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Trade Secrets in Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)

Kashishipr

In simple terms, trade secrets are Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) granted on confidential or sensitive info, which may be licensed or sold. Generally, any confidential piece of business info that provides a competitive edge to a company or firm and isn’t known to others may be safeguarded as a trade secret.

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Patent and Trade Secret: Never Ending Conundrum

IP and Legal Filings

Patents are there for 20 years where after the expiry they end up being in the public domain. The protection by the trade secrets is generally for those who are not in the domain of other IPs. Those details must be sufficient for a person who is skilled in the relevant technology to make use of the invention.

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Prior Art: The Patent Pitfall

Larson & Larson

According to 35 US Code , the prior art counts against you if it is in the public domain before the effective filing date of your invention. It will also count against you if someone else applied for a patent for a thing identical to your invention and was published under section 122(b.) (35

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Patentability of Food Recipes and the Section 3(e) Challenge

IIPRD

After the Patent Amendment Act 2005, patent protection for food, pharma and chemical inventions is possible but this concept not very popular in India. A patent is a set of rights granted by the government to the inventor for his invention. It should be non-obvious or an inventive step. The answer is yes.

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Rochem v. Nirtech – Analysing the Claim of Breach of Confidential Information

SpicyIP

Image accessed from here While there are many factors which result in the success of business organizations, their ability to use sensitive procedures and advanced technology, thereby protecting their confidential information, can be another crucial aspect of remaining competitive in the market. Nirtech Private Limited & Ors. ,

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Copyright in Registered Designs

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

The protection afforded by design registration is similar to the protection afforded by patenting an invention under the Patents Act, 1970. The total duration of copyright in design will not exceed the fifteen year period, following which the design will become a part of the public domain. Restoration of lapsed designs.

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Intellectual Property Rights and Competition Law in the UAE

IP and Legal Filings

Trade Secrets or Confidential Information. Confidential information is protected under the general criminal, civil and, with respect to employees, labour laws. The knowhow is protected from unlawful use, disclosure or announcement by third parties so long as it has not been previously published or placed into the public domain.