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In H&M; Hennes & Mauritz Ab & Anr v. HM Megabrands Pvt. Ltd. & Ors/ IA-7259/2016 (May 31, 2018), the High Court of Delhi ...

With the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases swelling up in the country, various government bodies are taking stringent steps and intensifying the fight against the virus.

On April 2, 2018, in Superon Schweisstechnik India v. Modi Hitech India Ltd./CS (COMM) No.750/2018, the High Court of Delhi ruled on the issue of abbreviations of words being used as trademarks for goods sold, ...

The Madrid Protocol is a convenient and cost-effective system that offers the owner of the trademark the possibility to have their trademark protected in several countries...

A prominent Indian court has recently addressed for the first time the issue of parallel imports of intellectual property (IP) under Indian law in favor of a non-Indian IP owner. The High Court of Delhi (an appellate court inferior only to the Supreme Court of India) has issued an injunction in favor of Samsung Electronics prohibiting the continued unauthorized importation and distribution by Indian businesses of ink cartridges and toners that Samsung had manufactured and sold in China, ruling t

The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) has issued a public notice moving the communication of First Examination Reports (FERs) in design applications to email. With effect from 2 October 2026, design FERs will ordinarily be sent only to the email address the applicant has provided in Form-1, under the “Address for Service in India” particulars, and physical dispatch by post will ordinarily stop. The office has framed the change as part of paperless administration and the Digital India initiative.

Goodwill means an intangible asset taken into account in assessing the value of the enterprise and reflecting its commercial reputation. One cannot be allowed to make use of the reputation and goodwill of the other by adopting his trade mark or a deceptively similar trade mark for his product. On the same principle he cannot be allowed to take advantage of the pendency of litigation between the one whose rights he has infringed and the third party.

Trademark infringement disputes have involved parties from nearly all types of corporations and business. The media, typically involved in copyright issues is also witnessing trademark rows with respect to their brand name and identity.

Trademark disputes in relation to pharmaceutical products find themselves in litigation time and again. In a plea for an interim injunction at the High Court of Delhi, an ex-parte order had been rendered and the parties were heard to confirm the order.

Recently, the office of the Controller General of Patents Design and Trade marks (CGPDTM) has created two Twitter accounts, @cgpdtm_India and @Ipo_India.

Our Associate, Nikita Lakhani discusses "Jewellery and Intellectual Property: A Conflict Between Copyright, Designs and Trademarks".

Gokul, Gowardhan, Kishen, Kaniya, Nand Gokul, Ananda, Shyam.. etc. Do these words ring a bell? Apart from being associated with milch animals, aren't they all connected to the Indian deity

In a recent judgment in Krishna Plastic Industries Vs. Controller of Patents and Designs, the Kolkata High Court has cautioned the Controllers to give speaking orders, especially the Orders...

Companies build their reputations on the backs of their products and services, which they market under a variety of brand names!

In the realm of luxury goods, Louis Vuitton has consistently thrived as a high-end brand. Since its inception in 1854, the brand has consistently led trends and established new standards in the world of fashion.

Louis Vuitton is a luxury retail company and one of the top fashion houses in the world. The logo ‘LV' is a protected trademark.

It has become a well-settled principle that while adjudicating deceptive similarity of medicinal products, the yardsticks adopted by the Courts are stringent. The Supreme Court of India in Cadila Health Care Ltd. v. Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd., AIR 2001 SC 1952, laid down the general guidelines that are to be adopted while adjudicating deceptive similarity in medicinal products.