Bhavpreet Singh Soni

Corporate Lawyer and Partner Sonisvision | IIM | LLM | Intellectual Property and Franchisee Model Consultant | Building Brands | Ex- VP- BNI | Ex -Educator Bada Business, lawSikho | Angel and Seed Investor

Moral Rights in Copyright in India: Section 57 Explained | Can an Author Object After Selling Copyright?

Moral Rights in Copyright in India: Can an Author Object Even After Selling Copyright? When people think about copyright in India, they usually focus on economic rights—who can reproduce a work, publish it, distribute it, license it or commercially exploit it. But copyright law protects more than just the financial value of a creative work.

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Patent vs Design vs Trademark in India: Which Intellectual Property Protection Is Right for Your Business?

Businesses rarely create products that involve only one type of intellectual property (IP). A single product can contain patented technology, copyrighted software, a trademark, and a distinctive visual appearance that may qualify for design protection. This raises an important question for startups, manufacturers, founders and established businesses: Should you protect your product with a patent,

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How Copyright Protects Writers, Artists & Content Creators | Complete Guide

How Copyright Protects Writers, Artists, and Content Creators Copyright protection plays an important role in helping writers, artists, photographers, musicians, filmmakers, bloggers, and other content creators protect their original work. From a blog post or photograph to a song or video, creative work often requires significant time, skill, research, and effort. Understanding how copyright works

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How to Protect Your Blog Content From Copycats | Copyright Protection Guide for Bloggers

How to Protect Your Blog Content From Copycats: A Complete Copyright Protection Guide Creating high-quality blog content takes time, creativity, research, and consistent effort. But once your content is published online, it can be copied, reproduced, or republished without your permission. So, how can you protect your blog content from copycats? While no method can

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Malabar Gold Wins Trademark Battle: Kerala High Court Protects Brand Rights

The HC sensibly protected distinct trademarks and prevented consumer confusion, but rejected monopolizing the common or place name MALABAR without proof of the public links the word alone to the appellant In the recent trademark news of MALABAR GOLDS the Kerala HC set aside a finding of passing off against a delhi jeweller and held

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IIT-Hyderabad, University of Hyderabad joint team granted patent for nanomaterial fabrication

the patent cover a new method of using benssel beam femtosecond laser to produce ultra thin TMDCs sheets quickly and cheaply. Its novel and incentive because the laser precisely breaks weak interlayer forces. Patent is an intellectual property right granted by the government to the inventor. Its purpose is to prevent from selling, making, using

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Trademark Dispute Kerala HC Says Malabar Gold Cannot Monopolise the Word 'Malabar

Trademark Dispute: Kerala HC Says Malabar Gold Cannot Monopolise the Word ‘Malabar

In the recent trademark news of MALABAR GOLDS the Kerala HC set aside a finding of passing off against a delhi jeweller and held that Malabar gold cannot monopolise the use of the word MALABAR , the court declined to allow exclusive rights over the ordinary word and reversed the prior passing off (to prevent

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BlackBerry vs Indian Patent Law: Delhi HC Defines Software Patent Boundaries

BlackBerry Patent Rejected: Delhi High Court Clarifies Software Patent Rules in India The Delhi High Court recently rejected a patent application filed by BlackBerry Limited relating to a software-based user interface feature that assigned different colours to message recipients. The feature was designed to help users identify contacts more easily and reduce the chances of

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Zee Entertainment Files Music Copyright Case against JioHotstar

Introduction Zee Entertainment Enterprises has approached the Delhi High Court against JioHotstar, alleging unauthorised use of its copyrighted music catalogue. The dispute concerns allegations that JioHotstar continued to broadcast and stream Zee-owned music content across its television and digital platforms even after the expiry of the relevant licensing agreements. The matter has emerged as a

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