Intellectual Property Law
Experts, Artists and Idiots
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There is rarely been a movie in which Aamir acted which I did not enjoy. His acting, performances and selection of collaborating film artists has been consistently excellent. However, even I know (not bieng the stardust reading type) that Aamir enjoys a bit of a reputation of a gadfly venturing into [...]
A broader implementation of human readable contracts
The success and popularity of the creative commons license is symptomatic of the growing sentiment of Internet users and authors against the expansionary nature of intellectual property law. The creative commons license allows the authors of creative works to license out of default copyright provisions and allows greater rights to the users of their [...]
Article on Patent Law
Recently I was interviewed for an article, published in a I.T. Magazine titled, “Are Patents Blocking Indian Tech Innovation?”, interested readers can find the article on the following link.
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Inventing Statute: Einstein’s in the Indian Patent Office
This post reminds me of lawschool folklore narrated by one of my colleagues of how a professor quizzed a class on the criteria for patentability. Seeing this as an easy brownie point a student parroted, “novelty, usefulness and non-obviousness”. The student was quite perplexed to see the professor say (with a wry smile), “incomplete and [...]
See you in court ?
Ambush marketing was at play again when Airtel sought to launch its DTH services. Airtel to build up pre-launch hype ran an ad campaign which teased viewers with the display of a red sofa and a voice over, “See you at home”. The wily advertisers at rival Big TV, a business concern of the Reliance [...]
Google files for patent in India for social networking site
Google has filed a patent application before the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks in India for its recently developed social networking site based on user preferences and format performance data. In its application filed on June 27 this year, Google has claimed that a user network site could be formed on the [...]
