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30/09/2026

How a design registration actually works (most people mix it up with a trademark). A trademark protects your brand name or logo. A design registration under the Designs Act, 2000 protects how the product itself looks, shape included. Different statutes, different filing tests, different renewal terms. Now you'll know why a product's shape and its brand name need two separate filings. Ever assumed one registration covered both?

29/09/2026

GST on IP licensing isn't a footnote to the agreement, it's a separate compliance layer with its own rules. 5 mistakes we see in licensing and assignment deals, from royalty treatment to place of supply. Save this before your next agreement goes out. Which of these have you seen catch a business off guard?

28/09/2026

Design protection isn't just logos. 5 categories under the Designs Act, 2000 that businesses often skip: surface patterns, GUI/icon sets, packaging structure, spare parts, and sets of articles. Worth a look at your own product line. What's yours missing?

27/09/2026

Patents, trademarks and designs each run on their own renewal clock. Track them in three separate places and one eventually slips.

The Docketing Framework: one calendar, a buffer before each deadline, an owner for every entry, and a review trigger instead of just a reminder.

A missed renewal doesn't cost a filing fee. It can cost the right itself.

Does your business track IP renewals on one calendar, or split across whoever filed each one?

26/09/2026

45 days. That's the deadline the MSMED Act sets for paying a registered micro or small enterprise supplier. Miss it and interest starts running at three times the RBI's rate. The 2026 amendment doesn't move that number, it sharpens what happens after. Does your vendor contract actually track this?

25/09/2026

A draft Bill isn't law yet, but it's worth reading before your next contract goes to signature. The draft Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Bill proposes emergency arbitration under Section 9A, among other changes. 5 provisions worth watching, swipe through.

24/09/2026

A vendor agreement isn't a formality, it's what you're stuck with when something goes wrong. 6 mistakes SMEs make drafting their first one without legal review: vague payment terms, no spec clause, no exit clause, no confidentiality clause, a copied template, and assuming a signature alone makes it enforceable. Which one has your business skipped?

23/09/2026

A product's shape, a printed pattern and a logo aren't protected by the same law. The Design Protection Decision Framework breaks down which statute actually applies, and why. Which one applies to your product?

22/09/2026

5 mistakes MSMEs make when a vendor agreement's arbitration clause meets the MSMED Act, after the August 2026 High Court rulings. The clause and the statute don't automatically agree on which forum hears a dispute, and that gap tends to show up mid-dispute, not before. Which of these five is in your current vendor agreements?

21/09/2026

How a trademark actually moves from application to registration (most people get this wrong). It's five stages: filing, examination, publication, a four-month opposition window, then registration. Each one tests something different. Which stage is your pending application sitting in right now?

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