Balancing Patent Rights and Need for Introduction of The Concept of Fair Use in Patent Law

The enforcement of the IP Rights must be in conducive to a balance of rights and obligations. The law seeks for a balance between rights of the inventor of a patent and his obligations towards the country or humanity in general. In other words, it can be stated that there is a need to strike balance between the right holders and the larger public interest....
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Counterfeit Goods Plunge Nike’s Reputation

Counterfeit goods contain fake logos of the original brand which are almost similar to that of the original product. These counterfeited goods are made of lower quality material and later manufactured and distributed in the market without prior permission of the registered owner of the brand...
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The Concept of Traditional knowledge and patent issues

The traditional knowledge is to be safeguarded, because the knowledge of practice and also the skills which are developed or sustained are passed from generation to generation within a community which often forms an element of its cultural or spiritual identity....
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Overlap Between Copyright and Design Law

Copyright and design, both try to safeguard the same facet in a property, which is the originality. The difference is that in case of design, the protection is claimed for the works applied for protection and in case of copyright, the protection is claimed for the work as is....
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International trends in Software Protection

Software industry is considered as the global powerhouse in this era. Naturally, many legal, economical, security implications follow the same. A unique feature of this field of software is that it cannot be restricted to only one form of intellectual property. Computer software consists of several elements, the reason why many have attempted to classify […]...
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