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Patent Rights Protected Despite NBA Approval Delay: Fresh Examination Directed

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Patent rights protected despite NBA approval delay, with fresh examination directed.

Trade Dress Passing Off: Delhi HC Restrains GAINDA from Copying HARPIC, COLIN & LIZOL Get-Up

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The Delhi High Court has granted an interim injunction restraining Grand Chemical Works from selling cleaning products under the ‘GAINDA’ mark in trade dresses copying the distinctive get-up of Reckitt’s HARPIC, COLIN, and LIZOL brands. In this trade dress passing off case, the court had to decide whether an overall similarity in bottle shape, colour scheme, and packaging layout could overwhelm a prominently different house mark and how far a design that has expired can still live on as trade dress.

No Reasons, No Refusal – and No Absolute Bar Anymore: Bombay HC on Atomic Energy & Nuclear Patent Rejections

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Must the government explain why it refuses a patent on atomic energy grounds? In Huntington Alloys Corporation v. Union of India, the Bombay High Court held that even an absolute statutory power demands a reasoned order – and the SHANTI Act 2025 has since rewritten the rules on nuclear patentability entirely.

AI Inventorship and the DABUS Refusal in India: Patent Opponent’s Submissions in the Patent Office Order

In Patent Application No. 202017019068, Stephen L. Thaler named DABUS, an artificial intelligence system, as the inventor of a food container invention. Although the Indian Patent Office refused the pre-grant opposition filed by Dr. Kalyan C. Kankanala in a separate order, its order refusing the application substantially Includes/mentions the opponent’s statutory and comparative-law submissions on inventorship and proof of right.

No Copyright in a Golf Swing of Ideas

In the case of Gurbaaz Pratap Singh Mann vs Kunwar Raghav Bhandari and Ors., the Delhi High Court looked at whether the defendants had copied the plaintiff’s protected expression in a golf format. It held that similarities related to ideas and game mechanics do not amount to infringement. It found that the defendants had not reproduced any protectable expression from the plaintiff’s work.

Copy Paste Creativity Fails the Originality Test

In the case of Bombay Metal Works (P) Limited vs Tara Singh Prop. R.S. Industries (Regd), a dispute arose over competing packaging designs for bicycle parts. The petitioner challenged the respondent’s copyright registrations on the ground that the designs were copied. The court looked at whether the impugned works were original and whether the registrations could stand.

Inventorship of AI Technologies (DABUS): Submissions of the Opponent

In Patent Application No. 202017019068, Stephen L. Thaler named DABUS, an artificial intelligence system, as the inventor of a food container invention. The Opponent challenges that position by arguing that Indian patent law recognises only human inventors, and that an AI system cannot furnish the inventorship, entitlement, or proof of right needed to sustain a patent application.

Inventorship of DABUS in India: Can an AI System Be the True and First Inventor?

In the case of Patent Application No. 202017019068, Stephen L. Thaler sought a patent for a food container invention and named DABUS, an artificial intelligence system, as the inventor. That choice led to objections on whether an AI system can be recognised as an inventor in India, whether rights can flow from such inventorship, and whether the same issue could be raised through a pre grant opposition.

Seeing Red: Calcutta High Court Upholds Exide’s Trade Dress Injunction Against Amaron

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Can a battery brand spend years telling consumers that red means Exide, and then quietly launch its own red product line? The Calcutta High Court’s Division Bench says no, upholding Exide’s interim injunction against Amaron maker Amara Raja in a significant trade dress passing off ruling.

No Euphoria for Pirates: Copyright infringement injunction against rogue websites

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The Delhi High Court granted an ex parte ad interim injunction in favor of HBO, to protect Euphoria from online piracy ahead of its India release. The court noted that rogue websites could cause immediate commercial harm and directed blocking measures against the identified websites.