Legal framework The protection of industrial designs in India is governed by a dynamic legislative framework which is aligned with advances in technology […]
Protecting and enforcing design rights: India
Updates
The SEBI Framework For IHE Issuance Of Depositary Receipts By Indian Companies
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (“SEBI“) has on October 10th 2019 issued a circular bearing number SEBI/HO/MRD/DOP1/CIR/P/2019/106 which sets out the […]
Rule That Final Relief Cannot Be Granted At Interlocutory Stage Is Not An Absolute Principle
It is well settled general proposition of law that mandatory injunction at the interlocutory stage should not normally be granted which has the […]
The Rise of E-commerce and Intermediary Liability
In recent times, there has been a spate of litigation surrounding the e-commerce space and immunities afforded to intermediaries. As almost everything can […]
Subservient Patent Vs Dominant Patent
Improvements in the old inventions remained the hall mark of most of the patents barring few breakthroughs which are game changers or pioneer’s […]
Right of commercial speech wins over generic disparagement
The fundamental law of comparative advertising is that while a person may exaggerate the claims relating to his own goods, such exaggeration must […]
RTI- Powers to the Governed versus Alleged intention to dilute it by Government
Recently, the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 has been passed by both the houses Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha which seeks to […]
iTerm too descriptive for internet insurance policies
On 19 August 2019, the Bombay High Court in a noteworthy decision held that the mark iTerm used by the plaintiff, Aegon Life […]
A Comparative Review of the New Manual of Patent Office Practice and Procedure (2019) – Key Changes
The Patent Office has been committed to revise the Manual of Patent Office Practice and Procedure (hereinafter the Manual) from time to time […]
Procedure Guidelines for Bi-Lateral patent prosecution Highway (PPH) between India and Japan
By: Joginder Singh & Piyush Sharma Since the signing of the pilot PPH program agreement between Japan and India in late 2018, Applicants having […]