Introduction Copyright is an Intellectual Property Rights law that insures the protection to the creator on literary, dramatic, producer or reproducer or artistic work also to the producer of the filmography of the work and sound recordings. It also gives…
Introduction The World Trade Organization (WTO), via the TRIPS agreement, has set out various governing provisions for pharmaceutical patents. Under these provisions, the authorities provide patent holders protection on their patents for at least two decades. Patents provide the patentee…
Introduction Personality rights have been recognized to be protected rights under common law and IPR law. These rights protect a person’s domain and control over how they want to project and communicate their image to the larger masses. It naturally…
Changing Relation of IPR Law and Competition Law The laws governing intellectual property ("IPR Law") and competition are frequently perceived as being in opposition to one another. While the goal of IPR law is to preserve inventors' rights over their…
Introduction Patenting a gene is an exclusive right granted to a person or organization that purports to be the first to discover a specific sequence of DNA (a gene). Patent holders have the exclusive right to restrict how a gene…
Introduction In the current world scenario, people started to give attention to health and related parameters. Subsequently, the healthcare sector has gained precedence and command over the market. The global nutraceutical market (including functional food, functional beverages, and dietary supplements)…
Introduction A fundamental postulate of Intellectual Property Rights is due recognition and benefits to creators, innovators, and artists over tangible creations of their original ideas. The rationale behind the same is to compensate/reward people for their original contributions to the…
Introduction In the 21st century, a virtual identity is not a new concept. It varies from creating an alternate persona on a social media account to voicing an animated character in a movie. The idea of the Virtual Individual was…
Introduction Although it is indisputable that a system for the efficient protection of personal data is necessary, India, along with a number of other jurisdictions, has had difficulty formulating a system that is optimal for a number of reasons. First,…
Introduction With advent in technology, Fintech industry has been thriving in the recent past. Fintech is the technology, involved in the financial sector. According to a report titled “$1Tn India Fintech Opportunity”, by Chiratae Ventures and Ernest and Young, Indian…