I am pleased to bring to you a guest post by Jinisha Shah and Sanjana Kochhar, Associates at Solomon & Co. on the protection of a jewellery design under the framework of various intellectual property laws in India.
Solomon & Co. is a century old multi-service law firm with offices...
GUEST POST: DHWANI BHINDE: NCPCR REGULATORY GUIDELINES FOR CHILD PARTICIPATION IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY OR ANY COMMERCIAL ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITY- PART 1
Anushree Rauta -
One industry that took off massively during the pandemic was the media and entertainment industry, and with the content churned out by the platforms day in and day out, it has become crucial to upgrade the legislative ecosystem to keep up with the evolution. One such issue that was...
Guest Post: The BCCI and Creative Industry Should Form An Alliance To Fight Digital Piracy -By Jenil Shah & Mridula Dalvi
Anushree Rauta -
The BCCI will be conducting the IPL Media rights auction any time now and per newspaper reports the bidding will be fierce given that both TV broadcasters and tech giants will be putting in their bids. The last time the final bid for 5 years was a whopping Rs...
GUEST POST: UJJAWAL BHARGAVA: RIGHTS OF ‘AEROSOL ARTISTS’ IN THE TIMES OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Akshat Agrawal -
We are pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Ujjawal Bhargava, third-year student of the Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad. Ujjawal has a keen interest in the subject of Intellectual Property, specifically copyright and trademark laws.
Graffiti commonly known as ‘Street Art’ was earlier recognized as...
GUEST POST: GEETANJALI VISVANATHAN- LANDMARK JUDGEMENT DELIVERED BY THE DELHI HIGH COURT ON JULY 1, 2019 UNDER THE PROTECTION OF PLANT VARIETIES AND FARMERS’ RIGHTS ACT, 2001.
Anushree Rauta -
I am pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Geetanjali Visvanathan. Geetanjali Visvanathan, is a practicing attorney in the Delhi High Court with 10 years of experience in the field of civil commercial laws, in particular intellectual property laws. She is currently a Partner at Ira...
GUEST POST: SHREESH CHADHA DELHI HIGH COURT PROVIDES CLARITY TO THE “PRIOR USER OF TRADEMARK” DOCTRINE
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This post is authored by Shreesh Chadha, Vth Year, Jindal Global Law School
Recently, a single judge bench of the Delhi High Court had the opportunity to consider the defence of ‘prior user’ as mentioned in S. 34 of the Trademarks Act, 1999 (Act). The provision states that a...
GUEST POST: AASHNA SHETH: TRADE SECRETS AND THE PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE
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I am pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Aashna Sheth. Aashna Sheth is an LLM graduate in IPR from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Aashna had earlier written a post for us here on the Roger Federer vs Nike case and use of names in...
GUEST POST: ANGAD SINGH MAKKAR-REVIEWING INDIA’S GAMBLING LAWS AS DELHI HIGH COURT DEALS WITH ANTI-GAMBLING PIL
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I am pleased to bring to you our next guest post by Angad Singh Makkar. Angad is currently a final year student at Jindal Global Law School and had earlier written a post for us here and here. In this post Angad analyses the jurisprudence on gambling laws in India in light...
GUEST POST- ADITI GUPTA AND HARSH KAMDAR- TRADEMARK MAXIMALISM: DOES (MUCH) PROTECTION AFFECTS COMPETITION?
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About The Authors-
Aditi Gupta and Harsh Kamdar are fifth-year law students at the Institute of Law, Nirma University with keen interest in the field of Intellectual Property Rights and Media & Entertainment Law.
Can “square packaging” of the chocolates provide exclusive rights to its owner? It was answered in affirmative in...
GUEST POST: AYUSHI DUBEY: PEPS INDUSTRIES v. KURLON LIMITED: A TUSSLE BETWEEN PRIOR USE AND REGISTERED TRADEMARK
Angad Makkar -
About the Author: Ayushi Dubey is a fourth year law student in the Institute of Law, Nirma University.
Introduction
Recently, the Delhi High Court (“the Court”) in the case of Peps Industries Pvt. Ltd. v. Kurlon Ltd. discussed in detail the major areas concerning the trademark laws in India. The judgment...