intellectual property rights

While establishing a venture, an entrepreneur has to choose from sole-proprietorship, partnership firm, or a limited liability partnership (LLP), and private limited company. Each of these come with their own set of legal specifications.

“We must absolutely protect what is ours. In a country blessed with such unique products, we must ensure that certain qualities and characteristics unique to a place must not be forgotten or usurped by outside vested interest.”

From sleeping on the footpath, studying under the streetlight and working as a paanwala for 12 years, Ganesh Hingmire, today, is a national award-winning legal expert on Intellectual Property Rights and Geographical Indication.