<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Chinargarg.blog]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chinargarg.blog]]></description><link>https://www.chinargarg.blog/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:24:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.chinargarg.blog/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Can You Really Own a Smell? India's First Olfactory Trade Mark and What It Means]]></title><description><![CDATA[On 21 November 2025, the Indian Trade Marks Registry did something it had never done before. It accepted a smell as a trade mark  a "floral fragrance reminiscent of roses as applied to tyres," filed by Japanese manufacturer Sumitomo Rubber Industries. The decision broke decades of global deadlock between science and law, and it raises a question that sounds absurd until you think about it carefully: can you really own a scent?]]></description><link>https://www.chinargarg.blog/post/can-you-really-own-a-smell-indias-first-olfactory-trade-mark-and-what-it-means</link><guid isPermaLink="false">cc5ce42e-fb07-4bfe-96bb-404d78ac89ab</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 21:02:40 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Chinar Garg</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What I Learned About IP Law Across Three Countries]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have studied and worked with intellectual property law in India, England, and the European Union. They share a common vocabulary  trade marks, patents, infringement, distinctiveness  but the moment you step inside the system in each place, you realise the words mean different things in practice. This post is about the differences that surprised me most, and what they taught me about how IP actually works.]]></description><link>https://www.chinargarg.blog/post/what-i-learned-about-ip-law-across-three-countries</link><guid isPermaLink="false">898e8703-5063-40b8-a93c-2027750c1bf7</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 20:54:12 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Chinar Garg</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>