Ciba Inc. in a move against Sequent [Ciba Inc. & Anr. v. Sequent Scientific Ltd & Ors. Notice of Motion No.3472 OF 2009 in Suit No.2501 of 2009] alleged them for breach of confidentiality before the High Court of Bombay.

In the matter of UPL Limited vs Union of India & Ors., order dated September 16, 2025, the application for patent by UPL Limited relating to ‘fungicidal combinations', with claim for a fungicidal combination for controlling a broad spectrum of fungal diseases comprising of ternary or quaternary combination of fungicides.

The definition of design as mentioned in the Indian Designs Act specifically excludes trademark and relying on this exclusion, the Delhi High Court in a passing off suit filed by Crocs agreed with the prohibition contained in ...

Indian courts have discussed the legal position concerning construction of claims and summarized the principles of claim construction in several cases, but the limiting effect of preambles is yet to be specifically tested in a court in India

Damages in India are traditionally compensatory in nature. However, we find Indian Courts drifting gradually towards the American concept of granting punitive damages. Also known as exemplary damages, the concept is designed to punish for socially deplorable conduct such as fraud or malicious, reckless or abusive action.

Passing off, a form of tort, the substantive law of which is based on common law with the object of protecting some form of property is no where defined in the Trade Marks Act, 1999 though is referred to in ss. 27(2), 134(1)(c) and 135.

The suit filed by the plaintiff is for injunction and damages for passing off and unfair competition. The plaintiff in their plaint relies on two factors for want of jurisdiction of the court to try and entertain the suit. The first being that the defendants have applied for registration of their trademark GEODON and ZOLOFT in Delhi in the Trade Mark Registration which is in the jurisdiction of this court.

It is a well settled law, as given in various decisions of the court, in situations where trademark was registered during pendency of the suit for passing off, subsequent amendment in the plaint was allowed by the courts and the parties were permitted to incorporate the claim of infringement of trademark in the plaint.

Close on the heels of the US President's historic Republic day visit to India, Gilead, a US based Biopharmaceutical Company, was successful in securing some relief from the Delhi High Court ..

Praying for the grant of a permanent injunction, Super Cassettes Industries Ltd. moved to court to institute an action against the use of the domain name Supercassettes.com by Wang Zhi Zhu Yong HU and Others.

The concept of Copyright pronounces itself to be a “bundle of rights”. In this bundle, parties often find themselves entangled in disputes whereby they perceive the other party to be infringing their right.

The dicta with regard to trademark disputes amongst pharmaceutical products was pretty much settled in the Supreme Court decision Cadila Health Care v. Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (2001) PTC 300 (SC). However, as parties continue to vouch their rights in Courts, the trademark ‘ELECTRAL’ being the subject of the ad-interim injunction came up for pursuance in the matter of FDC Ltd. v. Ajay G. Piramal & Ors. [2008 (38) PTC (Del.)] FDC Ltd. carries on its business of manufacturing medicinal and phar

What amounts to infringement of a copyright in a cinematograph film has always been a matter of debate.

E-commerce has given a fillip to businesses and made global marketplaces accessible at the tip of the consumers' fingers. Such ease of access has been the bedrock of fintech companies, online marketplaces...

A design that is to be registered is to be applied to any finished article that may be judged solely by the eye.

A word trademark is inherently distinctive when it is an invented or coined word and the uniqueness of its distinctiveness can be diluted if used by others in an unauthorized manner. But the pertinent question here is that what is the time limitation to bring a passing off action against the unauthorized use of the trademark.

The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) has recently rejected the appeal of Jones Investment Co. Inc., A US Company, challenging the order of the Registrar of Trade Marks, dismissing the opposition filed by US Company against the registration of trade mark JONES label by Indian party trading as Vishnupriya Hosiery.

In the case of Shyam Traders v Spatial Commercial (P) Ltd. an application for the removal of a trade mark had been filed to stay/ restrain the effect and operation of the registered trademark during the pendency of the rectification application.

Interlude Technologies in pursuance of its suit for permanent injunction, filed an application for the grant of an interim injunction to restrain the infringement of copyright, passing off, unfair competition, rendition of accounts, delivery up and damages.

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