SEASON 1 BONUS EPISODE – 3rd August, 2020 On the fine morning of 2ndof August 2020, Mr. Ankit Rastogi woke me up from my bed, to discuss not so much of a eureka moment. He wanted me to provide him an off the cuff patentability analysis of the invisibility band used by Mr. Arun Verma…
SEASON 1 EPISODE 2 – 26th July, 2020 STARTER In the 2012 film ‘Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana’, a character named ‘Omi’ (living in London) under debt informs his creditor that he will clear the loan imposed upon him as his grandfather has a renowned restaurant in Punjab by the name ‘Chicken Khurana’. However, when…
(Image from here) Movie: Qatl Starring: Sanjeev Kumar,Shatrughan Sinha, Ashok Kumar, Marc Zuber & Sarika Directed by: R.K. Nayyar Year of Release: 1986 Introduction Qatl is one of the many films released post the death of Sanjeev Kumar (and is dedicated to him). It is an interesting thriller which gives a new definition to…
SEASON 1 EPISODE 1 – 27th June, 2020 Introduction In the 2014 movie ‘PK’, a humanoid alien comes to the planet Earth (aka, ‘Gola‘) for a research. Unfortunately, the alien gets stranded on Earth after losing his communication device to connect to his spaceship and eventually ends up exploring different ways of human behaviour, set…
I have heard somewhere: “Follow your passion and you would never have to work another day in your life”. ‘flIPstaan’ is exactly that. When the lockdown happened in March of this year, there was a pause to regular work and one had a lot of time to spare. I first thought of doing an online…
“There are marks which are different from other marks. There are names which are different from other names. There are names and marks which have become household words.” – Hon’ble Mr. Justice Mahinder Narain, Hon’ble High Court of Delhi (Daimler Benz Aktiegesellschaft & Anr. v. Hybo Hindustan; 1994 PTC 287) Abstract: Intellectual Property has many…
For a background check, please read The Adventures of Tom Lawyer and The Adventures of Tom Lawyer – II. The election mood in Tom’s state was over a few years ago. Tom was going on with his regular life and so were Dick and Harry. However, none of them knew that suddenly their world would…
Intellectual Property Rights have been given protection by nations due to the commercial value they have not only for their owner but also for the nation. An economy strengthens on the basis of two important components pertaining to Intellectual Property Rights, they are the Intellectual Property (hereinafter ‘IP’) vesting in the nationals of a country…
Unconventional Trade Marks is always an interesting topic in Trade Marks Jurisprudence. The ambit of Unconventional trade marks is ever expanding even to consider something as vague as taste. With capitalism ever increasing, it has become increasingly important for the business entities to protect whatever they think if used by another will decrease their sales…
Tom was out for some time. He had received a lottery prize of a foreign trip to an exotic island. As Tom’s luck never fails to catch up with Tom, Tom forgot to carry the return ticket. The island was exotic but at the same time bereft of any communication with the world apart from…
Movie: The Founder Starring: Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carroll Lynch, Linda Cardellini, Patrick Wilson, B. J. Novak and Laura Dern Directed by: John Lee Hancock Year of Release: 2016 “In the world of business intellectual capital has to be accompanied with passion and persistence” John Lee Hancock’s ‘The Founder’, is one of those rare…
Movie: Budhia Singh: Born to Run Starring: Manoj Bajpayee and Mayur Patole Directed by: Soumendra Padhi Written By: Soumendra Padhi Year of Release: 2016 “God’s Gift, Unwrapped by a Coach, ruined by a Country” Budhia Singh is probably the only biopic on the life of an individual as young as five years. Budhia Singh rose…