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E-commerce platforms cannot become a haven for infringers of intellectual property and allow people to sell counterfeits, the Delhi high court has said, in an order laying down that "safe harbour" protections...

In a significant anti-counterfeiting action, the Hon'ble Delhi High Court granted an ex-parte ad-interim order in favour of KT&G Corporation concerning large-scale infringement of the ESSE family of trademarks.

In July, 2021, the Hon'ble Chief Justice of Delhi High Court announced creation of Intellectual Property Division to deal with IP matters including those which were to be transferred to the Delhi High Court from erstwhile Appellate Board.

The appeal in Ram Krishan and Sons Charitable Trust Ltd. v. IILM Business School [FAO(OS) 331/2007 and CM Nos.8434/08, 1136/08, 4200-01/08, 4214-15/08, 15020/07 and 11857-58/07] was instituted against the order of the learned Single Judge, holding, inter alia, that because of concealment and deliberate misstatement of material facts, Ram Krishan and sons were required to be non-suited and that they had no equity in their favour, hence being disentitled to discretionary relief.

The year of 2019 has been regarded as the most promising year. It started with Disney's magnum opus announcement to deliver two motion pictures consecutively.

Trademark litigation, is more often than not centered around the premise of "deceptive similarity". The aspect becomes more debatable where an argument regarding generic usage or public knowledge of the mark be raised.

In a recent development in Intellectual Property Rights, the Government of India has extended the benefits of Start-up Intellectual Property Protection scheme to all the applicants, i.e. creators and innovators, ...

In the present digital age, rapid growth in online marketing has forced the business owners to go beyond their conventional product distribution and promotional activities.

The data in the report show there were about 377,400 complaints from January through June, out of which 60% was related to alleged copyright violations.

The Hon'ble Delhi High Court in Ferrero Rocher SPA & Anr. v. Piyush Devangan & Anr., vide judgement dated January 22, 2018 granted an ex-parte permanent injunction and decreed the suit in favour of Ferrero Rocher ...

The success of getting the Geographical Indication Registration for 'Pochampally Ikat' has motivated the Government of India and, more specifically the Union Textile Ministry to request the Andhra Pradesh Textiles Development Committee (APTDC) to identify all handloom products, which can be registered under the system.

The Indian Patent Office (IPO) has issued guidelines for startups to file patent, trademark and design application under Start-Ups Intellectual Property Protection (SIPP).

In Icon Health and Fitnes Inc. vs. Sheriff Usman and Anr., the Delhi High Court vide its order dated 12th September, 2017 held that the defendant is responsible for passing off the trade mark...

With India now ranked in the global top 10 for all three major categories of intellectual property rights (patents, designs, and trademarks), according to the World Intellectual Property Indicators...

Registration of a trade mark confers the following rights on the registered proprietor:-

S.K. Industries instituted a suit (“S.K. Industries Pvt. Ltd. v. Rite Foods Product (P) Ltd”. 2008 (38) PTC 200 (Del.)) praying for a decree of permanent injunction restraining Rite Foods Product (P) Ltd. and Ors. from infringing their design of Duck jars.

Giani Gurcharan Singh & Sons (the Plaintiff), a partnership firm engaged in the business of manufacturing and marketing of edible items which included milk and dairy products, ice creams, faluda, milk shakes sued Madhusudhan Singh and Another (the Defendants) for Trademark Infringement and Passing off.

Gillette India Ltd. V. Harbans Lal Malhotra & Sons Private Limited 2009 (41) PTC 182 (Cal)(DB) deals with intervention with the right of Gillette India Ltd.