The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM), Mumbai has issued a public notice dated March 28, 2022, regarding filing of the oppositions against trade marks which are published in Trade Mark Journal ...

On April 09, 2018, Patent no. 251037 granted to J.C. Bamford Excavators Limited (the Applicant) was revoked by the Indian Patent Office...

The Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, established by the Government of India, aims to regulate trade and commerce in weights, measures, and other goods which are sold or distributed by weight...

The Hon'ble Supreme Court vide its judgment dated May 10, 2022 in Rekha Jain Vs The State of Karnataka & Anr. held that to make out a case against a ...

The Union Budget for 2025-26, presented by the Hon'ble Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, outlines India's strategic economic roadmap as it navigates an increasingly complex global landscape.

The Food Safety and Security Authority of India (FSSAI) is a statutory autonomous body under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare which is established under the Food Safety...

The "Action Taken by Government on the Recommendations/ Observations of the Committee contained in its One Hundred and Sixty First Report on ‘Review of the Intellectual Property Rights Regime in India'" ...

The Copyright Office in its recent Public Notice dated December 17, 2020 has notified introduction of e-filing facility for "Registration of Changes in the Particulars of Copyright entered in...

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.

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...

Gradual upsurge in year-on-year number of domestic patent filings achieved a remarkable milestone in the quarter Jan-Mar, 2022, when it surpassed the number of international patent filings at the IPO for the first time in 11 years.

On February 24, 2021, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan deposited its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol with WIPO's Director General.

The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM), Mumbai has issued a public notice dated August 01, 2022 , regarding the pending opposition and rectification matters wherein the parties have settled the matter amicably.

The Madrid system offers a trade mark owner the possibility to have his trade mark protected in several member countries by simply filing one application directly with his own national or regional trade mark office.

In a recent ruling by the Hon'ble Madras High Court in the case of Ramya S. Moorthy v. Registrar of Trade Marks (2023 SCC OnLine Mad 5305), the Court has dealt with a significant issue...

The Government has recently notified extension of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-2020 till March 31, 2022. The Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-2020 is a policy for the facilitation...

The Hon'ble Delhi High Court in its circular dated October 15, 2022 announced that, it is introducing a neutral citation system with effect from October 17, 2022 for all its judgement uploaded...

Pursuant to the recommendation of the 50th GST Council Meeting held on July 11, 2023 concerning the imposition of consistent 28% GST rate on all actionable claims supplied in casinos, horse racing and online gaming on full face value.

Mauritius, a country in African continent deposited its Instrument of Accession to the PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) on December 15, 2022, thereby becoming 157th member to join the PCT.

On September 28, 2021, the Government of the United Arab Emirates deposited its instrument of accession to the Madrid Protocol