Mind Your Claims: Delhi High Court Frames Guidelines for Mental Acts Under Section 3(m)
In the case of T-Mobile International AG and Co. KG v. The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks and Another, the Delhi High Court addressed a…
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Patent Opposition Gone Off Script: Bombay High Court Calls for Reasons, Evidence and Locus
In the case of Saathi, Inc. v. Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks and Anr., a granted patent was revoked despite an Opposition…
D-TAN Gets De-Registered: Delhi High Court Says You Cannot Trademark the Tan Away
In the case of Honasa Consumer Ltd v. Visage Beauty and Health Care Pvt Ltd & Anr., a registered trademark that had remained on the Register for several…
Sculpture, Copyright, and the Statue That Changed Hands
In the case of Ashok Balakrishnan, Proprietor v. Union of India and 2 Others, the dispute began with a miniature and moved to plans for much larger statues.…
Yuvraj Singh Personality Rights: Delhi HC Blocks AI Deepfakes
Cricket legend Yuvraj Singh took on an army of anonymous deepfake creators and counterfeit merchandisers. Did the Delhi High Court's personality rights order go far enough to police…
Use of AI in Patent Examination: Guidelines of Indian IP Office
The Indian Intellectual Property Office published the Guidelines for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Patent Examination Procedures on 7 August 2026. The Guidelines relate to the use…
Mind Over Patent: T-Mobile Case Gives India Its First Section 3(m) Playbook
T-Mobile International challenged the refusal of its mobile-terminal patent under Section 3(m) of the Patents Act before the Delhi High Court. With no settled test in place, could…
Sole Loser: Delhi High Court Makes Crocs Pay Design Cancellation Costs to Bata
Crocs Inc. USA and M/S Bata India Ltd. fought over a footwear design for over a decade before the Delhi High Court. After Crocs' design registration was cancelled…
Deemed Abandonment of Patent Application
When Shiv Nadar University's patent application was deemed abandoned over a four-day delay in replying to an examination report, the Delhi High Court had to decide whether Section…
Trade Secret Misappropriation Claim Denied Over Flooring Formula
Tremco (CPG) India accused former employees and rival flooring manufacturers of misappropriating its trade secrets before the Madras High Court. Weighing a trade secret misappropriation claim over a…