Vikas Sharma

Copyright Office Practice and Procedure Manuals (2018): the five manuals for literary, artistic, musical, cinematograph film and sound recording works, their status as guidance, and how an application is examined.4 Oct 2026 Madrid Protocol Guidelines of the Trade Marks Registry, Part B: renewals of international registrations and recording of changes - name or address of the holder, limitation, renunciation and cancellation, change in ownership and corrections4 Oct 2026 Madrid Protocol Guidelines of the Trade Marks Registry, Part B: advertisement of an international registration in the Trade Marks Journal, opposition, the provisional refusal based on it, and the final decision sent to the International Bureau4 Oct 2026 Madrid Protocol Guidelines of the Trade Marks Registry, Part B: international registrations designating India - how they are received and recorded, examined like a national application, and when a provisional refusal is notified and answered4 Oct 2026 Madrid Protocol Guidelines of the Trade Marks Registry, Part A: irregularities notified by the International Bureau and how they are answered, and what happens when the basic application or registration ceases to have effect within five years4 Oct 2026 Madrid Protocol Guidelines of the Trade Marks Registry, Part A: how the Registry verifies an international application against the basic mark, certifies it and transmits it to the International Bureau, and the deficiency letters it issues4 Oct 2026 Madrid Protocol Guidelines of the Trade Marks Registry, Part A: who can file an international application through India, the basic application or registration, and how the Registry receives the application4 Oct 2026 Trade Marks Registry SOP: how an application to have a mark determined as well-known under rule 124 is processed - central handling at Mumbai, scrutiny, reference to the Tribunal, publication for objections, hearing and inclusion in the list4 Oct 2026 Trade Marks Registry SOP: how a trade mark application moves through the Registry - pre-examination and Vienna codification, two-stage examination, reply and show-cause hearing, advertisement, opposition and post-registration requests4 Oct 2026 Biotechnology Patent Guidelines 2013, paragraphs 19 to 21: sufficiency of disclosure, clarity and support, unity of invention, deposit of biological material, and source, origin and biodiversity permission4 Oct 2026 Biotechnology Patent Guidelines 2013, paragraphs 14 to 18: section 3(h), (i), (j), (k) and (p) - agriculture, methods of treatment, plants, animals and essentially biological processes, bioinformatics claims, and traditional knowledge4 Oct 2026 Biotechnology Patent Guidelines 2013, paragraphs 10 to 13: section 3(b), (c), (d) and (e) - morality and harm to life or the environment, discovery of living things and naturally occurring substances, new forms of known substances, and mere admixtures4 Oct 2026