Most people are aware of intellectual property (IP)-of copyright, patents, industrial designs and trademarks. But many still view these as business or legal concepts with little relevance to their own lives. To address this gap, WIPO's Member States decided in 2000 to designate an annual World Intellectual Property Day. They chose April 26, the [...]
Indian Film Industry-Copyright Infringers or Inspirations? On July 7, 1896, India's first cinematographic film was shown in Mumbai. Today, India's mammoth film industry produces more movies than any other country in the world and employs over two million people. In recent years, nearly eight out of every ten Bollywood scripts have been “inspired” by [...]
Delhi High Courts rejected US based Parma major BMS (Bristol-Myers Squibb) appeal to ban India’s Ranbaxy Laboratories’ from launching generic version of Hepatitis –B drug named ‘Entecavir’. According to Indian patent law, the patent holders have 20 years of exclusive rights of marketing and impede competitors to launch low cost generic drug markets. ‘Entecavir’ [...]
Q.1. I have a unique photograph snapped by self that I have already right protected and I need proper guidance in regard to what is copy right and how it helps to protect my creation ? Answer: – As an IPR Advisor, I can suggest you to go for copyright protection because unique work [...]
Intellectual property (IP) is anything from a particular manufacturing process to plans for a product launch, a trade secret like a chemical formula, or a list of the countries in which your patents are registered. It may help to think of it as intangible proprietary information. The formal definition, according to the World Intellectual [...]
Electronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce or eCommerce, or e-business consists of the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. The amount of trade conducted electronically has grown extraordinarily with widespread Internet usage. The use of commerce is conducted in this way, spurring [...]
