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VNA Partners is an Intellectual Property law firm started with an intention of harnessing creativity and innovation. Our efforts revolve around building, strengthening and protecting your Intellectual Property – Patents, Designs, Trade Marks, Copyrights etc. We develop and manage your IP portfolio and provide solutions that add value to your business. VNA Partners bring to the table a broad spectrum of experience of our IP attorneys in the field of Intellectual Property Law. We also bring a commitment towards thinking ahead backed by our vision to become the world’s most innovative Intellectual Property law firm.

Why Us

We provide end-to-end intellectual property solutions under one roof. We assist in conducting prior art, freedom-to-operate, and invalidation searches; providing legal opinions; strategizing a robust approach for prosecution; drafting patent specifications; prosecuting all IP applications; opposition and other contentious matters; assignment and licensing of intellectual property; and maintaining and building your entire IP portfolio. In a nutshell, VNA Partners takes pride in assisting you with strengthening, harnessing and commercializing your ideas, inventions and creations that would lead the community to a better tomorrow!

IP Vault

Can a name be Trade Marked?

The possibilities of types of trade marks that can be registered in India are vast. It is possible to register an invented word or any arbitrary dictionary word or words; letters or numerals or any combination thereof; fancy devices and symbols; monograms and combination of colours; marks constituting a 3 dimensional design or even sound marks. However, a lot of entrepreneurs prefer having their establishments or brands identified with their family names. Thus, an important question arises: whether a name can be trade marked? In today’s post we will assess as to whether names can be trade marked under the Trade Mark law.

Non Patentable Inventions: A Section 3 Perspective

In our previous post, we saw the process for application for a patent in India along with the criteria for patentability. The Patent’s Act, 1970 (‘Patent Act’) also enunciates as to what are not considered as inventions. Section 3 of the Patent Act bars certain inventions from patentability and any invention which falls within the purview of Section 3 will lead to a refusal. In today’s post, we will briefly discuss about Section 3 of the Patent Act and what kind of inventions fall within its ambit.

Patent Meaning and Application In India

A patent is an intellectual property right relating to inventions. The Indian patent law is designed with a primary objective to encourage inventions by promoting their protection and utilization so as to contribute to the development of industries, which in turn contributes to the promotion of tehnological innovation and to the transfer and dissemination of technology. In this post, let us understand the process of application for a patent in India.

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