The Supreme Industries Limited took on a PVC pipe maker’s registered “SUPREMES GOLD” mark before the Bombay High Court, testing whether a single added letter could defeat a SUPREME trademark infringement claim. Did the court look behind the registration to…
Titan Company Limited took its rejected “Jewellery Assembly” application to the Madras High Court, testing whether a cost-saving gemstone arrangement was patent or design…
In 2003/04, the author started an IP firm as a fresh law graduate with no experience, based on the belief that technology and business…
Fraunhofer's bioreactor patent application met rejection at the Calcutta High Court's IP Division, which weighed whether biological material disclosure of source and geographical origin…
In the case of ITC Limited and Anr. v. Adyar Gate Hotels Limited, the dispute arose from a restaurant that carried the same name…
In a dispute stretching over four decades, the Delhi High Court ruled on the battle between PM Diesels Private Limited and Thukral Mechanical Works…
The Delhi High Court has dismissed Novamax Industries LLP's suit for infringement of its cooler design registration, holding that the plaintiff's own invoices and…
The Delhi High Court sets aside the Controller’s blanket refusal of an FTIR spectral analysis patent for skin cancer tissue characterization, holding that the…
Patent attorneys and agents carry knowledge, skill, and experience that the patent system depends on. They are not mere conduits for the filing of…
In the case of Shaafi Naturcure LLP v Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs, the applicant claimed that six known herbs, when combined in…
The Delhi High Court's Division Bench held that product-to-claim mapping is indispensable for patent infringement, even in anticipatory suits. In a dispute between Zydus…
India's IP professionals protect everyone's intellectual property. They just haven't figured out how to protect the integrity of their own profession. A…
In suits filed as far back as 2009, Koninklijke Philips claimed its DVD decoding patent was a standard essential patent infringed by…
As AI systems grow capable of handling the routine IP tasks that occupy most Indian in-house IP teams, companies will start asking…
The Delhi High Court has ordered Xiaomi to deposit ₹272 crore as pro tem security in a standard essential patent infringement suit…