden Age of comic books was 1938-1945 or so, then some might argue that the Golden Age of superheroes is right now. After all, characters like Batman, Spider-Man and the Avengers rake in the dough at the box office and have name recognition with children and adults around the world. Since 1979, [...]
The Indian media and entertainment sector, particularly the film industry— popularly known as Bollywood, has experienced robust growth over the last few years and has become one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy despite the economic downturn. In last few years, several Bollywood films have successively broken previous records on box office [...]
In 1990, Stephen Kimble obtained a patent for a Spider-Man toy that was set to expire in May 2010. Kimble claimed that he discussed the idea with the president of Marvel Enterprises Inc., and that he would be compensated for use of his ideas. Although no agreement was reached, Marvel produced a toy that [...]
The number of high-street shops bringing legal action against their rivals for copying their designs has risen four-fold since the start of the recession, according to top copyright infringement lawyers. While stores have long looked to the catwalk for inspiration – top designer's collections barely make it down the runways of London and [...]
In contemporary economies, knowledge assets and intellectual capital have superseded land, labour and capital as leading factors of production. Given the outstanding importance of knowledge industries for innovation and economic development, intellectual property law and policy have become the most crucial tools to regulate the key economic resource of the future. With the awakening [...]
