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Trademarks

No Entry at Madras Gate: INDIA GATE Trademark Infringement Case

KRBL Limited, owner of the INDIA GATE rice brand, took a Chennai trader's Madras Gate mark to Delhi's Patiala House Commercial Court. The INDIA GATE trademark infringement dispute asked whether borrowing just the word Gate for identical goods crosses the…

Gaurav Mishra · 5 Oct 2026

Trademarks

Gold Flake vs Gold Stag : Registration Is No Shield

In Pravin Kumar v. ITC Limited, the Calcutta High Court examined whether a Gold Flake trademark infringement claim survives against a registered trademark’s users.…

Gaurav Mishra · 30 Sep 2026

Patents

Smoking Tobacco, Foiling Obviousness

Philip Morris’s patent concerned a tobacco article meant to be heated electrically, with a wrapper designed to make it harder to ignite with a…

Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 23 Sep 2026