Trademarks and Company Names in the DNA Forensics Dispute
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…
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Cassiopea Hair Loss Formulation Patent Refusal Set Aside for Fresh Examination
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…
Doctors Without Borders, But Not Without an Acknowledgement: Dharma’s Jigra and Trade Mark Use
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…
Empty Jars, Full Infringement: Delhi High Court Rules on Nutella Jar Trademark Infringement
Ferrero S.P.A. took on jar manufacturers before the Delhi High Court over a Nutella jar trademark infringement dispute involving lookalike glass jars sold industry-wide as “Nutella jars.” The…
Two Painkillers, One Crystal, Zero Patent
Esteve Pharmaceuticals took its rejected co-crystal patent for tramadol and celecoxib to the Delhi High Court, arguing the combination showed real synergy. The court had to decide whether…
Clicks vs Courts – Delhi High Court Sends Territorial Jurisdiction in Online IP Suits to a Larger Bench
When Hindustan Unilever sued Kwick Living over an ad campaign disparaging Vim and Surf Excel, a fight over territorial jurisdiction in IP suits eclipsed the merits. Facing conflicting…
From the Golden Temple to Television: Gurbani Kirtan, Broadcast Rights, and the Religious Ceremony Exception
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…
Not a Mere Discovery: Delhi High Court Revisits Section 3(c) Patentability for Recombinant Proteins
Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. challenged the Controller of Patents' refusal of its insecticidal protein application before the Delhi High Court, testing the limits of Section 3(c) patentability for…
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…
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…