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Trademarks

Old Invoices, New Trouble: Prior Use Trumps Registration in ATHERMAL Case

In a dispute over the mark ATHERMAL used on welding safety goods, the Delhi High Court set aside a trial court interim injunction against Amit Bansal, finding that his family's invoices dating to 1990 established prior trademark use - rights…

Gaurav Mishra · 10 Jun 2026

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    Gaurav Mishra · 8 Jun 2026

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    Gaurav Mishra · 4 Jun 2026

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The Indian IP Profession: A Story of Talent, Bitter Rivalry, and Lost Purpose

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 candid look…

Gaurav Mishra · 3 Jun 2026

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Stamp Duty on Copyright Assignment: Calcutta High Court Says Exemption Applies

In the case of M/s. Emami Agrotech Limited v. The Deputy Inspector General of Registration, Range III, Hooghly & Ors., a registered copyright assignment…

Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 2 Jun 2026

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Prashant Kishor and the Copyright Crime That Wasn’t

In the case of Prashant Kishor v. State of Bihar, a political campaign dispute travelled into criminal law through allegations of stolen intellectual property.…

Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 1 Jun 2026

Copyrights

Ilaiyaraaja’s Tune, Saregama’s Recording: Who Gets to Press Play?

In the case of Mr Ilaiyaraaja v. Saregama India Limited, a well known song from Moodu Pani became the centre of a layered copyright…

Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 29 May 2026

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No Right to Be Seen: IndiaMart, ChatGPT, and the Limits of Platform Visibility

In the case of IndiaMart InterMesh Limited v. OpenAI Inc. and Others, the court dealt with a new kind of commercial grievance. IndiaMart did…

Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 27 May 2026

Trademarks

The P-C Problem: Something that a Trademark Registry Search in 2001 could have prevented

The Delhi High Court has held that Intas Pharmaceuticals' mark CLAVIX constitutes pharmaceutical trademark infringement of Sanofi's blockbuster heart drug mark PLAVIX, differing by…

Gaurav Mishra · 26 May 2026

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Philips DVD Standard Essential Patent Damages Reversed After 17 Years

In suits filed as far back as 2009, Koninklijke Philips claimed its DVD decoding patent was a standard essential patent infringed by…

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Delhi HC Orders Xiaomi to Pay ₹272 Crore in Standard Essential Patent (SEP) Dispute

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