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Six months after it became a signatory to the Locarno Agreement (which establishes a classification for industrial designs), on 25 January 2021, India notified the Design (Amendment) Rules, 2021 to formally adopt the “Locarno Classification”. ......

Which law and regulations govern foreign investment in India? Broadly, foreign investment in India is regulated under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 ("FEMA") and the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of a Security by a Person Resident outside India) Regulations, 2017 framed the reunder. The FEMA was enacted to consolidate......

What are the legal aspects that an author or publisher should be aware of prior to publication of a book in India?There are India several publishing laws in India that regulate what content can be written and distributed. These laws establish that publication of certain content could give rise to complaints of a criminal or civil offence. For example, claims such ......

INTRODUCTION In recent years and specially in the context of the COVID pandemic, digitization, leaps in technological capabilities, and rise in e-commerce platforms has become the norm. As a consumer, we share personal information and data with each online platform we visit, register on and order from. However, collection, use, and disclosure of this data is largely ......

What is a private limited company?There are several different types of legal structures in India such as a private limited company, public limited company, limited liability partnership, sole proprietorship etc.A private limited company refers to an entity which limits the liability of the owner to their respective shareholdings and restricts shareholders from pub......

What is licensing of intellectual property (''IP'')?An owner of IP can grant another person the right or permission to make, use or sell property or items embodying or covered by this IP by means of a contractual license. A license may apply to any type of IP – trademark, patent, copyright, design and/or know-how. Under the license, the licensor maintains title in......

1. What are the stages of obtaining a patent in India? Ans. The stages of obtaining a patent in India are as follows: a) Filing a patent application in India: This stage includes filing an application for a patent in the prescribed format along with the necessary documents at the Indian Patent Office (IPO). On receipt of the application, the IPO accords a date a......

1. How many patent offices are there in India and where are they located? Ans. There are four patent offices in India located in Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai. 2. Where can an application for a patent be filed in India? Ans. An application for a patent can be filed before the patent office having appropriate jurisdiction, which is decided as follows: ......

1. Who can file a patent application in India? Ans. A patent application can be filed by any of the following, either alone or jointly: a) any person claiming to be the true and first inventor of the invention, b) the assignee of the person claiming to be the true and first inventor, c) the legal representative of any deceased person who immediately before......