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On January 2, 2025, the Supreme Court of India issued a landmark ruling in the case of Sanjay Dutt & Ors. v. State of Haryana & Anr., reaffirming the principle that directors of a company cannot be held vicariously liable ...

Attempts to copyright yoga routines have thrown up issues of originality, ownership, traditional knowledge and choreography, writes Bisman Kaur at Remfry & Sagar.

Trastuzumab - a breast cancer drug manufactured by Roche and Genentech Inc., is imported and marketed in India by Roche Products (India) Private Limited under the brand names Herceptin, Herclon and Biceltis.

The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks published the Guidelines for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Patent Examination Procedures on August 7, 2026, laying down a framework for the use of AI in patent examination.

Legislative amendments in 2003 eliminated the prohibition on patenting methods of 'treatment of plants'. Consequently, Section 3(h) cannot be construed to re-introduce this restriction.

Indian copyright jurisprudence has time and again been faced with the question of validity of copyright societies particularly ones dealing with musical works and sound recordings.

On the issue of copyright and trademark rights over a label (mis)used in connection with perfumes, a recent judgement of the Delhi High Court shines the spotlight on the linkages between the Indian Copyright Office and Trademark Registry ...

Court asks Emami to pay INR 15,00,000 as punitive damages for deceptive advertising.

In a case involving trade secrets, the Delhi High Court came to the aid of a litigant, HT Process Controls Private Limited, to restrain an ex-employee from misusing confidential information acquired during the course of employment.

Data generated in the digital age has soared and will keep rising. If it becomes outdated, or has a negative impact on an individual's reputation, one may want data to be removed or erased, which is where the ‘right to be forgotten' comes into play as a subset of the ‘right to privacy'.

Illustrious tennis player René Lacoste was famously regarded as ‘Le Crocodile' – an association he extended to his sportswear brand...

The dispute had its origins in 2014, when Vodafone signed agreements with Saregama to use songs for its caller tune and ringtone value-added services (VAS). IPRS maintained that while music labels own the copyright in sound recordings, lyricists and composers retain separate rights in the underlying literary and musical works.

In Zydus Lifesciences Ltd. v. E.R. Squibb and Sons LLC & Ors. (FAO(OS) (COMM) 120/2025, CM APPL. 44383/2025, CM APPL. 44386/2025 & CM APPL. 44388/2025), the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court modified the interim order passed by the Single Judge, who had restrained Zydus from manufacturing, using, offering for sale, selling or importing its biosimilar version of the cancer immunotherapy drug Nivolumab in India.

In today's economy, where intangible assets often outweigh tangible property, information has emerged as the most valuable commodity.

Murals are artworks painted on walls. Michaelangelo's ceiling at the Sistine Chapel, the exquisite frescoes of Ajanta and Ellora and Banksy's Girl With A Balloon stencilled...

The evolving jurisprudence under Section 59 of the Indian Patents Act—which governs the scope of permissible amendments to patent applications—has recently witnessed divergent interpretations by the Delhi High Court.

The Delhi High Court’s May 13, 2025 decision in Abros Sports International Pvt. Ltd. v. Ashish Bansal & Ors. [2025 SCC OnLine Del 3410] has forced us to confront one of the most recurring questions in the Indian trade mark law: can the proprietor of one registered mark be sued for infringement by the proprietor of another registered mark?