The Division Bench of the Delhi High Court (hereinafter as “Court”) in a recent order vacated an interim injunction order granted in the […]
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Benefits of patenting – more than just protecting innovation
Once you protect your invention by filing a patent for it, have you ever given a thought of adding more profits to your […]
Indian Trademarks Registry Issues a Public Notice for reinstatement of abandoned applications
As you may recall that we had written in our blog dated April 7, 2016 about the mass abandonment of trademark applications by […]
Overzealous actions backfire on the Indian Trade Marks Registry
In an endeavour to clear the backlog of the pending applications and oppositions, the Indian Trade Marks Registry (TMR) initiated a disposal drive […]
IPO issues revised Guidelines on CRI
As you may remember from our post dated December 22, 2015, vide an office order dated December 14, 2015, the Indian Patent Office […]
Radix vs Iron Man: The Copyright fight!
Co-authored by Ms. Divya Srinivasan, LexOrbis Associate and Ms. Indrani Das, Final Year, LLB, Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi. Comic fiction has […]
Happy Birthday Song belongs to the public!
Co-authored by Ms. Shristi Bansal, LexOrbis Associate and Ms. Surabhi Khobba, LLB Graduate, Campus Law Centre, Delhi University. […]
Movie Titles Entitled To IP Protection?
As a popular saying goes, first impression is the last impression – when it comes to movies what better for a first impression […]
GI scuffle over Basmati
History of the Basmati spar: Basmati has had its share of controversies. It became a controversial commodity after RiceTec, a Texas based […]
Patent Office decision on certain provisions of Indian Patents Act, 1970
In another recent decision the Indian Patent Office rejected an application of Sigma-Tau Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite S.P.A of Italy on the grounds that […]