India’s legal landscape has undergone a transformative shift with the introduction of live-streaming in courtrooms. This forward-thinking move seeks to promote transparency and enable public access to judicial proceedings. However, …
Written by: Sriman Mishra, 5th Year Student, KIIT Bhubaneshwar The gaming industry thrives on creativity and innovation, making Intellectual Property (IP) laws a cornerstone for safeguarding game developers’ efforts. As …
Written by: Sriman Mishra, 5th Year Student, KIIT Bhubaneshwar In a significant move on April 6, 2023, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) introduced amendments to the Information …
New Address for Official Communications: Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks Boudhik Sampada Bhawan, Plot No. 32, Sector …
Recently, WIPO member states approved a groundbreaking new Treaty related to intellectual property (IP), genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge on 24th May 2024. This is the first WIPO Treaty …
“BLINKHIT”, “iBLINKHIT” vs. BLINKIT -Roshni Jaiswal In today’s times, who hasn’t heard about Blinkit, an instant delivery service-based application. Originally founded by Albinder Dhindsa and Saurabh Kumar as Grofers back …
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Music Rights Awareness Foundation launched (on 17/11/2023) a new online platform to raise creators’ awareness of intellectual property (IP) rights and related …
The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) has published self-regulatory guidelines on 15/06/2023 for Online Deceptive Design Patterns in advertising in order to address the issue of deceptive design patterns (Dark Patterns) prevalent …
Whether from the date of dispatch or on receipt by the applicant under the Trademarks Law Recently, the Madras High Court, in an issue arising from the abandonment of a …
In the absence of evidence to the contrary, a certificate of granting registration to a design has to be treated as prima facie evidence of validity of the design.
