The Indian Trade Marks Office (TMO), in the new fiscal year announced the abandonment of over 1,60,000 pending trade mark Applications.

An Indian Resident cannot file an application for a foreign patent unless he obtains a foreign filing license from the Indian Patent Office or first files an Indian patent application and waits for 6 weeks before he can file the application.

Registration of a trade mark confers the following rights on the registered proprietor:-

District courts and certain High courts in India have the original jurisdiction to try suits pertaining to infringement of Intellectual property rights in India.

The Patents (Amendments) Rules, 2016 (hereinafter referred to as Rules) that came into force on May 16, 2016 introduced the provision for Expedited Examination under Rule 24C of the Rules.

In case of infringement / passing off trademark, a criminal complaint can also be filed.

Over a period of time, several other forms of trade marks have become popular and such marks are referred to as non-conventional or non-traditional marks.

The Indian application has to be filed within 12 months of first filing in convention country.

Recently in the case of Hermes International & Anr. v. Macky Lifestyle Private Limited & Anr., the Delhi High Court granted an ex parte...

Geographical Indications identify a good as originating in a place where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the good is essentially attributable to its geographical origin.

Pursuant to the publication of draft Patent Rules, 2015, notified by the Government of India in Gazette of India on October 26, 2015 and which was circulated to our clients vide our client alert...

Design as per the act provides that a design means only the features of shape, configuration, pattern, ornament or composition of lines or colors applied to any article...

Custom's recordal is an effective measure to stop infiltration of illegal and counterfeit products in the territory of India.

The internet revolution has marked the beginning of new age called the "e-age". With the tremendous growth in digital and internet media, the online presence has taken great importance.

In November 2014, the government set up a think-tank to draft the IPR policy, pursuant to which on May 12, 2016, the government approved the much-awaited National Intellectual Property Rights Policy.

In November 2014, the government set up an IPR think-tank to draft the IPR policy, pursuant to which on May 12, 2016

India has ratified the TRIPS agreement and to give effect to this agreement, The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act, 2001 (PPV&FRA) was enacted.

Non patentable inventions are given in Section 3 of the Indian Patent Act

In 1856, a group of firms jointly acquired a dominant position in sewing machine's patents and formed the first patent pool in the world, which lasted till 1877.

In current day's digital world, memes are an integral part of our daily communication.