What began as a routine GI application in 2005 ended twenty years later with Delhi High Court's Division Bench settling one of Indian IP law's most contested geographical…
Gaurav Mishra · 20 Mar 2026
In the case of Kent Ro Systems Limited v. Kent Cables Private Limited, two businesses using the same mark KENT clashed over who could sell fans under that…
Gaurav Mishra · 19 Mar 2026
Madras High Court upheld the refusal of Steer Engineering’s divisional patent application, affirming lack of inventive step and overlap with the parent filing.
Gaurav Mishra · 18 Mar 2026
In the case of Versuni Holding B.V. Trading as Preethi v. Maya Appliances Private Limited, the patent holder had already sued for infringement before the Delhi High Court.…
Gaurav Mishra · 17 Mar 2026
In the case of Volkswagen AG v. The Registrar of Trade Marks and Anr., Volkswagen opposed Maruti Suzuki’s application for TRANSFORMOTION in Class 12 on the ground that…
Gaurav Mishra · 16 Mar 2026
In the case of Getty Images v Stability AI Ltd, Getty Images sued Stability AI, the developer of the Stable Diffusion generative AI model, alleging that the system…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 13 Mar 2026
The Delhi High Court has reaffirmed a simple patent lesson: mixing known compounds will not do unless the mix delivers something unexpectedly better. In Crystal Crop, the claimed…
Neetha Mohan · 12 Mar 2026
In the case of GEMA v OpenAI entities operating ChatGPT, the collecting society GEMA sued the operators of a generative AI chatbot for reproducing protected song lyrics through…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 11 Mar 2026
In the case of Daikin Industries Ltd. v. Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs, the Indian Patent Office refused Daikin’s patent application relating to a shell and plate…
Gaurav Mishra · 10 Mar 2026
The Delhi High Court recently refused to grant an interim injunction in the dispute between Forest Essentials and Baby Forest Ayurveda. The court held that “BABY FOREST” was…
Gaurav Mishra · 9 Mar 2026