Tag Archives: Mistakes

7 Common Mistakes in Trademark Applications

Common Mistakes in Trademark Applications

TL;DR: Most trademark application problems in India are preventable, and they cluster around seven specific mistakes: filing in the wrong class, an inadequate search before filing, choosing a mark that isn’t distinctive enough, incomplete documentation, incorrect applicant details, missing priority claims, and improper power of attorney paperwork. Each of these can trigger an examination objection, […]

Most Common Contract Mistakes That Cost Businesses Money

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TL;DR: Contract mistakes are expensive in a specific way other business mistakes are not: a bad marketing decision can be reversed next week, but a bad contract locks you into unfavourable terms for months or years, and unwinding it costs legal fees on top of whatever the bad terms already cost you. Seven categories of […]

Who’s to Blame for AI Mistakes? Navigating Liability in Business

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TL;DR: A business uses an AI tool to draft a document, answer a customer query, or generate content, and the output turns out to be wrong, defamatory, or infringing, and now someone has suffered a loss. The instinctive assumption is that the AI company is responsible, since it built the tool. In practice, the business […]