Archives for the author Kshitij Malhotra

TRADEMARK REGISTRATION – ENTREPRENUER’S GUIDE
With the advent of branding and the increase in value being attached to it, the issue of protection of consumers from unauthorized violation of brands is gaining importance. Most often than not, a brand is represented by a mark, called …
Design Registration – Entrepreneur’s Read
Technopreneurs – How to Fund Your Innovation
I made a compilation recently about governmental schemes for funding technopreneurs. The topic might not be pertinent to the theme of the blog, however, considering that our blog is followed by many technopreneurs, the compilation may prove to be handy.…
Patent Office Publishes New Manual of Patent Office Practice and Procedure
The patent office published the latest Manual of Patent Office Practice and Procedure (accessible here and at the link below). For those who are unaware about patenting procedures, all major patent offices across the globe maintain a patent practice manual …
Tale of Unforgiving Procedural Formalities at Our PO
It is sometimes amazing to note how unforgiving the procedural formalities at the Indian patent office are? Some say that the Indian patent system, which was formally instituted to serve the purpose of encouraging R&D, inventions and innovation by monopolizing …
Regulating Technology Export Through Foreign Filing Licenses
Section 39 of the Indian Patents Act as amended requires an applicant to obtain a Foreign Filing License (FFL) before applying for a patent for a technology in a foreign country, without applying for a corresponding patent in India. …
Dodging Constant Lobbying
After resisting constant American lobbying for amending India’s patent laws (blogged by us here), the Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) has recently thwarted efforts of lobbying by European Union for amending the Indian patent laws and …
Patents and Trademarks – The true distinction
I picked up today’s Economic Times to get quite a shock. On the second page of the India’s leading business newspaper was a piece of article highlighting the recent decision of Ministry of Commerce to open the entire trademark database …
Online Copyright Violation – Rap Their Knuckles, and Rap Em’ Hard
With an explosion in the number of blogs and publisher websites on the internet, there has been a rampant increase in problem of online copyright infringement. It won’t be uncommon, if one fine day you find your blog posts, or …