Q. If I paid someone to create artwork for me, does that mean I own it and can use it in any way that I want? A: Not necessarily. The simple act of payment does not mean you own all rights, title and interest in artwork or other copyrightable work. Under U.S. Copyright law, the author (or authors) of a work is the initial owner of the work and copyright therein. The major exception to [...]

The Hon'ble High Court of Delhi on November 9, 2017, in the case of Tata Sons Limited & Ors. vs. M/S Mayuri Beverages held against Mayuri Beverages and in favor of Tata Sons Limited for passing off packet water pouches containing the mark "TATA Water Plus" which is the trademark of the Tata Sons Limited is the proprietor and owner. Brief background Tata Sons Limited (hereinafter referred to as 'Plaintiff no. 1') is the [...]

A right to claim priority from an as-filed application is not just restricted to an applicant of the Priority application, but may be also availed by 'another/different' applicant for the purposes of filing a later application claiming priority from the priority application. Not only such other 'applicant' of the later-application may be different from the original priority-setting application, the later-filed application may be either equivalent to the priority application or a 'variant' (e.g. improvement [...]