IP Day- 'I Promise' to protect my rights.
Richa M Goyal CS
Company Secretary | Trademark Attorney | Independent Director/ Member of INTA/Corporate Connections/ CII
There are a million different inventions each day and, with the increasing awareness about intellectual property rights, the first instinct of many is to secure their work. Today, the 26th of April, 2021 is Intellectual Property Day. A day that reminds everyone how precious their thought process is, but not necessarily their ideas. According to the Berne Convention Article 2, your idea is legally allowed to be copied, but it's the expression of thoughts that makes you stand out.
Take, for example, Patent No. 7,066,592 for Pierced Glasses or Patent No. 6,637,447 for Beerbrella. These are the expression of thoughts, it's the ideas put into action and, that's what's required of you. As crazy as your idea may seem, if you can turn it into a tangible piece of work, you can secure it. Go ahead and secure your work by reaching out to your trademark attorney because there are over 7.9 billion people in this world, and a trademark attorney is the one who'll have your back.
So, this 26th April, say it out loud. 'I promise' know my rights. 'I promise' to protect my rights. 'I promise'.