Information Technology & Data Privacy
Information Technology & Data Privacy
Cyber security is a growing concern for many of us today. A lot of both our professional and personal lives are intertwined with the internet, and protection of personal information is becoming more and more important.
Our IT and Data Privacy services focus on the current legal, business and technical issues affecting our clients. Increased digitization and online presences require increased protection. Our team helps you analyze and upgrade your data protection in a wide range of countries as per the laws and regulations in each state. We also assist our clients in deciding how best to ensure compliance with data security requirements and what additional protections they can look into so as to bring their security to the next level.
Our Blogs
Who Owns Celebrity Publicity Rights? | IP Conversations
Why? What? When? How? These are some of the most used words in John’s dictionary....
Read More
What is Deceptive Similarity in Trademarks?
What is Deceptive Similarity? It is generally not a very pretty sight when two people...
Read More
What are the Copyright Issues involved in Research?
Introduction Intellectual Property is regarded as one of the most thought-provoking and unconventional domains in...
Read More
Does IP Play Any Role in Religion? | IP Conversations
Why? What? When? How? These are some of the most used words in John’s dictionary....
Read More
What is the First Sale Doctrine in Copyright?
What is the First Sale Doctrine? The doctrine of first sale, in essence, limits the...
Read More
What is the Fast Tracking of Green Patents?
The Need for Green IP In 1988 Dr. James Hansen, the then Director of NASA’s...
Read More
Can Cartoon Characters Be Protected? | IP Conversations
Why? What? When? How? These are some of the most used words in John’s dictionary....
Read More
What Are Amazon Prime’s Video Content Policy Guidelines?
What Are Content Guidelines? In an age of increasingly numerous streaming platforms, it may be...
Read More
Can Unregistered Trademarks Be Protected?
Introduction The term "Passing Off" refers to the unlawful use of a trademark that is...
Read More
What Can’t Be Patented? | IP Conversations
Why? What? When? How? These are some of the most used words in John’s dictionary....
Read More
Color Marks – A New Palette in the world of IPR
Why Are Color Marks Desirable? Media and advertising have over the years taken center stage...
Read More
Patents Simplified: Automatic Multi-Functional Life Rescue Flood House
Why is this Significant? Legally speaking, floods are considered as an ‘Act of God’, something...
Read More
What Are Copyright Societies?
Why Are Copyright Societies Necessary? Copyright societies in general are saviors of copyright owners. Copyright...
Read More
Who Owns Bluetooth Technology? | IP Conversations
Why? What? When? How? These are some of the most used words in John’s dictionary....
Read More
Brand Protection in India and the USA, A Comparison
Trademark Protection in India In India, trademark rights are legally protected by the Trademark Act,...
Read More
How Do Copyright Exceptions Work Under Indian Law?
What are Fair Use and Fair Dealing? Fair Use and Fair Dealing are concepts related...
Read More
What is a Trade Secret? | IP Conversations
Why? What? When? How? These are some of the most used words in John’s dictionary....
Read More
Can You Use Graphics Similar To Popular Brands? | IP Conversations
Why? What? When? How? These are some of the most used words in John’s dictionary....
Read More
How Do You Respond to a Trademark Troll?
Introduction A ‘Trademark troll’ is defined as any individual or entity which engages in pre-emptive...
Read More
Do Clothes Have IP Protection? | IP Conversations
Why? What? When? How? These are some of the most used words in John’s dictionary....
Read More
How Can You Protect Your Social Media Content?
Why? What? When? How? These are some of the most used words in John’s dictionary....
Read More
Can Colours Be Protected as IP? | IP Conversations
Why? What? When? How? These are some of the most used words in John’s dictionary....
Read More
Examining Traditional Knowledge Through the Lens of IP Law
Introduction The cornerstone of cultural patrimony is traditional knowledge. The bulk of indigenous and local...
Read More
What Is the Stance of US Law on Works Made For Hire?
Who Owns Creators’ Works? Spiderman, Ironman, Thor etc. are household names and the comics and...
Read More
What is Section 3(d) of the Indian Patents Act?
What is Section 3 (d)? Any patent related statute in any country has the intention...
Read More
Can Characters Be Copyrighted in India?
Copyright Protection for Characters Section 13 of the Indian Copyright Act provides that copyright subsists...
Read More
The Shreya Singhal Judgement & Section 66A of the IT Act
On March 24, 2015, the Supreme Court of India ruled that that Section 66A of...
Read More
What’s the Relationship between Descriptiveness and Distinctiveness in Trademarks?
Inherent Distinctiveness The degree to which a trade-mark does not define the nature, character, or...
Read More
How Did Intellectual Property Rights Start?
Introduction To the common man, “intellectual property” might seem like it’s purely a product of...
Read More
How Does Patent Evergreening Affect Innovation?
What is Patent Evergreening? The term evergreening in itself denotes the process of keeping something...
Read More
What is Joint Authorship in Copyright Law?
The Doctrine of Joint Authorship According to Indian copyright law, an author is an individual...
Read More
Patents Simplified: How Do Multi-Foldable Laptops Work?
Why Is This Significant? Laptops have been an essential component of people’s working lives for...
Read More
Copyright and Song Covers: Whose Permission Do You Need?
What is the Cover Version of a Song? An original song consists of a literary...
Read More
How Do Patent Pools Affect Innovation?
What Are Patent Pools? A patent pool is a collaboration between two or more companies...
Read More
Patents Simplified: A Solution for Sewage Treatment
Why Is This Invention Important? Today, we can see the problem of drinking water has...
Read More
Is Minor Usage of Media Material Copyright Infringement?
De Minimis in Copyright ‘De minimis’ refers to a trivial legal violation that is insufficient...
Read More
What is the WIPO Copyright Treaty?
Introduction The WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) is an agreement which originated from the Berne Convention....
Read More
What Are Authors’ Moral Rights?
Introduction Copyright primarily concerns itself with the ‘rights of the authors’ which means that the...
Read More
What is India’s Data Security Regime?
Introduction India's privacy protection has been challenged regularly, but detractors have rarely offered detailed reform...
Read More
How Can We Use Comparative Advertisements in India?
Introduction Comparative advertisements refer to advertisements wherein brands compare their own products/services with that of...
Read More
The Role of IP in Mergers and Acquisitions
In recent years, mergers and acquisitions have emerged as the primary method for rapid expansion...
Read More
How Do You Calculate of Damages Arising Out of Trademark and Copyright Infringement?
Introduction In India, when it comes to calculating the quantum of damages for IP infringement,...
Read More
Tattoos and Copyright: How Does Having a Picture Inked to Your Body Interact With Authorship Rights?
Introduction To have a piece of art or a word engraved on one’s body takes...
Read More
How Can IP Owners Enforce Their Rights Across Borders?
Introduction Counterfeit goods are the replicas of the real product produced with the intent to...
Read More
How Do You Trademark Non-Traditional Marks in India?
Introduction In order to bolster their brand image and to attract the consumers companies have...
Read More
How Do GamePlays & Walkthroughs Affect Creator Rights?
Introduction Lately the entertainment industry has been coming up with a wide variety of content...
Read More
Digital Rights Management – Boon or Bane?
Introduction With the increase in technological advances, the world as we know it is drifting...
Read More
Why Distinctiveness Matters in Trademark Law
Introduction Trademarks are a significant asset for any corporation. A mark can be a phrase,...
Read More
GI As a Tool for Rural Development
Introduction A Geographical Indication is a specific type of intellectual property that is bestowed on...
Read More
How Does Intellectual Property Influence AI & Robotics Healthcare?
Introduction The study of building computers and systems that can accomplish activities that generally require...
Read More
Do Performers Have Any Rights Under Copyright Law?
Introduction Copyright law, broadly, provides protection for creative works. The most cited of these are...
Read More
What Are Parallel Imports, and How Legal Are They?
Parallel Imports The term "parallel imports" causes consternation among brand owners and the general public....
Read More
Why Are Semiconductor Layouts Treated Differently Under the IP Regime?
Introduction An Integrated Circuit is a form of circuit in which various semiconductor devices like...
Read More
How Are Startups Affected By the IP Regime?
Introduction Novel ventures have always been an important part of the business market. In today’s...
Read More
Should Consumers Possess the Right to Repair?
Introduction From vehicles to electronic goods, consumers, trapped in a vicious circle concocted by the...
Read More
Can We Use Artificial Intelligence to Protect Trademarks?
Introduction A trademark is a way of marking a specific product or service with a...
Read More
Patents and the Right to Health in the COVID-19 Era
Introduction IP Access to Health is essential nowadays in the pandemic because a healthy mind...
Read More
How Does the Fair Use Concept Work in India?
What is Fair Use? At the outset, it is important to clarify the usages of...
Read More
AI-Generated Inventions and Their Patentability
Introduction Artificial Intelligence refers to the creation and development of complex, human-like brains. It is a branch...
Read More
How did Disney Influence US Copyright Law?
Copyright is what allows creators or authors have the exclusive right to reproduce their work...
Read More
What Are the Guidelines Pertaining to Legal Reporting?
Introduction Every day, law students log in and read cases that go back as old...
Read More
The Basics of Character Merchandising
What is Character Merchandising? At some point of time in our childhood we all have...
Read More
Why Do Celebrities Not Own Their Paparazzi Photos?
Introduction Recently, Grammy award-winning British singer, Dua Lipa fell into some legal trouble. She was...
Read More
How Do We Deal With Fake News?
Introduction Every day we are bombarded with hundreds of news items. From our favourite news...
Read More
How Does Digital Piracy Affect Cinematographic Works?
Introduction The pandemic has resulted in a surge in online piracy. India showed a rise...
Read More
How Do We Deal With Rogue Websites?
What Are Rogue Websites? The internet has brought one of the biggest revolutions in the...
Read More
How Do We Protect Film Director Rights in India?
Introduction What is a ship without its captain? Perhaps a ship anchored at a port....
Read More
Why is the Optis v. Apple Saga Significant?
Background Back in August 2020, Apple Inc. lost against the patent infringement suit (for two...
Read More
The Core Principles of Trademark Fluidity
Introduction The approach towards any company's logo/mark has experienced a shift with the advent of...
Read More
Encouraging Innovation: The Way Forward
In today’s technology-driven world, innovation is of paramount importance. Innovative products and processes reduce manufacturing...
Read More
Who Owns the IP Created By Employees?
Background It is an accepted practice in the corporate sector that the company will file...
Read More
The Arbitrability of IP Matters in India
The Basics of IP Arbitration Arbitration is a form of alternative dispute resolution...
Read More
The Neighboring Rights of News Publishers
The French Competition Authority recently imposed a fine of half a billion euros on tech...
Read More
Patent Evergreening and Its Effects
What is Evergreening? With the introduction of several vaccines against COVID-19, there have been debates...
Read More
Fair Use or Fair Dealing: An Exception to Copyright IP
Copyright law is in place to protect unauthorized use of the original work of the...
Read More
Can APIs be Protected Under Copyright Law?
A Pivotal 2020 US Case Law Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc happens to be...
Read More
First Sale Doctrine and the Exhaustion of IP Rights
Defining the First Sale Doctrine First Sale Doctrine is one of the exceptions to the...
Read More
Sound Recording Rights and Copyright Societies
Copyright persists in musical, literary, artistic, dramatic, cinematographic and sound recording works. However, as per...
Read More
Twitters’ Stand Against Indian Intermediary Guidelines
What Are These Guidelines About? After the enactment of Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital...
Read More
What Are Anti-Trust or Anti-Competition Laws?
Competition or anti-trust laws are put in place for the dual objectives of protecting the...
Read More
Corporate Control and Agricultural Rights
Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy. A whopping seventy percent of the country’s...
Read More
Germanys’ Move to Deter Frivolous Patent Litigation
Patent trolls are one of the natural (if obstructive) offshoots of a highly competitive, saturated...
Read More
What is Originality in Copyright?
The word original has been mentioned in Section 13(a) of the Indian Copyright Act, 1957...
Read More
What Does Teslas’ Patent Portfolio Mean for the Road?
It’s no secret that different countries have different requirements when it comes to transport. However,...
Read More
Software and IP Protection
As time passes, the technological advancements are picking up pace throughout the world. This results...
Read More
Data Privacy and India’s Emerging Data Policies
In today’s world, the usage of electronic devices has increased manifold, which has also caused...
Read More
Getting the Most Out of Your IP (Part II)
Once IP has been identified, a comprehensive strategy may then be formed to make full...
Read More
Patent Wavier: The Real Answer to Vaccine Shortage?
Second waves of the COVID 19 pandemic have been encountered by many countries around the...
Read More
Getting the Most Out of Your IP (Part I)
Over the past couple of decades, Intellectual Property has gone from being a necessary side-venture...
Read More
The State of Covid-19 IP Waivers
The second wave of Covid-19 has hit many countries particularly hard, and none more so...
Read More
The Battle of the Baskets: Trademark Distinctiveness in Businesses
In February 2021, online grocery shopping giant BIgBasket sent a cease and desist notice to...
Read More
Flying Motorcycles and Legal Frameworks
It has become evident over time that inventions, in general, are more likely to be...
Read More
Patent Development and Distribution during a Pandemic
Covid 19 bought the world to a standstill in 2020, and we are only now...
Read More
Apple’s New Patents for Slimmer Laptops
Laptops have been getting slimmer and more portable since the first time they were proposed...
Read More
What Does Mandatory Registration Mean for Your Copyright?
Copyright is one of the oldest forms of IP protection, dating back to a statute...
Read More
A Look into Sony’s Variable Object Game Controller
It’s very likely that people who follow patenting news have encountered Sony’s recent patent application,...
Read More
IP Protection For Your App: Why, Why Not and How
Application software or apps, programs designed to help customers perform specific tasks or activities, are...
Read More
A Note on the Upcoming Social Media Regulations
Social media is an integral part of most people’s lives today. A study found that...
Read More
The End of the IPAB?
The first leg of the 2021 budget session concluded on February 15th, and among the...
Read More
Apple’s Potential Solution to Fraying Cables
Fraying cables and broken wires are a problem that everyone faces at some point or...
Read More
Qualcomm’s Many Anti-Trust Lawsuits
Any patent regime is supposed to do two things: protect the rights of the inventor...
Read More
The Effects of Under-Display Cameras on Privacy
As of 2020, almost half of the world’s population — an impressive 3.5 billion —...
Read More
A Note on the Designs (Amendment) Rules, 2021
Industrial Designs, the Indian counterpart to community designs (EU) or design patents (USA) is governed...
Read More
Theories of Moral Rights of Authorship
Droit morals or moral rights are non-economic rights protecting authors’ and artists’ reputation or personal...
Read More
Can Recipes be Patented?
Some inventions are clearly patentable at first glance; others less so. A soup recipe...
Read More
Protection of Copyright under Berne Convention and TRIPS Agreement
In the initial stages of the development of Copyright Law, remedies for infringement were only...
Read More
Is it Possible to Copyright Concept Notes?
It is settled law that as per the Idea-Expression doctrine, only an expression of an...
Read More