The Madras High Court dismissed Scrum Alliance's petition for rectification of the CSM trademark, citing insufficient proof of prior use and upholding honest and concurrent use by the…
Intellepedia · 4 Nov 2024
The Madras High Court cancelled the SUGUNA trademark registration for grinders, favouring prior user rights of the petitioners with established goodwill since 1959. The respondent’s claims of honest…
Intellepedia · 28 Oct 2024
The Madras High Court has clarified that copyright disputes arising within partnerships, particularly as matters of misuse of partnership assets, are arbitrable. This case demonstrates the enforceability of…
Intellepedia · 25 Oct 2024
The Madras High Court ruled that methods for producing antibodies in genetically modified animals are patentable under Indian law and are not excluded by Section 3(i). This decision…
Intellepedia · 8 Oct 2024
The Madras High Court considered whether human intervention in a plant breeding method excluded it from section 3(j) of the Patents Act. The case was remanded to the…
Gaurav Mishra · 17 Sep 2024
The Madras High Court cancelled a later identical trademark registration, upholding Prakash Pipes' prior rights and extensive use. The Court found the later registration was malicious and reinforced…
Intellepedia · 9 Sep 2024
The Madras High Court has ruled in favour of Prakash Ferrous Industries, granting them an injunction over the TIRUMALA trademark for TMT steel bars. The judgment reinforces the…
Intellepedia · 30 Aug 2024
The Madras High Court upheld the Patent Office’s refusal of IIT Madras’s patent application for a method of doping potassium into ammonium perchlorate. The judgment clarifies the application…
Intellepedia · 20 Aug 2024
The Madras High Court set aside the patent refusal order against Green Cross, highlighting errors in the assessment of inventive step and technical disclosure. The case has been…
Intellepedia · 15 Aug 2024
The Madras High Court examined the issue of phonetic similarity in a trademark dispute involving ‘LITTLE EINSTEINS’ and ‘LITTLE EINSTEINZ’. It held that the Respondent’s mark was deceptively…
Intellepedia · 24 Jul 2024