Blog & IP Insights
The History of the ® and ™ Symbols
The ® and ™ symbols carry a legal history stretching from 19th-century British common law to modern statutes l...
The Origins of Industrial Design Protection
Industrial design protection in Nepal traces back to the Patent, Design and Trade Mark Act, 2022 BS (1965 AD)
A History of IP Law in South Asia and How Nepal Fits In
Intellectual property law in South Asia is a patchwork of colonial legacies, post-independence reforms, and mo...
A Short History of Intellectual Property Law
Intellectual property rights in Nepal moved from unwritten artisan guild customs to a codified statute with th...
The Berne Convention & the Birth of International Copyright
The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, signed in 1886 in Berne, Switzerland,...
The Oldest Registered Trademarks in History
The oldest registered trademarks in history trace back to ancient merchant marks, but formal registration bega...
The First Patent in History & How Patents Began
The first patent in history was awarded in 1421 in Florence to architect Filippo Brunelleschi for a cargo ship...
The History of Trademarks: From Potters' Marks to Modern Brands
The history of trademarks stretches back more than three millennia
A History of Copyright: From the Printing Press to Streaming
Copyright law began in 1710 with Britain's Statute of Anne, which shifted control from printers' guilds to aut...