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BLOG ON ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IN INDIA

  Intellectual Property may sound like a modern world invention but it has been actually around since the development of civilization. During the early 1800, the idea of a global protection of intellectual property right floated amongst legislative bodies. The history of Intellectual Property Rights, under the international law goes back to 1883 within the adoption of the Paris Convention, 1833 for the protection of Industrial Property. Then, three years later in the 1886, the Berne Convention extended the same protection of the intellectual property to written expressions and within half a year, trademarks were also granted protection in the international realm through the Madrid Protocol. With the adoption of the Madrid agreement, the first international intellectual property filing was launched in 1891 i.e. the Madrid System for the international registration of marks. In 1993, the United International Bureau for the Protection of Intellectual Property (best known by its French ...

BITCOINS AND THE RISK INVOLVED

  What is bitcoin? Bitcoin is basically an open source, peer to peer digital currency. Amidst many other things, what makes bitcoin exceptional and distinctive is the fact that it is the world’s first completely decentralised digital payments system that is to say that it is under no centralized authority. Santoshi Nakamoto in the original whitepaper that he published on bitcoin in 2009 had said that trade and commerce on internet is solely dependent upon financial institutions filling in as trusted third parties in order to process electronic payment . For instance, if X wants to send 1000 INR to Y over internet, he would have had to depend upon a trusted third party like Paypal or Google Wallet. These parties keep a record or ledger of their account holder’s balances and when this third party would send money to Y they would deduct 1000 INR from X’s account balance and would add it to Y’s account. Although this system functions well enough but it has certain limitations like marg...

Rights to Redemption vs Equity of Redemption

  The basic meaning of word Redemption is to redeem or to get back. In the context of Mortgage under the property law in India, this right is a significant right of every mortgagor howsoever the nature of mortgage is. Once the payment of money is made by the debtor on or before the due date, he is eligible for redemption right. Redemption is not only limited to mortgaged property but also the title deeds and important documents related to the property. Whereas, when we talk about equity of redemption which is the base or the source of redemption right, originated in England. Under equity of redemption, the debtor or the mortgagor will be given an extended time period or a reasonable extra time period is given even after due date. The reason for this extension is that whenever a mortgage is executed the intension of the mortgagor is always to let it remain a mortgage and not to be converted into a sale. Therefore, for the protection of his rights this extension may be given to him b...

TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON SOCIETY

  Technology created Virtual gap in social relations of humans where people are physically together but disengaged from each other completely immerse with their technological device,   Technology plays an important   and vital   role in developing countries. Technology has touched human life almost in all walk, such as education and social relationship, kinship, socialization .religious belief etc are badly affected .Scientific rational knowledge accelerated the speed of cultural mobility .People are accepting this change in positive way.   Cultural mobility sanskritization and Dsanskritization can be seen in society It has substantially switch the cultural norms & behavior of individuals. Today people have become the slave of technology .Human being social relations are also effected with lastest devices mobile, computer, tabs smart phone, video conferencing etc.another impact of technology can be seen that all age people in grip of technology either child,...

Battered women syndrome: A need for recognition under the Indian Criminal Law

  INTRODUCTION-  Any psychological turmoil is often a bunch of clinical signs and side effects which are related with one another and frequently connected with a specific sickness. Condition be it of any kind prompts different physical and mental ineptitudes. Barely any Syndromes are hereditary; mostly others are a consequence of a steady improvement in mental pressure when passed on untreated prompts serious emotional wellness issues. There is no fix; just the personal satisfaction can be worked on by taking additional consideration and preparing the person to perform everyday fundamental exercises. The genuine reason for the advancement of a Syndrome is caused because of unusual cell divisions. However, most kinds of Syndromes are relieved and are explored upon to an extremely enormous degree one such Syndrome is as yet attempting to find its place as far as better comprehension by the Courts and in particular by the general public we live in. BATTERED WOMEN SYNDROME- One of...

Nomination for the Post of Member of Parliament and State Legislature

  In India to conduct general election for the post of Member of Parliament and state legislature there is four steps-  Nomination Campaigning Poll Result Nomination: Nomination is the first process of conducting election, by which one person formally offers oneself as a candidate for any effective office i.e member of parliament or state legislature, which is subscribed by proposers (electors).   Under section 30 of Representation of People Act, 1951(RP Act) as soon as the notification for calling election is issued, the ECI appoint the last date of making nomination, the date for the scrutiny of nomination, the last date for the withdrawal of candidature and the date of poll. Law provides total 8 days for making nomination, start from election notification and the last date for making nomination. No nomination can be filled on any public holiday during the period of Nomination. Under section 31 of RP Act, 1951, the returning officer shall give public notice of the ...

PIL: Guidelines to prevent its misuse

  Public Interest prosecution "PIL" is case recorded to safeguard the Public or Social Interest. Any matter which influences the Public at Large can be helped by recording this request in a Court of Law. The saying "PIL" has been taken from American Jurisprudence wherein poor are being furnished with legitimate portrayal in a Court of Law. PIL is documented in a courtroom not by the wronged party but rather by any open lively individual or by the court of its own movement. That is the reason it is otherwise called Social Action Litigation. The said articulation "PIL" isn't characterized anyplace in any rule. The said power can be summoned by the High Court or by the Supreme Court under Article 32 and 226 of the Constitution of India 1950. The primary article behind engaging this Petition is to give "Equity to All". This Concept emerges out of the Concept of Judicial Activism. Public Interest Litigation is utilized to safeguard the interest of...