Where two arcs meet on a jeans pocket became central to this trademark dispute. Reading the permitted and prohibited designs in a settlement agreement together, the Delhi High…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 24 Sep 2026
Philip Morris’s patent concerned a tobacco article meant to be heated electrically, with a wrapper designed to make it harder to ignite with a flame. ITC argued that…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 23 Sep 2026
Can a company resist a name-change direction because another company’s complaint set the process in motion? In this dispute between two DNA testing companies, the Delhi High Court…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 22 Sep 2026
Cassiopea’s proposed treatment for androgenetic alopecia uses a high concentration of cortexolone-17-α-propionate dissolved in a topical formulation with specified solvents and additives. The Controller rejected its patent application…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 21 Sep 2026
Dharma’s Jigra used “Doctors Without Borders” as part of a fictional prison escape. The Delhi High Court declined to restrain the references, but did not accept that the…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 17 Sep 2026
In the case of Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and Anr. v. Galactic Television and Communications Pvt. Ltd. and Ors., Gurbani Kirtan streamed from the Golden Temple became the…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 28 Aug 2026
In the case of Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. v. Registrar of Trade Marks & Anr., GHOSTBUSTERS encountered an unusual trademark rival outside the world of films, entertainment and…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 17 Aug 2026
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case of Saathi, Inc. v. Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks and Anr., a granted patent was revoked despite an Opposition…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 14 Aug 2026
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…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 13 Aug 2026
In the case of Bristol Bakery v. Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V., the fight was not merely about who used BIMBO first. It was also about who acted…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 13 Jul 2026