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…
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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…
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…
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…
Captcha Blocks, Accessibility Knocks: Will CGPDTM Open the Door?
In the case of Masoom Reza v. The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks, the dispute centred on whether the IP Office Trade Marks filing and search…
Seeing Red: Calcutta High Court Upholds Exide’s Trade Dress Injunction Against Amaron
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…
Patent Attorneys: From Strategic Professionals to Ordinary Vendors? The Changing Soul of India’s Patent Ecosystem
For a long time, patent attorneys occupied an important place in India’s innovation and business ecosystem because they helped companies identify protectable value, convert innovation into legal rights,…
No Euphoria for Pirates: Copyright infringement injunction against rogue websites
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…
Isha and Sadhguru: Jurisdiction and Defamation in the Age of Online Content
In the case of Isha Foundation v. Google LLC & Ors., a charitable trust and its founder, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, challenged online videos and articles that allegedly harmed…
Voicemonk Patent Prevails Over Flipkart: Innovation vs Opposition
Voicemonk Patent prevails over Flipkart in a key patent dispute, clarifying novelty, inventive step, and Section 3(k) under Indian patent law