Today’s most famous copyright controversy, the Google Books litigation, has renewed interest in the role that opt-in requirements can play in copyright law. Google Books seeks to make every book in the English language text-searchable. To realize this goal, however, Google has to scan the text...

Intellectual properties like patents are not similar to what we understand traditionally by the word property. Unlike traditional property, there is no concept of ownership in intellectual property but the concept of exclusive rights subject to certain limitations. These limitations are equally...

Cartels are a focus of concern for many reasons. Cartels cause a locative inefficiency by reducing production in order to raise market price. This forces consumers to pay significantly more money for products, from luxuries like high end art to necessities like vitamins and pharmaceuticals....

The proper scope of patent protection for biotechnology discoveries has been the source of longstanding debate among legal scholars, research scientists, and industry executives. A major predicament of the system is that it gnaws away at further innovation and creativity because of its...

The granting of a Patent confers certain exclusive rights on the Patentee. However, it does not mean that such rights could never be revoked if it can be proved that the examination was not properly done due to which relevant prior art was ignored. Such a presumption of validity of a Patent is...

This paper is designed to affirm the possibly of software patenting while taking the comparison between the legal approach of America, Europe and India. Although copyright is Main method of patent protection but it is not the absolute form of protection, in copyright the expression is more...

A web address usually begins www. This prefix embodies an important concept; that Internet is a world wide application. It involves international protocols and conventions as well as state and national legislation. A Cyberlaw student needs to be aware of online jurisdiction rules that apply to...

Protecting celebrity rights under intellectual property (IP) laws is a significant development in the field of intellectual property rights. Celebrities can flaunt their popularity and are permitted to make riches out of their identity. Though celebrities have often lend their voices, faces and...