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What is Affirmative Defence in Trademark Infringement?


Affirmative defences, are usually responses that attack the plaintiff’s right to bring forth a claim rather than attacking the truth of the said claim, and are employed in defence of continual use of the disputed same or similar mark. Visit QuickCompany.i

02 Feb 2017 by Archi Bhatia

What Can be Patented?


Not every invention present under the sun is patentable. If the invention is not new, useful and non-obvious it doesn't receive protection, moreover, it should also not be contrary to parameters prescribed by the government of India.

27 Dec 2018 by Archi Bhatia

Protecting Shape of a Product: Design Registration or Shape Trademark


Shapes form a dominant feature of a product and can be presented in different forms, height, color, size to present the product through which the buyer can easily channel the idea of the product.

28 Dec 2021 by Bhawna Arora

Start-ups and Loss of Trademark Rights – How You Can Stay Safe

Recently social media trendsetter Pinterest lost its right to use its trademark PINTEREST in Europe, which considerably hampered its global expansion strategies. Visit QuickCompany.in
09 Feb 2017 by P.T.Shravani

Section 3(k) of the indian patents act, 1970


Explaining Section 3(k) of the Patents Act, which excludes from patentability a mathematical or business method or a computer program per se or algorithms, can puzzle even the most experienced practitioners because of the ambiguous language used in the Ac

18 Dec 2021 by Vibha Oswal

Passing off in Design


Bhawna Arora, created on 31 Dec 2021 The doctrine of passing off is generally known to apply to a trademark where it is technically used for protecting the goodwill of an unregistered trademark. This doctrine came to light during a case, i.e., Perry v Tru

31 Dec 2021 by Bhawna Arora

Trademark Class 45: Legal and Security Services


You would NOT use Class 45 if you were registering:Professional services giving direct aid in the operations or functions of a commercial undertaking (Class 35 - Advertising and Business Services).Services relating to financial or monetary affairs

19 Jan 2016 by Titly Chatterjee

Relevance of Intellectual Property Rights in Business


Intellectual property is all about fortifying time, money and the toil that one put’s for the augmentation of his/her business as these assist the long-term success of the business.

28 Sep 2016 by Ankan Bose

What is Due Diligence? - Definition and Types


Due diligence is a process of corporate investigation by any company or corporation, which is required when the company is thinking to conduct merger or acquisition with another company or by investors that want to enter into any kind of financial agreeme

18 Apr 2019 by Archi Bhatia

How do you Determine if a Trademark is Infringing


In order to report an infringement and to gain control over the trademark, the primary holder is asked to prove something called ‘The Likelihood of confusion’.

20 Oct 2016 by Nimisha Gupta