I write in response to Dr. Sunanda Bharti's post on Spicy IP, which talks about rights granted to copyright owners of literary works, and which right is involved in converting a literary work to Braille. In my opinion, the answer is not so complex as it seems. Braille is not a language, it is a form of expression of a language. It has the same alphabets as the language and nothing changes except the way in which letters are represented. So, converting a work…
This post was fist published on 16th February, 2011.
A trade mark is a representation for a trade or business of a person. Though registration of a trade mark is not mandatory, registering a mark provides many benefits for enforcing trade mark rights. In order to register a trade mark in India, an application must be filed at any of the five trade mark offices in India.
Where to file a Trade Mark application?
The trade mark offices in India are located…
This post was first published on 14th February, 2011.
In the just concluded AeroIndia 2011, I had a chance to walk up close with the flying machines. Hidden among the multi-million supersonic fighter and bombers was an ordinary looking Maruti 800 with a few extra appendages, as seen here.
This is a product from a Bangalore based company called the B’Lorean (the name seems to be a combination of Bangalore and DeLorean, the…
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Quote of the Week
“Understanding the important issues and working out how best to…
This post was first published on 12th February, 2011.
The prestigious Aero-India show 2011 has already taken off in Airbase Yelahanka. I wanted to watch the show on the opening day itself but unfortunately missed it. Aircrafts always has been a passion for me. So I thought of sharing some interesting facts about aircrafts, which are mentioned below.
A fighter aircraft is primarily designed for air to air combat with other aircraft. Many of them are provided with ground attacking capabilities. The…
This post was first published on 3rd February, 2011.
Today almost every nation has a copyright law in place and is mostly standardized to some extent through international and regional agreements such as the Berne Convention and the European copyright directives. But when we look back, we realise that the Copyright law has a very unique history.
The earliest copyright case is traced back to Ireland, where there was a dispute over the ownership of the…
In my earlier post, I spoke about the legal framework for access of information and data to persons with blindness and other disabilities from the copyright and disabilities statute perspectives. In the article, I pointed out that access has been placed at less than one (1) percent and that the proportion of access is diminishing as the universe of information is expanding at a rapid rate. Sources and forms of information are changing so fast that that accessibility is finding…
In this post, we bring to you a recap of the Trademark and Copyright statistics from 2018 and a comparison of these numbers with the statistics of 2017.
COPYRIGHT YEAR IN REVIEW 2018
Copyright Applications Filed in 2018
Work
No. of Applications in 2018
Literary/Dramatic
9,652
Artistic
4,698
Music
323
Cinematograph
306
Sound Recording
710
Computer Software
2,143
Total
17,832
Copyright Applications Filed Monthly in 2018
Month
Literary/Dramatic
Artistic
Music
Cinematograph
Sound Recording
Computer Software
January
949
387
39
28
45
152
February
756
339
35
11
70
101
March
898
346
31
51
42
153
April
840
404
17
14
35
587
May
778
390
31
27
142
157
June
710
410
26
21
87
215…
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Copyright Quote
The copy price of the future is the copyright. – Mathias Dopfner
Copyright Statistics
There is an increase of 22% in the total number of copyright applications filed last week as compared to…
This post was first published on 2nd February, 2011.
Intellectual Property Services is not a business of a few anymore. With the development of the IT and other R&D based business, there are any number of IP Service providers mushrooming around the IT and BP hubs. Therefore, there is a huge number to choose from and a person in need of such services is obviously sceptical about making the choice.
We are currently in the age of information and it…