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Infringement of reputed and registered marks – Use on dissimilar goods or services: The rights of well-known trademarks which are the subject matter of expanded protection under article 6 bis are confined to goods or services similar to goods or services for which it is registered or used. Protection of trademarks in relation to use on different goods or […]
Continue reading »Remedies with respect to infringement under the copyright law: It would be useful to have an insight into copyright law for a proper understanding. There are three types of remedies against infringement of artistic copyright which may be available in respect to a trademark label etc. qualifying as an artistic copyright. These are civil remedies, criminal remedies and administrative remedies, […]
Continue reading »Production of goods under foreign trademark: Modern times have seen the advent of powerful MNCs that market their products world wide and exploit their technological skills and prestigious trademarks or market power by establishing production facilities in various countries. A foreign concern or an MNC with or without an Indian collaborator may choose to establish production facilities in India. It […]
Continue reading »Protection of Intellectual Property Rights India develops and encourages more entrepreneurship and innovation. By en routing the nation to the entrepreneurial ventures drive innovations and a massive growth, this can be accomplished by introducing and encouraging the creativity of new products, business models and solutions. With the support of policy makers and the aspirations towards business lead the country enter […]
Continue reading »Special provisions relating to protection of trademarks through international registration under the Madrid protocol Application in relation to contracting state or a contracting organisation means an application made by a person who is a citizen of, or is domiciled in, or has a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in, that contracting state or a state which is a […]
Continue reading »Here, we are going to discuss who is registrar and what are the powers and functions of registrar in a simplified way. Keep your eye on this article to know the basic information. Registrar: The controller-General of patents, design and trademarks is the registrar of trademarks for the purposes of the 1999 act as well as controller of patent for […]
Continue reading »We are going to discuss some of the absolute grounds for the trademark registration precisely. Keep your eye on this to know some useful information. Characteristics in section 9(1) (b) of the 1999 act: There are eight prohibited indications or characteristics in section 9(1)(b) and two more in section 9(1)(c). These are in the nature of prohibiting descriptive words or […]
Continue reading »When is the best time to register your trademark and what are things must be considered are discussed here. Here the significant things are presented in a way to make you understand better. This is what the question often asked in the business area. On one hand, entrepreneurs are very excited to register their trademark right away before someone starts […]
Continue reading »Here, we are going to discuss about the procedure which is to be followed by the registrar during trademark process. Upon receipt of an application for registration, the registrar’s office undertakes what is described as ex-officio examination of the application. Ex-officio examination of application: It causes a search to be made amongst the registered trademarks and the pending applications to ascertain […]
Continue reading »There operate many unregistered trademarks in small pockets in various markets within India as the registration of a mark is not mandatory. There is lack of information about the operations of unregistered trademarks prevalent in India. The information of trademarks protected in foreign countries is also not easily available within India. A small trader may have honestly selected or coined […]
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