Author: T. Sreenitya Copyright is one of the kinds of intellectual property rights granted to an author of an original work. The work can be of any kind, like, art work, literary work, music, drama, software codes, etc. such right allows the author to have sole ownership over the work. The widely accepted definition is that copyright as right the creator have over their literary and artistic works, defined by WIPO. The copyright whether registered or unregistered, preserves...Continue Reading
By Vishruti Chauhan & Pratyusha Ganesh, Symbiosis Law School, Hyderabad. The term Artificial Intelligence was coined by John McCarthy at a conference in 1956.[1] The term was used for the ability of the computers to take decision by itself without human interference with the use of algorithms and commands.[2] It was thought by early thinkers that a time will come when the machines will fail human intellect. The invention of computers had strengthened this view and today...Continue Reading
Pratyusha Ganesh is a final year law student at Symbiosis, Hyderabad. She is also a paralegal and has been working with Wordict-IP for over three months, starting July ’21. —– On 27th May, 2021, the NITI Aayog released a press statement, titled ‘Myths & Facts on India’s Vaccination Process’ and it seemed to be problematic at so many levels and raised an enormous number of concerns especially with respect to the compulsory licensing of COVID-19 vaccines. According to...Continue Reading
Introduction From the early beginnings of competition law, a major concern with granting intellectual property rights to authors and creators has always been the possibility of stagnating competition. As granting an exclusive right can lead to having detrimental effects such as abuse of being a monopoly. Both intellectual property law and competition law appear to have contrasting objectives. On the one hand, intellectual property law focuses on the rights of authors by rewarding them through excluding imitation. The...Continue Reading
Abstract The fashion industry holds a prominent position in today’s world. The relation between human lifestyle and fashion is almost inseparable and so, the relation between fashion and IPR. The very birth of fashion is due to creativity. But with the growing technology and advancement, there are instances of easy copying and piracy due to which the original creator suffers a great deal of loss not only with respect to his investment but also with respect to his...Continue Reading
