Trademark/ Copyrights/ Patents

Trademark

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What is Trademark

Trademark can be a sign, logo, symbol, word, or combination of all or any of the above that a person can use to distinguish their business’ goods or services from those of other traders, commercial identity, or brand by discouraging other businesses from adopting a name or logo that is of similar nature to an existing trademark.

How do you protect your Brand?

Registering a trademark will give its owner the right to exclusively use, license, or sell the mark within the categories for which it is registered, blocking others from using a mark that is substantially identical or deceptively similar. In this way, trademarks protect brand identity and secure a company’s rights; to its image. A trademark remains registered indefinitely if it continues to be used.

Trademark Classification

In Pakistan Trade Marks are classified under 45 classifications having signatory to International Nice Classification (Agreement) based on Geneva accord executed by 75 Countries. Idea is to register Trade Mark under these classifications capable of distinguishing your goods or services from similar Trade Mark of other classified business sectors. Moreover, a trademark can conveniently be registered in more than one country under the same classification to avoid complexity.

Legal statutory remedy against infringement of Trademark

Trademark having been registered, is protected under the Trade Mark Ordinance, 2001 and in terms of the said law, any such person aggrieved of infringement can instantly approach the Court of law for interim relief so as to restrain a person from using such Trade Mark. Moreover, a suit for damages can be filed claiming general loss arising out of falsification, counterfeit and undue advantage, as a substantial relief.

Whereas a simultaneous criminal course can also be adopted for prosecuting a person having committed an offence of infringement by lodging First Information Report (FIR) with respective police station in terms of offences mentioned under Section 478 – 489 of Pakistan Penal Code 1860.

Copyright

We at Lego Vault is dedicated to providing specialized, high efficient copyrights services for domestic and foreign client in the scope of Copyrights registration.

What is Copyright?

Copyright is a legal right provided to the author of “original works of authorship,” including artistic, dramatic, literary, musical and certain other intellectual works. Purpose of protecting copyright of authorship is to guard against different forms of piracy adopted from time to time.

Which Works can be protected under copyright?

Purpose of Copyrights is to protect all “original works of authorship” against any act of piracy etc. Law of copyrights are enshrined under The Copyrights Ordinance, 1962 and includes the following works:

• Musical works
• Artistic works
• Cinematographic Works including motion pictures
• Architectural works
• Books
• Photographs
• Newspapers
• Engravings and sculptural works
• Lectures
• Sound Records
• All types of literary works
• musical works,
• dramatic works
• sound recordings and other audiovisual works
• Computer Software
• Copyrights Duration

Benefits of Copyrights

Copyrights protection is a legal right vested in the author and copyrights protection benefits the author in many ways including the following:

• Prevent against privacy
• Enables the author to file a claim in Court of law
• Benefits in form of economic rights and economic awards
• Control the mode of publication
• Professional rating in respective market works

Protect your Copyrights

If you are the author of any genius work and you are desirous to protect its copyrights, we at Lego Vualt provide assistance in applying and protecting your precious works against all sorts of piracies. Please place your queries and we shall instantly get back to you.

Legal Remedies against Infringement

Law provides both civil and criminal remedies including lodging of First Information Report against any person who knowingly infringes or abets the infringement of the copyright in a work protected under the law.

Patents

PATENT

Increasing competition and global commerce have changed the way patents are approached and managed. We at Lego Vault aim at offering all-around, high-quality patent registration services for domestic and foreign clients.

What is a Patent?

A patent is a right of exclusion granted by a government to the inventor of an article, device, substance, process or method which is new, inventive and useful in return for its development and disclosure to the public.

Benefits of Registering Patent

Once a patent is registered, apart from exclusive right of using the patent any other person is prevented from exploiting invention of the grantee.  The patent could be used to raise funds for his business, license it to any third person for commercial returns or sell the patented invention.

Procedure for Patent Registration in Pakistan

Patent Registration involves various steps to be followed till the actual grant of the patent. Following procedure needs to be followed once a company intends to register a patent in Pakistan:

• Application for registration of Patent
• Filing the Complete Specification of the proposed patent work
• Examination by the Patent Office
• Calling for public third part objections
• Contesting third party objection if any
• Grant of patent
• Patent renewal
• Patent Duration

Patent is granted for a period of 20 years from the Date of Filing of application, subject to the payment of annual renewal fees.

Patent Renewal

Patent renewal is sought every year following the expiration of 4th year till period of total of 20 years.

Register your Patent

If case you wish to register patent for your invention, we at Lego vault provide assistance in registering patents for your invention with IPO Pakistan. We are engaged by our clients in all matter pertaining to Intellectual rights including the following:

• Application for registration of Patent
• Filing the Complete Specification of the proposed patent work
• Processing of necessary paperwork
• Contesting third party objection
• Patent renewal