Aarde Law Chambers

27/01/2022

Aarde Law Chambers has taken another initiative to increase awareness about Trademark Laws in association with Karnataka State Chartered Accountant Association.

08/11/2021

14/08/2021

09/07/2021

http://www.aardelawchambers.com/2021/07/trademark-registration-in-bangalore-are-the-businesses-aware-of-their-rights/

The start-up capital of India, is emerging into a global start-up ecosystem. The support and upliftment provided by the government is paving way for entrepreneurs and creating employment locally. With the growth of local businesses, the value of the Intellectual Property and brands are increasing li...

28/05/2021

In a unprecedented move a Tamil musician Kaber Vasuki has sold a phone demo of his song 'Vasanam' as a non-fungible token (NFT) valued at nearly Rs 1.5 crore at the time of sale. NFT's can potentially revolutionize the digital art world. Read below to know more about NFT and IPR implications.

The realm of digital world is fascinated with new developments like cryptocurrency and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT’S). NFT is stored on a digitally accessible ledger called a blockchain. This ledger can be assessed by the public anytime to verify the ownership and authenticity. This allows an NFT to ...

08/02/2021

Copyright Laws and Literature go hand in hand. Please register below to know more about your rights.
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/UBqAEEVB2Jekk3kH7
Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/oqf-nwvb-cnw

19/12/2020

Government of India has fostered several opportunities and incentives to promote the growth of local grown Industries. With this unique webinar we attempt to impart awareness on the available opportunists while proving expertise on how local food and Agro based industries can protect their products abroad utilizing the laws of Intellectual Property Rights.

Registration Link: https://lnkd.in/gFTYydH
Meeting Link: https://lnkd.in/gYA5G_R

03/09/2020

Copyright infringement in the Gaming Industry! China takes strict measures to curb the practices. Read below to know more.

The Chinese authorities have been taking stringent measures to curb the Intellectual property theft. In one such instant, the Shanghai No.3 Intermediate People’s Court sentenced nine people to jail for up to six years for violating copyright of the Danish toy company LEGO along with a hefty fine. ...

29/08/2020

Can a wedding card come under the ambit of copyright? Whether a work is capable of being registered under the Copyright Act 1957 varies case by case basis. Recently, the Registrar of Copyright rejected an application for copyright registration of a wedding card with the following observations;

"After perusal of the work submitted, it is observed that the work submitted for registration is a mere wedding card of the applicant citing the schedule of the event. The creative spark in the same is utterly lacking or so trivial as to be virtually non-existent so as to constitute copyrightable subject matter"

Such an observation however is not entirely at par with the laws and policies in place. It is well settled that work which is an original creation of an author or an owner fixed in a tangible form, is capable of being entered into the Register of Copyrights, irrespective of the fact that whether such work posses any artistic quality or not.

11/08/2020

Copyright owners in Cinematographic Films are facing challenges in the age of streaming. What’s the role played by the rouge websites? Know more at:
http://www.aardelawchambers.com/2020/08/cinematographic-films-and-copyright-act-in-india-growing-concerns-of-piracy-in-the-streaming-age/