A Little Biology, Some Chemistry, and a Trademark Called BIOCHEM
In the case of Alder Biochem Private Limited v. Zydus Healthcare Limited & Ors., BIOCHEM had been part of the pharmaceutical market for several decades before Alder adopted…
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Parle’s ’20-20′ Trademark Defeat: Filing Beats Prior Market Use
Parle Products and Avon Agro Industries both sought the '20-20' trademark on a 'proposed to be used' basis. The Delhi High Court's Division Bench weighs seventeen years of…
No Class Can Contain GHOSTBUSTERS? Delhi High Court on Well Known Marks and Bad Faith
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…
Mind Your Claims: Delhi High Court Frames Guidelines for Mental Acts Under Section 3(m)
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…
D-TAN Gets De-Registered: Delhi High Court Says You Cannot Trademark the Tan Away
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…
Yuvraj Singh Personality Rights: Delhi HC Blocks AI Deepfakes
Cricket legend Yuvraj Singh took on an army of anonymous deepfake creators and counterfeit merchandisers. Did the Delhi High Court's personality rights order go far enough to police…
Mind Over Patent: T-Mobile Case Gives India Its First Section 3(m) Playbook
T-Mobile International challenged the refusal of its mobile-terminal patent under Section 3(m) of the Patents Act before the Delhi High Court. With no settled test in place, could…
Sole Loser: Delhi High Court Makes Crocs Pay Design Cancellation Costs to Bata
Crocs Inc. USA and M/S Bata India Ltd. fought over a footwear design for over a decade before the Delhi High Court. After Crocs' design registration was cancelled…
Deemed Abandonment of Patent Application
When Shiv Nadar University's patent application was deemed abandoned over a four-day delay in replying to an examination report, the Delhi High Court had to decide whether Section…
Toyota’s ALPHARD Trademark Wins on Trans-Border Reputation Test
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha and Tech Square Engineering Pvt Ltd fought over the ALPHARD trademark at the Delhi High Court. Did grey imports and blog buzz prove trans-border…