The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks (CGPDTM) has released Draft Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications in the Field of Pharmaceuticals, 2026 for stakeholder comment. The draft substantially expands on the 2014 pharma guidelines,…
When a Nagpur eatery's three-decade-old 'Barbecue' brand collided with a cloud kitchen's 'Barbeque Gokulpeth' listing on Zomato and Swiggy, the Bombay High Court's Nagpur…
Esteve Pharmaceuticals took its rejected co-crystal patent for tramadol and celecoxib to the Delhi High Court, arguing the combination showed real synergy. The court…
An artwork generated by DABUS cleared the limited originality threshold under Section 13, but the application to register it still failed. An AI system…
When Hindustan Unilever sued Kwick Living over an ad campaign disparaging Vim and Surf Excel, a fight over territorial jurisdiction in IP suits eclipsed…
In Deepak Nitrite Limited v. The Assistant Controller General of Patents and Designs, the Bombay High Court set aside a Section 15 refusal that…
In the case of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and Anr. v. Galactic Television and Communications Pvt. Ltd. and Ors., Gurbani Kirtan streamed from the…
Bisleri International Private Limited approached the Bombay High Court after a Karnataka manufacturer began selling packaged drinking water under 'BISLIE', a mark built by…
Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. challenged the Controller of Patents' refusal of its insecticidal protein application before the Delhi High Court, testing the limits of…
The Indian IP Office has released revised draft manuals dealing with patent and trade mark practice and procedure and has invited stakeholders to send…
A bioreactor patent promising faster biomass growth through radiation exposure has been refused by the Calcutta High Court for failing to explain how the…
The Indian Patent Office has taken a necessary first step by issuing Guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence in patent examination.…
A letter to the Secretary, DPIIT signals that a Copyright Act amendment may be underway, though no draft Bill has been made…
The $1.5 billion Anthropic copyright settlement has received final approval, and the court has entered final judgment and dismissed the action with…
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