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What is the future of IPR in India?
Ensuring better legal protection will give a fillip to grassroots innovation and improve the lives of ordinary Indians. The future of IPR in India will depend on three things: awareness about IPR benefits, stronger enforcement, and convincing Indians that national interest will not be compromised.
Is intellectual property law growing?
Intellectual property law (or “IP law”) is one of the fastest growing areas of legal practice. In addition, areas with high concentrations of technically advanced companies, such as Silicon Valley in California, also tend to have a high demand for IP lawyers.
How IPR leads to monopoly in the industry?
Intellectual property rights as patents, copywrite, licenses, trademarks, etc., provide market power for firms and create barriers to entry in the industry, restricting competition. Companies holding intellectual property rights may reduce production and sales generating higher monopoly prices for the consumer.
Is a foreign will valid in India?
Under the Act, an ancillary probate can be granted to authenticate a foreign will. A foreign will, once proved and deposited in a court of competent jurisdiction, or a properly authenticated copy of the will and letters of administration will be recognised by the Indian Courts.
Who grants IP limited monopoly?
Under the Patents Act, government confers exclusive rights on the Patentee, where the invention cannot be used by others without the authorization of patentee.
What is the highest paying legal job?
Highest paying legal jobs
- Intellectual property paralegal.
- Litigation lawyer.
- General counsel.
- Contracts lawyer.
- Employment lawyer.
- Chief legal officer. National average salary: $148,051 per year.
- Patent attorney. National average salary: $162,214 per year.
- Corporate lawyer. National average salary: $250,028 per year.