Funding to protect your intellectual property

Business entities, regardless of its size, commonly complain about their expenses and spends on intellectual property (IP) protection. As a result, they are reluctant to take appropriate actions against infringers which puts them at considerable risk in losing revenue. However, this is attributed to the lack of awareness of benefits from protecting IP and also likely due to absence of an aggressive marketing and business growth strategy.  Companies in the market for a while have had already realized (and possibly harvested) the benefits and some of them have an in-house IP Department.  This is only limited to MNCs and other major players.  These companies allocate funds for IP protection, research and development in the field of intellectual property and some...

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How to file copyright online in India?

Steps to file your copyright application online However, the e-filing is not 100% online and the process is a mix of 80% online and 20% offline.  Here are the steps to accomplish registration: Enter your valid User ID and Password to login. Click onto NewUser Registration, if you have not yet registered. Note down User ID and Password for future use. After login, click on to link “Click for online Copyright Registration”. The online “Copyright Registration Form” is to be filled up in four steps Complete the Form XIV, then press SAVE button to Save entered details, and press Step 2 to move to Next Step. Fillup the Statement of Particulars, and then press SAVE button to Save entered details, and press Step 3/4...

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Indian Copyright Office goes online again!

Filing Copyright Online E-filing or online filing system at Indian Copyright Office was introduced back in 2009 and continued to function until the late 2011 or early 2012 when it came to a halt.  At least for the whole year of 2013 it was almost nonfunctional. During that period, the Indian Copyright Office had been accepting applications only in paper form, up until a few days when it went online again. Copyright e-Filing System goes user friendly Unlike the e-Filing system deployed by patent and trademark registry, it does not require any form of special encryption such as a digital signature certificate to use the e-filing system.  All one needs is a bona-fide intent to apply for copyright (pun intended),...

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After 10 years Isohunt closes down a bit early, survived many Copyright battles!

Many of the file sharing and torrent websites have been losing their battles against Copyright owners.  One such was Megaupload, which was shut down a few months ago.  Isohunt.com has fought many battles and somehow pulled off for about 10.5 years. Isohunt has posted a notice on its website that it has closed a day earlier than required to avoid being a part of an attempt to archive it.  Isohunt was first sued by a movie production house in way back in 2006 and the case has reached a settlement with the MPAA and Isohunt agreed to both pay $110 million in damages and to close down in seven days. After a group named Archiveteam said they were preparing to make...

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