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Intellectual Property ( Copyright, Patent, trademark, geographical indication, Industrial design)
by Aparajita Debnath · Published February 23, 2018 · Last modified March 12, 2021
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There are some difficulties to implement the Intellectual Property Rights in Bangladesh. This thesis will discuss shortly on those, as below: IP Law Enforcement: Weak IP enforcement It gained championship in corruption in the...
Locarno Agreement: The Locarno Agreement establishes a classification for industrial designs (the Locarno Classification). The competent offices of the Contracting States must indicate in official documents reflecting the deposit or registration of industrial designs...
Madrid Agreement (Marks): The Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks is governed by the Madrid Agreement, concluded in 1891, and the Protocol relating to that Agreement, concluded in 1989. The system...
Trademark Law Treaty: The aim of the Trademark Law Treaty (TLT) is to standardize and streamline national and regional trademark registration procedures. This is achieved through the simplification and harmonization of certain features of those procedures,...
Phonograms Convention: The Phonograms Convention, adopted in Geneva in October 1971, provides for the obligation of each Contracting State to protect a producer of phonograms who is a national of another Contracting State against...
Paris Convention: The Paris Convention, adopted in 1883, applies to industrial property in the widest sense, including patents, trademarks, industrial designs, utility models, service marks, trade names, geographical indications and the repression of unfair...
Marrakesh VIP Treaty: The Marrakesh Treaty was adopted on June 27, 2013 in Marrakesh and it forms part of the body of international copyright treaties administered by WIPO. It has a clear humanitarian and...
WIPO-Administered Treaties Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances: The Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances was adopted by the Diplomatic Conference on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances, which took place in Beijing from June 20...
In Bangladesh Intellectual Property (IP) is administered by two separate ministries. The two offices responsible for IP matters in these two ministries are – I. The Department of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (DPDT)...
General Introduction National Laws on IP: I. Patent: The Patents and Designs Act, 1911- According to this act the rights of the patent provides 16 years of protections. WIPO has expressed their opinion about...
Layout-designs of integrated circuits A layout-design of an integrated circuit is the three-dimensional disposition of the elements of an integrated circuit and some or all of the interconnections of the integrated circuit or such...
Trade secrets A trade secret is a formula, practice, process, design, instrument, pattern, commercial method, or compilation of information which is not generally known or reasonably ascertainable by others, and by which a business...
Industrial designs An industrial design can be a two- or three-dimensional pattern used to produce a product, industrial commodity or handicraft. In a legal sense, an industrial design constitutes the ornamental or aesthetic aspect...
Designs A creative idea, for example for a certain flowered cloth pattern, is intangible and can be reproduced without any asset erosion. Therefore, exclusive rights to specific physical things, like the flowered cloth pattern,...
Patents The word patent originates from the Latin patere, which means “to lay open” (i.e., to make available for public inspection). More directly, it is a shortened version of the term letters patent, which...
Copyright is a legal right created by the law of a country that grants the exclusive rights of the creator on an original work to its use and distribution, usually for a limited time. The...
Geographical indications (GI) A geographical indication is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin. In order to function...
Trademark A trademark, trade mark, or trade-mark is a recognizable sign, design, or expression which identifies products or services of a particular source from those of others. The trademark owner can be an individual,...
