First Publication Date: 21st December 2009
Trade Secret in India is not protected under any specific law but Indian Courts from time to time have recognized that confidential business information, such as customer lists, details of suppliers, pricing policies, product launch time-schedules, management marketing, know-how, designs, drawings, model, specifications, surface data, notes, improvements, technical information and so on may qualify as trade secrets.
The jurisprudence that has developed in relation to trade secrets and confidential information is by way…
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COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“Moral rights form the essence of…
First Publication Date: 7th December 2009.
Today, Open Source Software (OSS) is being widely used in business as high quality software is being developed by open source communities. Most proprietary softwares have their OSS counterparts, which provide similar or better features. As integration of open source softwares into business is increasing, companies have evolved various business models for commercially gaining from OSS.
One of such models is the dual licensing model. Under a dual licensing model, a company makes a…
First Publication Date: 18th November 2009
A statue named “African Renaissance” is being made in Senegal which will be taller than the Statue of Liberty in New York and larger than the Eiffel Tower of Paris. This statue is being made with an understanding that the same will give a boost to the tourism and will generate income which can be used for the welfare of the country. However, ever before the completion of this “Artistic work”, the same has come…
First Publication Date: 25th March 2008
Introduction
The Lesser General Public License("LGPL") is a license used by the Free Software Foundation for software libraries. The license governs all open source software libraries of Free Software Foundation and many others who choose to use it. LGPL defines terms and conditions for copying, modification and distribution of software libraries. Version 3 of LGPL incorporates all provisions of the General Public License ("GPL") and lays down certain additional permissions for software libraries.
Rights
A software library governed…
Date of First Publication: 24/12/2007
Author
D.r Kalyan C. Kankanala ,
Chief Knowledge officer,
BananaIP visit bananaip.com
Introduction. 1
Part I - Overview of Anti Circumvention Laws. 4
International Treaties. 4
United States of America. 5
European Union. 6
India. 7
Part II - Problems with Anti-Circumvention Laws. 7
Part III - India and Anti-circumvention Laws. 8
Advantages to Users. 9
Advantages to content owners. 9
The conflict and its resolution. 10
Part IV - Conclusion. 11
Introduction
Copyright Law encourages creation of works of authorship by granting exclusive rights for a limited period of time.…
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Prashant's recent post on Copyright Societies in India is lucid and instructive like many of his other writings. You may read his post and those related to it on Spicy IP, and may also consider going through the chapter in the book he references. The phrase "Defacto Copyright Societies" he uses in his post caught my attention, and therefore, this quick note.
In my opinion, the Copyright Amendment is more discriminatory than revolutionary. It gives undue importance and rights to…
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COPYRIGHT QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“We live in a world where value of creativity is measured by commercial success, and copyrights are mere…
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