Showing posts with label intellectual property law. Show all posts
Showing posts with label intellectual property law. Show all posts

Monday, January 28, 2013

Intellectual Property Application Fees 2013

A query has been sent to YLH&Co for its application fee schedule for IP related issues in Pakistan.

Here is our fee structure for 2013:

For Trademark protection, the standard fees we offer are

Rs. 25,000 professional fees +  Rs. 8,000 filing fee per class per trademark all inclusive.

For Copyright

Rs. 30,000 inclusive of all fees.

For Patents

Rs. 100,000 per patent application

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

La protection des logiciels et des bases de données ie The protection of the software and the databases (French)

Nichée au carrefour du droit et de l'informatique, la propriété intellectuelle des logiciels et des bases de données est source de nombreux litiges. Sans vouloir trop approfondir une matière souvent, pour ne pas dire toujours complexe, je vous propose ici d'appréhender, fusse en surface, la protection des logiciels et des bases de données en France et à l'international.


Le logiciel est constitué de l'ensemble des programmes, des procédés et des règles, et éventuellement de la documentation, relatifs au fonctionnement d'un ensemble de données. Le logiciel est protégé par le droit d'auteur adapté aux spécificités techniques des programmes d'ordinateur. Le logiciel protégé peut être un programme de base, d'exploitation ou d'application. Cela peut être un logiciel général ou réalisé sur commande. La protection par le droit d'auteur porte sur l'architecture du logiciel, l'enchaînement des instructions, le code objet et le code source, les interfaces logiques.

Thursday, August 30, 2012

Apple v. Samsung

By Yasser Latif Hamdani

So the die is now cast against Samsung and the reason is that Samsung is an Asian and not an American company. At least that is the clearest message one gets from the recently concluded Apple v. Samsung suit in California.

I am an I-phone user and I consider Android Phones at best a cheap immitation but I fear that the judgment awarding Apple US $ 1 billion in damages is not only too excessive but it amounts to a judicial intervention in competition. How can rectangles with rounded corners be a patent upheld by a court of law? Perhaps the courts should also consider awarding billions of dollars in damages to XEROX whose personal computer design Apple stole many moons ago.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

An overview of intellectual property laws in Pakistan

Book Recommendation: Emanuel Law Outlines: Intellectual Property

By Muhammad Kamran Sharif LLB (Punjab) LLM (London)

1. INTELECTUAL PROPERTY
Intellectual Property laws include the copyright laws, patent laws and trademark laws. Intellectual Property is often the most valuable and least protected asset of many businesses and creative individuals. This area of law protects the work of creative individuals and businesses and protects such creation from unauthorized use or exploitation by third parties. By utilizing Intellectual Property laws, creators and innovators can fully protect and benefit from their creations.