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From time-to-time, the Indian Patent office has been issuing Guidelines for Examination (hereinafter GFE) of applications.

In a significant ruling, the Delhi High Court granted an interim injunction in favour of Waterways Leisure Tourism Private Limited, restraining Mr. Mukesh Prasad Thapliyal...

Patent is a set of exclusive rights granted to an inventor or assignee for disclosing and working the invention in the country.

Although there have been several intellectual property (IP) infringement cases in India, most of the time the litigants either settle the dispute out of court or are satisfied with a permanent injunction.

The key to comparative advertising lies in the depiction of the rival goods in a discreet yet assertive fashion. India does not have in place dedicated statue governing the area of Comparative Advertising.

Trademarks are distinguishing devices used by businesses to distinguish their goods and services from those produced by others. Confusion is one of the main grounds for a trademark infringement claim.

When the protection of software is questioned the biggest challenge is to analyze the nature of software: ..

Linguistic vibrance and colloquial jargons are colourful add-ons to the cultural flora of a region. But where technical aspects such as registration of trademarks are concerned, vernaculars often tend to inculcate deceptiveness amongst the brands.

Interim injunctions are granted upon the consideration of a prima facie case having been established, balance of convenience tilting in favour of the plaintiff and irreparable loss and injury being caused by the denial of an injunction.

The Delhi High Court has settled a 20-year legal battle between Shivkumar Shankarrao Thakur and Shiv Biri Manufacturing Company Private Limited regarding the issue of deceptive similarity between trademarks existing in the same class.

DELL is a global brand name in the area of Computer hardware, software and IT consulting services. Dell got embroiled in a passing off action against an Indian company using the ‘Dell’ as its corporate name.

Super Mario Brothers, Road Rash, Tekken, FIFA Soccer Games and other videogames have been and are still being played by a majority of people with age being no bar.

Glaxosmithkline producer of a range of health and medical products in an advertising row for its product Horlicks’ "Taller Stronger Sharper" campaign initiated an action in passing off on Abbott Healthcare (Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare Ltd. v. Abbott Healthcare Pvt. Ltd 2009 (40) PTc 437).

Protecting innovations at every stage of their life-cycle is of utmost importance for all startups. Patents are one way to do this. Patents are exclusive intellectual property rights (IPR) ...

The fundamental object of the Section 57 of the Trademarks Act, 1999 is to maintain the purity of the Register and to attain that goal, the Act allow any person aggrieved, by way of an application, to cause the Registrar or Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB), as the case may be, to cancel, vary or rectify the entry wrongly made or remaining on the Register.

Every day, news reports evidence the ubiquitous and perilous nature of digital piracy.

The definition of the term High Court allows for certainty regarding the territorial jurisdiction of the High Courts.