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IPR Slides
IPR Slides
Situation/Example
Situation 1: John created a machine which could get X-
Ray directly on digital form rather than a photo plate
John have invested around Rs.50 lakhs to develop this
technology
After one month of launching this product in the market,
another company comes up with a copy of the product
How can John protect his invention/product?
Can John stop the competitor product from being sold?
Key Features of IPR
Helps business organisations-Enabling innovation and
creativity
Leverage the investment made into product research and
development
Different from traditional property/asset right
Inventions,
Literary and artistic work, designs
Names and Images used in commerce
Cont.
Classified into broadly following categories:
Patents
Copyright
Trademark
Designs
Trade secrets
granted
One of the part’s of this bottle was patented. Can you
identify?
Cont.
expert
Filed a case against TCS for using similar concept- Court didn’t
Court held that the matter is falling under the fair use of
copyright
Fair Use of Copyright
Exceptions under fair use of copyright
Cadila states that they have coined and adopted the brand
description ‘Sugar Free’ and were the first user of the said
brand description in India.