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…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 24 Sep 2026
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…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 23 Sep 2026
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…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 22 Sep 2026
Ferrero S.P.A. took on jar manufacturers before the Delhi High Court over a Nutella jar trademark infringement dispute involving lookalike glass jars sold industry-wide as “Nutella jars.” The…
Gaurav Mishra · 14 Sep 2026
Dabur’s NEEM toothpaste met a legal brush with Jyothy’s registered marks. The Bombay High Court found a prima facie case of infringement and passing off concerning Dabur’s prominent…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 14 Sep 2026
In the case of Pares Chandra Das & Anr. v. New Central Book Agency Private Limited & Ors., the author wrote the books, licensed their publication, stated that…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 11 Sep 2026
In the case of The Cinema Resource Centre v. Ganga Rudraiah, an album of film photographs travelled into an archive after being purchased from a scrap dealer. The…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 10 Sep 2026
When a Nagpur eatery's three-decade-old 'Barbecue' brand collided with a cloud kitchen's 'Barbeque Gokulpeth' listing on Zomato and Swiggy, the Bombay High Court's Nagpur Bench had to decide…
Gaurav Mishra · 4 Sep 2026
Esteve Pharmaceuticals took its rejected co-crystal patent for tramadol and celecoxib to the Delhi High Court, arguing the combination showed real synergy. The court had to decide whether…
Gaurav Mishra · 3 Sep 2026
An artwork generated by DABUS cleared the limited originality threshold under Section 13, but the application to register it still failed. An AI system is neither a natural…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 2 Sep 2026