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.…
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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…
Patent or Design? Court Sends Titan’s Jewellery Assembly Case Back to the Drawing Board
Titan Company Limited took its rejected “Jewellery Assembly” application to the Madras High Court, testing whether a cost-saving gemstone arrangement was patent or design subject matter. Did the…
Bolar Is Not a Blanket: Madras High Court on Vildagliptin API Exports
In the case of Novartis AG v. Venkata Narayana Active Ingredients Pvt. Ltd., the Madras High Court dealt with a familiar pharmaceutical patent question in a concrete factual…
Who Produced Money, and Who Owns the Copyright?
In the case of R. Kishore Kumar v. M S R R Cine Productions, the court decided who qualified as the producer and copyright owner of MANI, which…
Patent Opposition Board Report: Can you challenge it before the final order?
When is a patent opposition board recommendation ripe for a writ petition, and when is it simply too soon? The Madras High Court tackled this question in a…
Steering the divide: Steer Engineering’s divisional application denied by Court
Madras High Court upheld the refusal of Steer Engineering’s divisional patent application, affirming lack of inventive step and overlap with the parent filing.
No double riding! Court clarifies on patent revocation plea in case involving Philips
In the case of Versuni Holding B.V. Trading as Preethi v. Maya Appliances Private Limited, the patent holder had already sued for infringement before the Delhi High Court.…
Dead Company Dead Mark: Trademark cannot survive a Non Existent Owner or unrecorded trademark assignment
In the case of Tibbs Food Private Limited vs D Lite Frankies and Foods Private Limited, the petitioner sought removal of a trademark registered for “D Lite Frankies…
Trademark Fit Check: MISS MANGO Wears It Right, MANGO Can’t Block It
In the case of Mohamed Yusuf vs. The Registrar of Trade Marks, the appellant sought registration for a clothing brand using the device mark ‘MISS MANGO’. The Registrar…