“Crystal is not glamour free”

Market is dynamic in terms of in-flowing products, consumer behavior and goodwill of a business. It is, therefore, crucial for a businessperson to defend his/her product(s) in the name and style of its trademark. The question of trademark protection becomes pertinent when the trademark is not in use for quite some-time. Does it mean that the consumer will forget the brand? Does this mean that the market dynamics will change the numbers or...

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Banking Transaction Tax: A discussion

 The Indian Taxation system with all its criticism, is one of the best systems in the world: Schedule Seven of the Constitution gives an absolute division of power between the Center and the State; the collecting authority is clear on the collection schemes; most people have come to terms with the current system of Tax and lastly and most importantly the Indian Tax System has successfully worked for years as the Government of India has been...

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WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA...

(This is a Republic Day Special Post) Hon'ble Members, my prayer is that the Constitution that you are going to plan may similarly be reared for Immortality, if the work of man may justly aspire to such a title, and it may be a structure of adamantine strength, which will outlast and overcome all present and future destructive forces.  - Monday, the 9th December 1946 (Constitution Hall, New Delhi) Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha (Provisional...

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Types of Copyright in a Comic Book and an Animation Movie

v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} Although a formal Registration of Copyright with the Copyright Office is not mandatory but a Registration Certificate serves as a prima facie evidence of ownership of Copyright (s. 48 of Indian Copyright Act, 1957). For e.g., in the case of Raja Pocket Books v. Radha Pocket Books, 1997 (40) DRJ 791,...

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Off Court and beyond....

Dear Friends, Indian Institute of Technology has been the premier education institute in India, Our students have proved to be the best and brightest in the country in all academic and co-curricular activities. Here in the place of that Hijli Detention Camp stands the fine monument of India, representing India's urges, India's future in the making. This picture seems to me symbolical of the changes that are coming to India. _J.L. Nehru (speaking on the Foundation Day of IIT Kharagpur)  True to our first Prime Minister's vision...

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