The Patent Act of 1970 and Rules of 2003 clearly lay down the time for the processing of a Patent Application.

The Apex court's decision of December 14, 2017 in the case of Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha v Prius Auto Industries Ltd & Ors (Civil Appeal Nos. 5375-5377 of 2017) affirming the decision...

Haldiram India Pvt. Ltd v Union of India and Anr, is a recent case where it was revealed that the Trademark Registry had misplaced over 44,000 files.

The Principles of Natural Justice find a place in all jurisdictions and legal regimen. The law seems frivolous without the edicts of the principle and governs every branch of law, irrespective whether new or old.

In the case of Sachdeva & Sons Industries Pvt. Ltd v Deputy Registrar of Trademarks, a miscellaneous petition was filed by the Respondent No.2/Petitioner, under Order 47 Rule 7(1) of the Civil Procedure Code(CPC) read with Section 161 of the CPC, seeking for dismissal of the appeal (filed by Sachdeva & Sons Industries Pvt. Ltd [appellant/respondent]).

The standards in case of a “word mark” often come under contention, specifically in cases where words may assume multiple and diverse meanings.

Considering the Indian pharmaceutical industry is the third largest industry in terms of output, it is necessary to understand the regulatory scenario for the pharma sector...

Pursuant to Novartis’ litigation, challenging the appointment of S. Chandrasekaran as the expert Technical Member to hear the matter, the Supreme Court has thrown light on the scenario.

With respect to, the right of a Copyright Society to institute a suit in its own name for infringement of Copyright, an appeal was filed to the earlier decision rendered by the Delhi High Court in Phonographic Performance Ltd. v. Hotel Gold Regency & Ors. [2008 (37) PTC 587 (Del.)]. This decision in appeal declared that a Copyright Society was held not liable to institute a suit for copyright infringement without making the copyright owner a party to the same.

The Delhi High court in the case titled Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Exoncorp Private Limited vide its judgment dated July 16, 2019 granted an injunction restraining the Defendant from using the mark EXON ...

Section 21 of the Patent Act, 1970 (the Act) provides for time for putting application in order for grant.

The Delhi High Court has reiterated that the computer-related inventions demonstrating ‘technical effect' or ‘technical contribution' ...

In the case of Roma Mitra,W/o Dr. (Prof.) N.R Mitra (Appellant/Petitioner) v State of Bihar and Dr. (Mrs) Supata Bhattacharya (Respondent/Complainant); the Petitioner under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure Code(CPC) prayed for quashing of an order passed by the Judicial Magistrate, who had taken cognizance of offence under Sections 63,67 & 68 of the Copyright Act and Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The Intellectual property Appellate Board (the Board) says NO.

Interpretation of Statutes is key to the operation of law. While the rules existent to this may be several, occasions do arise whereby the Courts take cognizance of the same, primarily where the scope of contrast and conflicting interpretations exist.

Certain offices such as patent office universally requires that the processes involved in the process or proceeding related to the patent applications are subjected to statutory time line restrictions

Viking Range Corporation, established under the laws of Mississippi, USA and located therein, moved to the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre, with regard to its grievance in relation to its rights in the mark and name VIKING and VIKING COOKING SCHOOL, being the owner of the trademark VIKING and holder of registrations in respect of the same in the USA.

In a recent, very intensely contested litigation between Merck Sharp and Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd., the Hon'ble Delhi High Court delivered a much awaited judgement. In the suit Merck contended infringement of its Anti-diabetic drug Sitagliptin ..

The trademark regime in India provides for a procedure, whereby a mark may be rectified or varied. An application with such a request may arise for various reasons, including certain grounds that may have attracted rejection of the mark.

It is normal in the course of the life of a start- up to look for funding from investors such as angel investors, early stage VCs etc.