Protect design features of products
Chandrakant M. Joshi & Attorneys
Chandrakant M. Joshi & Attorneys
We offer comprehensive intellectual property services tailored to protect and
maximize the value of your innovations and brand assets.
Exclusive rights to protect inventive ideas
Inventive step” means a feature of an invention that involve technical advance as compared to the existing knowledge or having economic significance or both and that makes the invention not obvious to a person skilled in the art
Unique identifiers protecting brand names and logos
A Trade Mark means a mark capable of being represented graphically and which is capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one person from those of others. Classification of goods and services is based on Nice Classification which includes classes 1 to 34 for goods or products and Classes 35 to 45 for Services.
Protect design features of products
In accordance with the Design Act, 2000 and Design Rules 2001, a “Design” means novelness in the features of shape, configuration, surface pattern, ornamentation or composition of lines or colours applied to any article whether in two dimensional or three dimensional or in both forms by any process or means, whether manual, mechanical or chemical, separate or combined, which in the finished article appeal to and are judged solely by the eye. A design application can be filed in India in a class/sub class based on the International Locarno Classification System.
Legal protection for creative and original works.
When a person produces something with his skill and labour, it normally belongs to him/her and no other person would be permitted to make a profit out of the skill and labour of the original Author. The Copyright Act, 1957 protects the Author’s work from an unlawful reproduction or exploitation by others
Legal entity formed for conducting business
The Companies Act, 1956 deals with Company law in India and defines ‘company’ as one that includes company formed and registered under the Act or an existing company i.e. a company formed or registered under any of the previous company laws. The provisions of Company Law lay down difference between Private Limited, Public Limited Companies and the applicable law
Legal actions to uphold rights and compliance
India is a member of the Berne Convention and TRIPS, therefore owner of copyright from another member country will get same copyright protection in India. However, the duration of copyright shall not exceed the original duration in the member country.
Marks identifying products by regional origin
Intellectual Property Enforcement in India Geographical Indications filing requirements in India Following are the basic requirements for filing of a Geographical Indication application in India
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