Category: Design

The Intersection of Industrial Design and Copyright Law

9th October, 2024 - 11:05 am Categories: Copyright Design Trademark

INTRODUCTION: Intellectual Property Rights, constitute a group of rights that can sometimes overlap, resulting in multiple forms of protection to the owner over the same subject matter. This overlap is generally inevitable and occurs when the IPR holder/proprietor tries to assert his right under more than one concept. To address such situations, it is essential … Continue reading The Intersection of Industrial Design and Copyright Law

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Dark pattern guidelines impact on intermediaries: a regulatory khichadi

16th January, 2024 - 11:08 am Categories: Consumer Law Consumer Protection Authority Design

The Central Consumer Protection Authority issued the Guidelines for Prevention and Regulation of Dark Patterns, 2023 (‘Dark Pattern Guidelines’) on 30th November 2023 to provide for prevention and regulation of dark patterns. The Dark Pattern Guidelines are introduced to protect the interests of consumers from the unfair practices adopted by various e-platforms and online companies. … Continue reading Dark pattern guidelines impact on intermediaries: a regulatory khichadi

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Intellectual Property Rights : Protection of Fashion Designs in India

30th January, 2023 - 6:22 am Categories: Design Intellectual Property

Introduction With the general popularity of private brands, Indian consumers are looking for ways to access fashion companies, thanks to increased media exposure, more awareness, goals, and a larger share of disposable cash. For these fashion companies, it is not easy to keep the business afloat with the spiralling competition. In order to consistently progress, … Continue reading Intellectual Property Rights : Protection of Fashion Designs in India

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Avoidance Of Certain Restrictive Conditions Under Section 42 Of Design Act, 2000

12th September, 2022 - 11:43 am Categories: Design

A plan for organizing elements in the greatest possible way to achieve a specific goal is called Design. In general, a design refers to a product’s visible outer look to the naked eye. It reflects a person’s intelligence and creativity which is then turned into a product. A registered design safeguards a product’s visual appearance … Continue reading Avoidance Of Certain Restrictive Conditions Under Section 42 Of Design Act, 2000

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Getting Your Industrial Design Registered In Saudi Arabia

20th May, 2022 - 9:55 am Categories: Design

Saudi Arabia, the second-largest country in the Arab World and the fifth largest country in Asia is one of the most important countries in the Middle East. Being one of the world’s largest oil producers and largest oil exporters, Saudi Arabia is a key country. The country controls the world’s second-largest oil reserve and the … Continue reading Getting Your Industrial Design Registered In Saudi Arabia

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Getting Your Industrial Design Registered In Bahrain

18th May, 2022 - 11:53 am Categories: Design

With the fastest growing economy in the Arab World, Bahrain is making its global presence in the world. It has the freest economy in the Middle East and as per reports in Index of Economic Freedom published by The Wall Street Journal ranked Bahrain as the 12th freest economy in the world. [Picture Credit: istockphoto] … Continue reading Getting Your Industrial Design Registered In Bahrain

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All You Need To Know About The Assignment Of Design Rights

10th February, 2022 - 3:58 am Categories: Design Intellectual Property

Introduction Industrial design Industrial designs are part of the aesthetic sector, but they’re also meant to be used as a blueprint for the production of industrial or handcrafted goods. The ornamental or aesthetic part of a practical object that must appeal to the sense of sight and may consist of the shape, pattern, and/or colour … Continue reading All You Need To Know About The Assignment Of Design Rights

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Design Protection of Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs)

4th February, 2021 - 12:12 pm Categories: Design

GUI (Graphical User Interface) often pronounced as “gooey” is the interactive and visual component for computers and electronic devices. A GUI dictates and facilitates the use of icons, windows, menus, screen-layouts, drop-downs, and all sorts of interactive components of an operating system. Over the years, GUIs have driven the software industry with new attractions and … Continue reading Design Protection of Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs)

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Draft Designs(Amendment) 2019

27th December, 2019 - 3:33 am Categories: Design

The Designs Act, 2000, is introduced with an object to protect and safeguard the original design of an article with the aim to reward the innovator for research and labour applied by him for the purpose to originate or evolve such a new and original industrial design.These industrial designs of the innovator, subject to the … Continue reading Draft Designs(Amendment) 2019

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Importance of Design as an IPR

23rd July, 2019 - 10:54 am Categories: Design Legal Issues

An industrial design may constitute the ornamental or aesthetic aspect of an article. It may consist of 3-D features such as the shape of an article, or 2-D features, such as patterns, lines or color.[1] India has seen the evolution of design as an important fragment of the intellectual property family in protecting the aesthetic … Continue reading Importance of Design as an IPR

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