CIPFO & APAA (Indian Chapter) organizes "Roundtable on Trademarks Amendment Bill, 2009"

Added: (Thu Jan 07 2010)

Pressbox (Press Release) - New Delhi- Cyberspace & Intellectual Property Foundation (CIPFO) & Asian Patent Attorney's Association (APAA), Indian Chapter organizes a "Roundtable on Trademarks Amendment Bill, 2009" on Friday, 22nd January, 2010 at Indian Law Institute, Bhagwan Dass Road, New Delhi from 5 pm onwards.

The Trademarks Amendment Bill, 2009 has been passed by The Lok Sabha on 18th of December, 2009. The Bill seeks to amend The Trademarks Act,1999 by introducing provisions such as Introduction of International Registrations through International Bureau of World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), extending time for opposing the mark to four months and inserting provisions as to the assignment of the Trade Mark.


This roundtable organized by Cyberspace & Intellectual Property Foundation (CIPFO) and Asian Patent Attorney's Association (APAA), Indian Chapter aims to debate about the new provisions as are introduced in the bill and seek to open a dialogue to suggest amendments in the proposed Act by raising the issues with the government before the bill is introduced and debated in Rajya Sabha.

Mr.Amarjit Singh, Senior Partner, Amarjit & Associates, New Delhi, a noted Senior Trademark Lawyer from India shall brief the delegates about the salient features of the proposed amendments. The Senior Delhi High Court Judges are also invited to provide inputs and share their thoughts to overcome the shortcomings in the proposed amendments in the Act.

The details of the event can be found here

http://www.cipfo.org/trademarks.php

Notes to Editor

Cyberspace and Intellectual Property Foundation (CIPFO)- www.cipfo.org - is an organization headquartered at New Delhi, India. The organization is the fusion of Internet and intellectual property professionals formed with an aim to disseminate knowledge about the Cyber Space and Intellectual Property.

Having experts in the field of Internet research, Internet laws, Internet technologies, Academic and Intellectual Property, CIPFO aims to defend the rights of the individuals, corporations and students willing to protect themselves online or in the physical world.