Intellectual Property Laws SOUND RECORDINGS AND REPRODUCTION UNDER COPYRIGHT LAW 13 Aug 2020 ABSTRACT Intellectual Property Law is the field of law which is emerging and achieving some extra-ordinary results. It helps in protecting the ideas, designs and innovations for the smooth conduct…
Articles… DAVID -VS- GOLIATH: IN THE INDIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY 1 Jul 2020 Atish ChakrabortyDebdeep Das There has been a noticeable shift from distribution of music by physical copies in the form of cassettes, CD, vinyl to the digital medium. This shift started…
Articles… CAN A SOUND RECORDING OF ‘CHIRPING BIRDS’ BE COPYRIGHTED? 1 Jul 2020 Lavanya Bhagra “Kookaburra sits in the old gum treeMerry, merry king of the bush is heLaugh, Kookaburra! Laugh,Kookaburra!Gay your life must be”[1] The creator of every creative expression steaming out…
Articles… TRADE SECRETS REGIME IN INDIA – EVOLVING JURISPRUDENCE AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION 30 Jun 2020 Deepika Gupta GROWING DEMAND OF TRADE SECRETS Trade secrets are considered to be a crucial part of Intellectual Property as it relates directly to the growth of a company and…
Articles… Challenges faced by SMEs (Small, Medium Enterprises) in acquiring and maintaining IP Protection 21 Jun 2020 Abstract “An investment in knowledge, always pays the best interest.”Benjamin Franklin The World Intellectual Property Organisation,has define Intellectual property as creations of the mind which include inventions, literary and artistic…
Articles… BT COTTON: A CASE STUDY 8 Jun 2020 Name of the Case: Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd. and Ors. v. Monsanto Technology LLC and Ors.[1] Introduction Mahyco Monsanto Biotech Pvt Ltd, the Indian joint venture of Monsanto and Maharashtra Hybrid…
Articles… McDonald’s Corp. v. MacJoy Fastfood Corp. 8 Jun 2020 Introduction In 2004, McDonald filed a case against MacJoy Fastfood Corporation engaged in the sale of the fast-food products in Cebu City. McJoy filed the trademark application in the IP…
Articles… Yahoo! Inc. vs. Akash Arora & Anr 6 Jun 2020 INTRODUCTION The Yahoo! Inc., the plaintiff in this case is a well-known American web service provider known in the world for providing web-based services. Akash Arora, the defendant in this…
Articles… Crocs Inc. USA v. Bata India Ltd and Ors. 6 Jun 2020 Introduction Hundreds and Thousands of cases are filed in courts for Intellectual Property and mainly on industrial design. Industrial design or design patent is a type of intellectual property right…
Articles… RES JUDICATA ON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RELATED JUDGMENTS 6 May 2020 Abstract In Intellectual Property related judgments, Res Judicata is applied in cases where parties have filed cases on infringement but did not obtain satisfactory judgments and thus appealed to the…