India has joined the International Trade Mark System by acceding to the Madrid Protocol. The system comes into effect from July 8, 2013....

DearColleagues, We wish to inform you that there is a recent notification in the Official Gazette dated May 6, 2013 proposing a hike in...

In an order dated February 16, 2012, the High Court at Madras held that Section 9 and Section11 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 cannot be...

The Delhi High Court’s Division Bench has held that good will belong to the party that creates customer confidence and on whose...

In a welcome step, Indian Judiciary has embraced the concept of handing out ‘John Doe’ orders or Ashok Kumar orders as they are...

The Copyright (Amendment) Act 2012 has finally put to rest the controversy related to the royalties of singers, composers and lyricists....

“All in good time”, with an aim of providing health and pharma industry with unique and globally available designated names in order to...

In a landmark move earlier this year, India’s first compulsory license (CL) was granted to Natco Pharma, for Bayer Corporation’s patented...

Another IP battle that made headlines this year was the case of Roche v. Cipla. The Delhi High Court in a mixed judgement of sorts held...

A recent post-grant opposition proceeding brought forth by Sankalp Rehabilitation Trust (a Non-Government Organization) against F....