Intellectual Property Rights - 5. page

Registration : If no opposition is filed within the period specified or where an opposition is filed and it is dismissed and the appeal period is over, the Registrar registers the […]

Goods : “Goods” mean any agricultural, natural or manufactured goods or any goods of handicraft or of industry and includes food stuff. [Section 2(f)]

Authorised User : “Authorised user” means the authorised user of a geographical indication registered under Section 17. [Section 2(1) (b)] Any person claiming to be a producer of the goods in […]

Geographical Indication : “Geographical indication” in relation to goods means an indication which identifies such goods as agricultural goods, natural goods or manufactured goods as originating, or manufactured in the territory […]

Piracy of Registered Design : Piracy of a design means the application of a design or its imitation to any article belonging to the class of articles in which the design […]

Penalties : A registered proprietor can institute a suit for injunction as well as recovery of damages against any person engaged in piracy of the registered design. Such legal proceedings can […]

Assignment of Designs : Section 30 of the Design Act, 2000 read with Rules 32, 33, 34 and 35 of the Design Rules, 2001, recognizes the contracts relating to assignment of […]

INTRODUCTION ON GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS : A product’s quality, reputation or other characteristics can be determined by where it comes from. Geographical indications (GIs) are place names (in some countries also words associated […]

SALIENT FEATURES OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS : The salient features of Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration & Protection) Act, 1999 are as under: (a) Definitions and interpretations of several important terms like […]

Provisions of Copyright Act as Applied to a Design : A creator of a design shall keep in mind the following provisions of the Copyright Act, 1957: (a) Copyright shall […]