The absence of policy whereby registered owners of trade mark are entitled to register its mark with ICANN on payment of fee with the stipulation that in case any person seeks to register a domain name consisting of the registered mark, no objection would be required to be obtained from the owner of the registered mark

The principles involved in award of damages in intellectual property (IP) litigation in India have seen much evolution in the recent past.

Long-awaited journey for Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programmes in India with other countries has been kick-started this week by the Government of India.

The Central Government by way of an Ordinance, namely the Tribunals Reforms (Rationalization and Conditions of Service) Ordinance, 2021, published in the Gazette of India dated April 4, 2021...

Until a few years back, the Indian Trade Marks Office was confronting what some might describe as an insurmountable pendency

The category of ‘selection patents' pertains to specific inventions that are individually novel but selected from a group of a previously known class

It is an undeniable fact that the worldwide reserves of conventional oil and gas have been depleting rapidly.

There were several suits filed by the Plaintiff (Crocs) against number of Defendants for design infringement of its footwear.

Long-awaited journey for Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) programmes in India with other countries has been kick-started this week by the Government of India.

In the recent case of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL) vs Competition Commission of India & Anr., the Delhi High Court was presented with a question on whether the Competition...

In view of the challenges faced by the outbreak of COVID-19, on March 23, 2020, the Supreme Court of India took Suo Motu cognisance of the situation and by an order extended the limitation period...

The objective behind the recommendation is to improve transparency of related party transactions.

Can a utility model system specially designed to promote innovation constitute a viable alternative to the patent system?

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has published Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2015. Some of the salient features of the Draft amendments Rules are summarised below...

In Michael Casey Enterprises Ltd. & Ors v TVC Sky Shop, the controversy entailed the interplay of the Copyright Act, 1957 and the Designs Act, 2000. In this case Michael Casey Enterprises Ltd & Ors (Plaintiffs) filed a suit for permanent injunction seeking to restrain TVC Sky Shop (Defendant) from selling health and fitness equipment under the trademarks "PERFECT ABS" and "AB PRO PLUS" which were three dimensional reproduction of engineering drawings of the Plaintiff’s "AB KING PRO".

India, being a common law country, recognises the superior trademark rights through prior use against the statutory rights obtained through Registration. Relying on this, the Delhi High court has recently confirmed the preliminary injunction against Lupin in a suit for infringement and passing off filed by Sun Pharma.

In the recent past, the traditional conception of copyright has given way to rise of various complex matters to cope up with the advancements in the nature of works and the medium of their expressions that propose protection under the Copyright Law.

In the constant race for TV rating points, competitors often come at loggerheads as in a recent clash between two titans over a reality TV show.

With the extension of lockdown for another two weeks effective May 4, 2020, the Administrative and General Supervision Committee of High Court of Delhi...

In view of the spike in new cases of Covid-19, the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India has once again suspended limitation periods and timelines under all general and special laws.