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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 candid look at the competition, rivalry,…
In the case of M/s. Emami Agrotech Limited v. The Deputy Inspector General of Registration, Range III, Hooghly & Ors., a registered copyright assignment deed led to a…
In the case of Prashant Kishor v. State of Bihar, a political campaign dispute travelled into criminal law through allegations of stolen intellectual property. The court brought the…
In the case of Mr Ilaiyaraaja v. Saregama India Limited, a well known song from Moodu Pani became the centre of a layered copyright dispute. The court separated…
In the case of IndiaMart InterMesh Limited v. OpenAI Inc. and Others, the court dealt with a new kind of commercial grievance. IndiaMart did not complain about data…
The Delhi High Court has held that Intas Pharmaceuticals' mark CLAVIX constitutes pharmaceutical trademark infringement of Sanofi's blockbuster heart drug mark PLAVIX, differing by just one letter. The…
In suits filed as far back as 2009, Koninklijke Philips claimed its DVD decoding patent was a standard essential patent infringed by two Delhi-based manufacturers. The Single Judge…
Siyaram Silk Mills and Stanford Siyaram Fashion Private Limited clashed before the Bombay High Court in a trademark infringement and passing off dispute over the "Siyaram" mark. Can…
The Bombay High Court, in AIC246 AG & Co. KG v. The Patent Office of India, has set aside a patent rejection that bypassed the mandatory Section 14…
Rynox Gears and Steelite India both hold registered trademarks for motorcycle-related products - RYNOX and RHYNOX respectively. When Rynox sued Steelite for trademark infringement and passing off before…