Dr Mohan Dewan

Grounds for refusal of registration of trade mark

India - May 28 2013 The trademarks that are: Incapable of distinguishing the goods/services of the applicant with those of others; Or may serve in trade to designate…

Personal Data Protection Laws in India

India - May 13 2020 It is popularly said, “Data is the new oil”. If we want to get into the genesis of this statement, we need to go back in time, when mineral oil was…

Exceptions to copyright infringement – fair dealing

India - June 18 2014 The principle of conditional grants to proprietary rights in any intellectual property is to promote public interest. This is universally recognized…

Advocate Ajita Patki

Stamping requirements in the Indian legal system

India - May 6 2014 Unlike most other jurisdictions,in India no document is valid legally,unless it is stamped under the appropriate Indian Stamp Act.This extends to…

Jurisdiction for filing trademark infringement cases

India - May 19 2020 A Court can exercise its power within a territorial/ geographical limit. For example, a District Court can exercise its power within the territorial…