The Indian Patent Office has taken a necessary first step by issuing Guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence in patent examination. The real test, however, lies in…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 18 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 T-Mobile International AG and Co. KG v. The Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks and Another, the Delhi High Court addressed a…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 15 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case of Saathi, Inc. v. Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks and Anr., a granted patent was revoked despite an Opposition…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 Ashok Balakrishnan, Proprietor v. Union of India and 2 Others, the dispute began with a miniature and moved to plans for much larger statues.…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 12 Aug 2026
In the case of ANI Media Pvt. Ltd. v. OpenAI OPCO LLC, the Delhi High Court considered whether an artificial intelligence model may learn from copyright protected works…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 25 Jul 2026
For a long time, businesses measured strength through land, buildings, machinery, inventory and financial capital, because those were the assets that could be seen, counted and offered as…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 21 Jul 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
In 2003/04, the author started an IP firm as a fresh law graduate with no experience, based on the belief that technology and business focused IP services could…
Dr. Kalyan Kankanala · 8 Jul 2026