intellectual property rights

Prabuddha Ganguli CEO Vision-Ipr The Indian Patent Act is on the verge of another long awaited welcome track change to ensure enhanced protection of inventions by the scrapping of Section 5 of the IPA ..

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Geographical indication A geographical indication (sometimes abbreviated to GI) is a name or sign used on certain products or which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin (eg. a town, region, or country). The use of a GI may act as a certification that the product possesses certain qualities, or enjoys a certain reputation, due to its geographical origin. History and legal..

  Legislation   The Indian law of geographical indications is enshrined in the the Geogr..

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India continues to be placed on the Priority Watch List under the US Special 301 on account of USA’s assessment of Indian IPR protection being inadequate.    The Special 301 Report issued by the United States under their Trade Act of 1974 is a unilateral measure to create pressure on countries to enhance IPR protection beyond the TRIPS agreement. Un..

The IPR Think Tank set up by the Government of India submitted its first Draft of the National IPR Policy on 19th December, 2014.  All stakeholders are requested to send their comments and suggestions to the first Draft of the National IPR Policy to ipr@nic.in on or before 30th January, 2015.  The document will be updated and further modified by the IPR Think Tank on the basis of c..

Patent applications filed by Indian applicants was 25 percent of the total number of applications filed in the year 2013-14 as compared to 22 percent in the year 2012-13 and 20 percent in the year 2011-12. The factors responsible for low percentage of patent applications filed by Indian applicants may include the lack of awareness a..

Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has constituted a IPR Think Tank to draft the National Intellectual Property Rights Policy and to advice the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion on IPR issues.   2..

The US- India Joint Statement issued by the Prime Minister of India and the President of the United States of America after the bilateral summit had the following reference to IPR issues “Agreeing on the need to foster innovation in a  manner that prom..

  The Copyright Rules, 2013 has been notified by the Copyright Division, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development on 14th March, 2013. The amendments to the existing provisions of the Copyright Act, 1957 and introduction of new provisions un..

  The Comprehensive online Patent filing services of the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks was inaugurated here today by Shri Saurabh Chandra IAS, Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Indust..

  A total of 30,545 applications have been received for registration with the Copyright Office, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development under the Copyright Act, 1957 during the last 2 years. Out of these, 9,478 applications have been regist..

  Under the Trademarks Act, 1999, the Registered Proprietor or the authorized user of a trademark can take recourse to civil or criminal action against the infringer in the appropriate fora. The statistics of trademark infringements is not maintained by the Central Gove..

  Trade Mark registration is quasi-judicial process and tends to be time consuming as it involves various steps, inter-alia, examination, publication and disposal of opposition.span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%..