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This case deals with the applicability of the ‘Doctrine of Election’ to Patents. As a rule, in law, one is not allowed to invoke two parallel remedies in a matter.

The advent of electronic media, particularly the television a few decades ago, brought along with it a boom in advertising.

The principles involved in awarding of damages in IP litigation in India have seen a great evolution in the recent past

The provision on Removal from register and imposition of limitations on ground of non-use came up for clarification before the Supreme Court of India in "Thukral Mechanical Works v. P.M. Diesels Pvt. Ltd & Anr." [2009 (39) PTC 193].

Faced with the constant scrutiny of its Patent laws, Indian Government decided that it was time to move beyond the rhetoric surrounding the patentability thresholds for pharmaceutical innovations and have a comprehensive IP Policy in consonance with India’s national priorities and development needs.

Plagiarism, the act of appropriating the literary composition of another author, or excerpts, ideas, or passages there from, and passing the material off as one's own creation which has plagued the world ever since one remembers, is now regarded as violation of copyright by the court.

Technological strides in media and communication have created newer avenues of copyright infringement and most cases of copyright infringement today are reported from the electronic media industry.

"Reason is the soul of an Order." This was the manner in which the Rajasthan High Court chose to highlight the importance of clearly setting out reasons for allowing or rejecting a prayer while considering an application made before a Court.

It is a trite law that a judgement and order passed by the court having no territorial jurisdiction would be a nullity. The provisions of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, govern determination of territorial jurisdiction of a Civil Court. Section 20 of the Code provides that the suits which do not come within the purview of Section 16 to 19 of the Code are to be instituted where the defendants reside or cause of action arises.

The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) recently passed an order for the removal of a trade mark (Tiger Brand label registered under No. 1330146 in class 34) from the Register of Trade Marks in a rectification petition being heard by it.

Increasing globalization riding on Information and Communication technology has been rapidly changing the canvas of financial system in the country.

Deceptive similarity’ is one of the vital tribulations that is sought to be resolved by the Trademarks Act, 1999. As per section 2 (h) a mark shall be deemed to be deceptively similar to another mark if it so nearly resembles that other mark as to be likely to deceive or cause confusion and mark as per section 2 (m) includes a device, brand, heading, label, ticket, name signature, word, letter, numerical, shape of goods, packaging or, combination of colors or any combination there of.

The Commercial Courts Act, 2015 was enacted with the intent to improve efficiency and reduce delay in deciding commercial cases.

It is said that the like-minded people think alike and hence we see different people from various backgrounds coming together to build business, industry, relationships, empires, companies and so on.

With continuous reforms in the landscape of the Intellectual Property (IP) system, India is emerging as one of the dominating player in the modern world economics.

Section 48 of the Patents Act, 1970('Act') confers broad exclusive rights on the patentee enabling her to exploit efficiently the incentives of her invention.

The Havana Club trademark dispute between United States and Cuba has been one of the most prolonging, controversial and potentially acrimonious cases for the World Trade Organization (WTO) till date.