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IP Protection for Mobile Apps: What founders need to know

“If you want exclusivity, you have to be the first. That’s how IP works.”[1] INTRODUCTION: One of a business’s most important assets is its brand identity.  This is particularly true for SaaS and mobile app businesses, whose customers often do not identify them or their products and services based on a

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Generic Words as Trademarks: How Far Can You Go?

Introduction As the world develops and enters a phase where competition increases at a breakneck speed, a distinguished and unique identity is required. Every company strives for goodwill and that individual identity. This is where a Trademark comes into play because it provides that company with a legally protected mark

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GST in India: Complete Guide to Structure, Compliance & Case Laws

Introduction The Goods and Services Tax (GST in India) represents one of the most significant indirect tax reforms in the history of independent India. It was introduced to consolidate a complex system involving multiple indirect taxes levied by the Centre and the States into a single and simplified tax system.

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Foreign Judgments in India: Enforcement & Suggestive Reforms

INTRODUCTION A Foreign Judgement refers to a decision produced by a court situated outside the territory of India. Judgment by a foreign court is based on the rule that where the court having the suitable jurisdiction has a dispute before it, the foreign court is further under an obligation to satisfy that dispute.  Section 2 ( 5) of the CPC defines a Foreign Court as a court

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IMPORTANCE OF USE OF TRADE MARK UNDER TRADE MARKS ACT

INTRODUCTION: Any sign which is visually distinguishable, and can help us differentiate that good or service from others, and help usidentify their commercial origin, is called a trademark. It comes under the umbrella of “industrial property,” which is again a category of intellectual property. Trademarks can be words, logos, shapes, colours, sounds, smells, etc. Even ancient civilizations had the concept of trademarks. For example, “potters marks” were used to indicate the artist of different vases in Ancient Rome

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Taxing the Metaverse: Is India’s GST Ready for Virtual Realities?

“Exploring Legal Lacunae and Legislative Imperatives in India’s Indirect Tax Regime” Introduction: Welcome to the metaverse, a realm where reality bends, your neighbour might be a lifelike tiger, yoga unfolds among the stars, and digital fashion flaunts price tags that rival the real world. As surreal as that sounds, it’s real—and

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From Algorithms to Ancestry: Rethinking Intellectual Property Law in the Age of AI, Biopiracy, and Digital Capital

Introduction The three forces of artificial intelligence (AI), Biopiracy, and global data capitalism are rapidly converging and challenge the assumptions underlying today’s intellectual property (IP) law. No longer grounded on visions of imagination and ingenuity by humans, IP systems struggle to address an era where algorithms create art, companies capture

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Indirect Tax Incentives and Intellectual Property Development: India’s GST Regime Exemptions for Certain IP Services

Abstract India’s Goods and Services Tax (GST), launched in 2017, has transformed the nation’s indirect taxation environment, with significant implications for intellectual property (IP) creation. This article discusses how certain GST exemptions, like those applicable to the temporary transfer of copyright in original literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic works, serve

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Praveen Agrawal

Generic Words as Trademarks: How Far Can You Go?

Introduction As the world develops and enters a phase where competition increases at a breakneck speed, a distinguished and unique identity is required. Every company

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Praveen Agrawal

Foreign Judgments in India: Enforcement & Suggestive Reforms

INTRODUCTION A Foreign Judgement refers to a decision produced by a court situated outside the territory of India. Judgment by a foreign court is based on the rule that where the court having the suitable jurisdiction has a dispute before it,

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Praveen Agrawal

IMPORTANCE OF USE OF TRADE MARK UNDER TRADE MARKS ACT

INTRODUCTION: Any sign which is visually distinguishable, and can help us differentiate that good or service from others, and help usidentify their commercial origin, is called a trademark. It comes under the umbrella of “industrial property,” which is again

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