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…
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From Cow to Incense: Madras HC Backs KMF In Nandini Trademark Case
Can a dairy cooperative stop an incense-stick maker from using its own famous brand name? In the Nandini trademark case, the Madras High Court revives KMF's opposition, distinguishing…
No Shortcuts: Delhi High Court Says a Section 14 Hearing Can’t Be Skipped, Even After Pre-Grant Opposition
Delhi High Court reviews whether the Controller of Patents could refuse Fresenius Kabi Ipsum Srl's sugammadex process patent without a separate Section 14 hearing, despite hearing a competitor's…
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. The Division Bench weighed…
Frozen Assets: Delhi High Court’s Bank Lien Twist in the SKF Trademark Infringement Case
AB SKF has secured an ex parte injunction from the Delhi High Court against sellers of counterfeit ball bearings, in a SKF trademark infringement case that adds a…
Pharmaceutical Combination Patent: Delhi HC Remands Cancer Therapy Patent Case
Array Biopharma Inc. challenged the Deputy Controller of Patents' refusal of its pharmaceutical combination patent for a cancer therapy before the Delhi High Court. Did the Controller's reasoning…
Comparative Advertising Disparagement: Beco v. Surf Excel and Vim
Hindustan Unilever Limited has won an interim injunction against Kwick Living’s Beco brand before the Delhi High Court, in a comparative advertising disparagement fight over Surf Excel and…
Stitching Pattern Trademarks: Levi’s Has KILLER and INTEGRITI in Knots, LAWMAN Slips Through
Where two arcs meet on a jeans pocket became central to this trademark dispute. Reading the permitted and prohibited designs in a settlement agreement together, the Delhi High…
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 flame. ITC argued that…
Trademarks and Company Names in the DNA Forensics Dispute
Can a company resist a name-change direction because another company’s complaint set the process in motion? In this dispute between two DNA testing companies, the Delhi High Court…