Trademark Licensing in India

One of the drastic turnarounds caused by the introduction of the new Trade Marks Act, 1999, repealing the old Trade Marks Act, 1958 was broadening the definition of the phrase ‘permitted use’. In the new Act, the use of a registered Trade Mark is now permitted not only by the registered user, but also by […]

Internatioinal Patent Protection in Electronics & IT (SIP – EIT) Scheme by DIT

It is enriching to hear and read so much of focus going these days into Innovation at Grass Root and Startup level. With initiatives being taken at all levels by Stakeholders including FICCI, MSME, DIT, and NASSCOM, the next wave of the so-called Start-up innovation can really be envisioned. As has correctly been stated by […]

Hi-tech Patent Licensing Trends

Ever since Software Patents have got easier to get a grant for, protection of computer-readable medium claims on a storable media has enforced the Intellectual Property Rights to a much higher level than a software company can have when compared with the counterpart System and Method claims. Although most countries, unlike the US, are still […]