Recently, a number of video-sharing platforms, wherein users can create and share original content or lip-sync to songs and movie scenes, have run […]
T-Series’ Copyright Battle against Video Sharing Platforms
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Branding the stitching styles
If the inventions and patents defined the industrial revolution in the textile and fibre industry, the branding of the stitching and garment kick […]
Stricter approach to similarity in pharma trademark cases
The rules of comparison for pharmaceutical trademarks have long been stricter than those in other categories of products. The courts have frequently held […]
Justice Manmohan Singh Chairman IPAB tenure extended for three more months by Supreme Court
In an expected development Supreme Court (SC) on September 16, 2020, has extended the tenure of Justice (Retd.) Manmohan Singh, Chairman of Intellectual […]
The epidemic of fake branded masks
According to precautionary and safety guidelines issued by national and international authorities, wearing a face cover is essential to curb the spread of […]
Understanding of Markush claims in India
The scope of an invention is interpreted by reading the claims. Different categories of inventions require various styles of writing claims for defining […]
Deep dive into the search function in the field of patents – Addendum
Some friends, who are practicing experts in the field of search, read my articles. They recommended that the readers of my article in […]
McDonald’s Wins Interim Injunction Against Franchise Scammers
Recently, the Delhi High Court delivered an interim order in the case of McDonald’s Corporation & Anr v. National Internet Exchange of India […]
Indian Trade Marks Registry to resume Hearings (pre-acceptance) through Video Conferencing
To tackle the growing concerns of Covid-19 pandemic, the Trademarks Registry (TMR) had suspended all show-cause hearings in trademark applications since March this […]
Deep dive into the search function in the field of patent (Part – 3) – Method of Searching
“Searching is a skill but, finding is an art” – Gerard van der Ligt, former head of the search department, Philips, Eindhoven In […]