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 of AI in activities such as patent classification, prior art searching, claim…
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…
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'…
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…
Tremco (CPG) India accused former employees and rival flooring manufacturers of misappropriating its trade secrets before the Madras High Court. Weighing a trade secret…
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha and Tech Square Engineering Pvt Ltd fought over the ALPHARD trademark at the Delhi High Court. Did grey imports and…
A letter to the Secretary, DPIIT signals that a Copyright Act amendment may be underway, though no draft Bill has been made public. Academics…
NEC Corporation's appeal over the refusal of its video coding patent has been dismissed by the Delhi High Court, which confirmed that the invention…
Satyam Fashion sought an interim injunction against Meesho Technologies over a registered kurta design, but Meesho pointed to its own marketplace listing to challenge…
Sulzer Mixpac appealed the rejection of its static mixer patent to the Delhi High Court, arguing its own prior patents did not anticipate the…
Industria de Diseno Textil (Inditex), owner of ZARA, challenged the Trade Marks Registry and Aggarwal Bag House before the Delhi High Court in the…
The $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright settlement has received final approval, and the court has entered final judgment and dismissed the action with…
Patent attorneys and agents carry knowledge, skill, and experience that the patent system depends on. They are not mere conduits for the…
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…
In suits filed as far back as 2009, Koninklijke Philips claimed its DVD decoding patent was a standard essential patent infringed by…