When Patent applicant dies before the Patent is granted Section 20 of the Patents Act, 1970 deals with the procedure that has to be following for substitution of applications etc. Under S.20(4), upon the death of one or more joint applicants for a patent, the surviving applicant(s) may request the application to proceed in their … Continue reading How To Proceed When Patent Applicant Dies Before And After The Grant Of Patents

A patent is a sort of protected innovation that grants its owner the legal right to prevent others from creating, using, or selling a product for a set period of time in exchange for sharing an empowered public disclosure of the invention. In many countries, patent rights are governed by private law, which means that … Continue reading Patent Registration Process in the United Arab Emirates

Recently, the entertainment industry has shifted its focus to prosper on Web3, with well-known franchises like Marvel and Forbes expanding over the latest version of the web. However, the beginning of this transformation has not been without its complications. With the industry still in its early days, there are several challenges to be worked out in terms … Continue reading Web 3.0 & the Transformation Of Intellectual Property Ownership

Natural Rights of a person are the rights available to each human by virtue of being a human. Irrespective of any statute, such rights are available to every person in order to facilitate a decent, humane standard of living. The broad ambit of Natural rights encompasses the concept of Personal Rights. Personal Rights includes the … Continue reading Moral Rights Under Copyright-An Empowering Provision To The Personal Rights

Copyright Protection For Software Piracy By  Best Patent Attorney IIPRD In Saudi Arabia (Dubai): Software piracy, often known as software license violation, is the unauthorized use, distribution, exploitation, and/or reproduction of copyrighted software without permission. With the rapid advancement of technology, it is critical for an economy to be able to secure software developers’ rights … Continue reading Patent Registration & Copyright Protection For Software Piracy In Saudi Arabia (Dubai)

It’s an overly common practice by manufacturers/advertisers/vendors in local market retail outlets to put up popular celebrities photos/images in packaging of non-branded products. It is at its peak, particularly during festival of lights, i.e. Diwali. During the festival of lights, it can easily be seen that a lot of fireworks stores sell Diwali crackers with … Continue reading IPR in Bazaar: Finding the Right Balance

Remember Google Glass back in 2014? It was a device that a person wears like normal glasses. It helped the owner take pictures and videos of everyday surroundings with just a click of a button. Glass is not available today commercially, however it is still available and used in the medical field especially for surgeries. … Continue reading Wearable Technology- Interface Between Patent, Design And Trade Dress

Elucidating copyright law in layman’s terms, whenever a person produces a unique work, he is inevitably granted the sole ownership of the work, having absolute right over the same. Nevertheless, the owner has the authority to either transfer his rights to any other person or keep the ownership to himself, restricting others from copying or … Continue reading Copyright Law In India

All prior art relevant to the invention should, ideally, be recognized in order to determine the uniqueness and inventive step of the invention. Due to different constraints such as language, paperwork, and so on, access to the prior art is limited, and it is impossible to uncover all prior art relevant to the innovation. However, … Continue reading The Concept Of Patent Mining In India

Wireless charging or Non-Contact Power transfer is an interesting technology that dates to the late 19th century when Nikola Tesla demonstrated electricity through the air using magnetic resonant coupling. Though his plans to wirelessly transmit power through the Wardenclyffe tower failed in the early years of the 20th century due to funding and trust issues, a lot of … Continue reading Role of NPEs In Shaping The Wireless Charging Industry

Stand-up Comedy is one of the most amazing forms of art to have ever existed. The element of humour is the soul of this marvellous art form, and therefore, it is bound to enthral everyone, or at least almost everyone (there’s always that one person). In India, the Stand-up comedy culture is enjoying its fair … Continue reading The Copyright Conundrum In Stand-Up Comedy Scenario In India

Computer Programme – Infringement of Indian Copyright Act 1957, A computer programme can be defined as the instructions that are given to the computer in order to accomplish the desired outcome. The Indian Copyright Act, 1957 (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) governs copyright protection in India and extends protection to computer programme under the category … Continue reading Computer Programme – Infringement Of Indian Copyright Act 1957