Intellectual Property Rights have been put in place to protect original works in the fields of art, literature, photography, writing, paintings etc from being copied and reproduced for profit. Even choreography stored in written format falls under the ambit of intellectual property rights. Intellectual property, by dint of its nature, demands protection in both tangible and intangible forms. Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Industrial and Layout Designs, and Geographical Indication are some of the forms in which protection has been secured for intellectual property. In this essay, we will examine the legal options available to remedy cyber/online infringement of intellectual property rights. The massive growth of online production and consumption of intellectual property in recent years has created new challenges for the intellectual property right regime. Newer innovative and subtler forms of theft of intellectual property now exist. Instances of such newer methods as h
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