Under Indian trademark law, any person claiming to be the proprietor of a trademark may apply to register the trademark.

The lifespan of your patent just got clearer. Understand what the Calcutta High Court's ruling on Section 53 means for your innovation.

Summary: What is the standard that decides whether a design is novel or not? The Delhi High Court clarifies that instructed eye or informed user test remains the primary standard in Indian design law.

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed some unusual problems for states and markets all over the world. While medical science and pharmaceutical professionals continue their search for the best drug...

Artificial intelligence ("AI") is no longer at the margins of business strategy.

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 ("BNS"), the legislation that replaced the existing Indian Penal Code, 1860 ("IPC") was brought into effect on July 1, 2024.

In January 2009, India witnessed one of its biggest corporate scandals – the ‘Satyam scandal' also referred to as ‘India's Enron'.

In a significant step towards firmly entrenching the will of the parties as a fundamental cornerstone of the Indian arbitration law, the Supreme Court, on August 06, 2021,...

The Supreme Court has recently, in the case of The Chief Election Commissioner of India Vs. M.R Vijaybhaskar & Ors.1 ("Judgment"), reiterated the inalienable right of the media to report...

As organisations grapple with increasingly stringent privacy and data protection laws, the concept of the Data Clean Room ("DCR") has emerged as a transformative solution that enables collaboration without compromising compliance.

In the recent case of Sanjeev Mishra vs. Bank of Baroda1, the Rajasthan High Court ("Court") has widened the scope of the term ‘workplace harassment' to include online harassment.

Recently, the High Court of Delhi, reinforced the application of Section 32A of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ("IBC"). Section 32A...

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) released the Draft Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 ("Draft Rules") on January 3, 2025.

WIPO members, including India, recently signed a new Design Law Treaty at Riyadh, which harmonises design protection processes globally, and introduces...

In the case of Wikimedia Foundation Inc. v. ANI Media Private Limited and Ors.[1], the Supreme Court of India ("the Supreme Court") struck down an order passed by the Division Bench...

Digital lending in India has revolutionized the borrowing landscape by leveraging digital platforms like mobile apps and websites to offer quick, convenient and paperless loans.

Indian law excludes from patentability ‘essentially biological processes' under Section 3(j) of the Patents Act, but does not explain what degree of human intervention...

Food is a language that connects everyone worldwide. Cuisines change every few hundred miles, food habits and preferences vary with the climate...

Summary: India's new 2025 CRI Guidelines clarify patentability for computer-related inventions, which will impact applications in cutting edge areas, including AI, ML, and Blockchain technology.

On June 29, 2024, the Karnataka Government's Labour Department published the draft Karnataka Platform based Gig Workers (Social Security and Welfare) Bill, 2024...