Wrong Form, Short Fee: Can a patent opposition still survive?
The Delhi High Court opined that filing a post-grant patent opposition in the wrong form with a deficient fee could be corrected under Rule 137 of the Patents…
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Too Late to Renew? Trademark granted after 13 years!
In R. Booma Rani v. Registrar of Trade Marks, the Madras High Court examined whether trademark renewal can be refused for the THOTHA matches label, registered sixteen years…
Mark My Words, Not My Tools: BananaIP’s Comments on the Trade Mark AI Guidelines
On 16 October 2026, the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks published the Draft Guidelines on Use of Artificial Intelligence in Proceedings before…
AI Use Guidelines for Trade Mark Attorneys: Recommendations for Verification and Parity
On 16 October 2026, the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks published draft guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in proceedings…
Nice Try, NISE? Madras High Court Dismisses Dr. Reddy’s NISE Trademark Opposition
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories opposed Nice Neotech's 'nice' mark for neonatal equipment, citing its pain-relief brand NISE. The Madras High Court examined whether phonetic similarity across pharmaceuticals and medical…
Credible Challenge to Design Registration: Nayasa Casserole Case
Nayasa Superplast sued Shree Ji Industries before the Delhi High Court over a registered casserole design. The court examined whether a credible challenge to design registration, raised by…
No Patent, No Problem? Protection of Confidential Information
In Advy Biosciences v. Swaraj Lifesciences, the Bombay High Court examined whether protection of confidential information survives without a patent when a supply deal over a goat herd…
AI Inventions and Patents: When Is the Disclosure Sufficient?
AI inventions bring together models, training data, and implementation, and as their functioning is probabilistic, not humanly explainable in most cases, and difficult to reproduce, disclosing them clearly…
Dispatched Is Not Delivered: Deemed Abandonment of Patent Application Set Aside
In Tetra Technologies, Inc. v. Union of India, the Delhi High Court examined whether deemed abandonment of a patent application can rest on a system-generated email the applicant…
Fraud Exam Coaching, Borrowed Credentials: Delhi High Court Grants ACFE Trademark Injunction
In Association of Certified Fraud Examiners v. Kanwaljeet Kaur, the Delhi High Court examined whether an expelled member's coaching institute could keep using the ACFE and CFE marks.…