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Trade Mark, Patent, Copyright

IP (IP) is the development of individual intelligence. It represents the concepts, information, innovation, advancement, creativeness, and analysis etc., all being the product of individual minds and is just like any residence, whether portable or immovable, wherein the proprietor or the proprietor may specifically use his residence at will and has the right to avoid others from using it, without his authorization. The privileges with regards to perceptive residence are known as ‘Intellectual Property Rights’.Intellectual Property Rights, by offering unique privileges to the founder or…

Rights of Trademark Owner

The whole procedure of registering a trademark is expensive and time-consuming. Nonetheless, the owner of a registered trademark is granted a number of significant rights as soon as the registration is secured. These privileges are valid for ten years and are renewable. On the other hand, a trademark owner who does not have a registered trademark also has rights under common law. The ability to forbid a third party from using an identical or confusingly similar trademark in certain situations is one of the rights granted to both registered and unregistered trademark owners.Rights of an…

The Transfer of Property Act in a nutshell

Property has always been a word that has been very closely associated with the extremely possessive nature of human beings. As per Indian law, a gift is the transfer of property from one person known as donor to another person known as donee. Gift is defined under section 122 of the Transfer of Property Act, 1822 as: “ The transfer of a certain existing immovable property made voluntarily and without consideration, by one person, called the “donor”, to another, called the “donee” and accepted by and on behalf of the donee.” Gifts can be two types-Lifetime gifts – The gift which is delivered…

The Pursuit of a Uniform Civil Code in India

One Nation, One Law: The Pursuit of a Uniform Civil Code in IndiaAs India strides into the future, the call for One Nation, One Law echoes through its diverse landscape. The call isn’t for homogeneity but for unifying various personal laws under the umbrella called the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). With it comes the promise of equality, but also concerns about cultural erasure. How do we balance these contrasting narratives?The Roots of DisparityIndia’s tryst with disparate personal laws is as old as its history. Even until the 1950s, practices like untouchability were legal, reflecting laws that…

Various aspects of media in India and the relevant legal checks on it

Media is said to be one of the four important pillars of any democratic country. It empowers communities and drives a great societal and environmental change by meaningful storytelling and various forms of creative communications. India is the largest democracy in the world and media has been playing a crucial role here right since its first freedom fight that took place in the year 1857.The press in India is free but this freedom is subject to some certain logical and reasonable restrictions that have been imposed on it by the Constitution of India. When India was untouched by the impact of…

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