Written By: Rosalin Dhal Innovation knows no boundaries and when there is will (and money :P) to innovate, nobody can stop you. In this techno-freak world, smart gadgets have become an essential part of human sustenance. Forget about touch screen smartphones and solar panels, scientists have developed Invisibility Cloaks that can make even Harry Potter […]
Read moreWritten By: Suhani Pattnaik Entertainment industry being home to many artistic skills and creative works can be a huge legal minefield. An iota of carelessness can jeopardize the whole cinematographic creation. We have seen movie producers and scriptwriters getting entangled in legal disputes, putting their investment worth millions of dollars at stake. It’s a common […]
Read moreBeing a celebrity is really worth of having everything. But does this everything allows you to monopolize your name as a trademark, which will have the effect to secluding others from using a similar one in the territory? The question has popped-up (again) because the eminent British physicist Stephen Hawking has recently filed an application […]
Read moreWritten By: Rosalin Dhal Historic Recurrence is a Natural Phenomenon. When Supreme Court cancelled Novartis’ Patent on Glivec, it was clearly a tragedy for the latter and was expected to create a farse for the other branded drug-makers. But no one would have thought that a small hail-ball will groom into a full-fledged snowball so […]
Read moreThe recent judgment delivered by the Delhi State Consumer Forum against woodland is an eye opener for entities operating in single brand retail. In a short judgment, the forum reprimanded woodland by imposing a fine of INR One lakh for selling goods of a brand other than its own without giving consumers any intimation about […]
Read moreWritten By: Avasi Mohanty Bollywood is widely known to be the breeding ground for Masala. Most of this “Masala” is not only limited to gossip, disputes and patch-ups, but also to several legal snags that keep hopping up due to some reason or the other. Intellectual property squabbles nevertheless are the most popular ones. Filmmakers […]
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