The Convention and the Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees define a refugee as a person who “owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable, or owing to such…
A brand can be defined as a product, service, or concept which can be communicated and marketed easily and can be differentiated from other products, services, or concepts. Earlier more than a hundred years ago, cattle ranchers used to brand their animals using branding irons so that when these cattle…
The International Maritime Organization (IMO), known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating shipping. On the other hand the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), also called the Law of the Sea Convention or the Law of the Sea treaty, is the international agreement that resulted from the…
It is a consolidating statute related to narcotic drugs. It amends all other laws that used to exist related to narcotic drugs before its enactment. The objective of the Act is as follows – To make stringent provisions for the control and regulation of operations relating to narcotic drugs and…
On the issue of determining the issue of patentability of the inventions under the product-by-process claims the Indian Patent Act and Manual of Patent office practise and procedure are silent. but the guidelines which has been issued by office of controller general of patents, designs and trademarks for examination of…
