Category: Intellectual Property
In “Advocates as Patent Agents” Case- IPO says “it has been appealed”
SP Chockalingam vs. Controller of Patents March 15, 2013 was a much-awaited date for the legal fraternity when Honourable Madras High Court pronounced a verdict on a writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking for issuance of a Writ of Declaration, that the amendment introduced to Section 126 of the…
Different stages of trademark application in India
A trademark application after it is filed has to see through several stages of scrutiny before it is finally registered. So, the applicant and or the applicant’s counsel needs to diligently follow up with every stage of the application. After the implementation of online filing, a.k.a. e-filing of trademarks, objections and other notifications are published…
Cybersquatting vs Trademark Registration – How trademark registration can shield you from cybersquatting?
How registration of trademarks can kill cybersquatters? What is cybersquatting? Cybersquatting is an internet terminology that involves registering a domain name of interest to someone else (e.g. a business of that name) in the hope of…
Caution: Using registered trademarks as keywords for online advertisements?
Using Trademarks as Keywords E-commerce has been continuously evolving over the past few years, so has been the trademark laws worldwide. This has been a common practice among the online business entities to use the competitors’ brand name, slogan, domain name, product name as keywords. This strategy is essentially a trick of displaying aids targeted…
“Use it or lose it” if you are not using your trademark after filing, you must read this!
Use it or Lose it – Trademark Intellectual Property (IP) rights in itself is a negative right. Unlike other kinds of intellectual property such as Patents, Copyrights, Designs, Trademark is the only right that one can have in his possession for his lifetime when in use and renewed. This simply means a registered…
TM registry to hike costs for trademark registration
After the recent hike in patent fees, on August 1, 2013, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry through the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has published a draft of the amendments to the Trademark Rules 2002. Please see the gazette notification here This draft notifies essentially two things as given below: Fee for trademark…