Protecting your software or application name in India?

Planning, designing, developing, implementing and deploying a software application is a herculean task, let alone the money and efforts spent in advertising, branding and marketing.  Therefore, a software application may look simple, efficient and user-friendly to the users, but does have a lot of monetary and human efforts behind it. A software developer is successful when his work is recognized and appreciated by his customers and more importantly when they give due credits to his works by purchasing it through legal means.  This is at the end-user level.  What about mischievous competitors or hackers or competitors who may involve in acts such as creating serial keys, counterfeiting, distributing through peer-to-peer networks, etc. Ways to protect to your software? Patents - Patents can prevent a competitor...

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Why you should hire a lawyer or attorney for trademark?

Filing a trademark has been increasingly becoming easier and the process is constantly evolving to get more transparent than it was.  Obtaining a trademark involves several steps which are crucial and some may seem mere documentation but they are not. Technically, a proprietor, a trademark agent or an constituted attorney can submit trademark applications.  Although submitting a trademark application may seem simple, the impact this has on rest of the whole registration process is significant and decides the end result. Process flow of trademark  published in Official Indian Trademark Registry Website [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="636"] Process Flow of Trademark In India (Source: IPIndia.nic.in)[/caption] Process Flow of Trademark Registration in India As you can see, the first step involves submitting the...

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