Calling for a CONscious use of the “Well-Known” Mark ISKCON
On 6th March 2020[1], the Single Bench of the Bombay High Court led by Hon’ble Mr. Justice B.P Colabawalla, granted an ad-interim injunction in favour […]
Month: June 2020
How the addition of “.com” to a generic word, can be protectable under US trademark law
USPTO v. Booking.com B.V[1] As my colleague, in his article “Trademark Incapacity Doctrine or Primary significance test: Which favours Generic mark to be recognized as […]
Monsanto’s patent took its last breath, undetermined if it was a patent or plant variety
The present blog pertains to the landmark fight over Monsanto’s Bt. Cotton technology. It is not yet finalised whether the subject invention was a patentable […]
Broadcasting Woes: Hired Cars & Radio (EU & Indian Perspective)
This post is written in co-authorship by Ms. Riddima Sharma and Ms. Amshula Chauhan. The Court of Justice of European Union (CJEU) in a recent […]
Geographical Indication (GI) tags of Kerala
Kerala, a south-western state of India, situated on India’s tropical Malabar Coast, has nearly 600km of Arabian Sea shoreline. Popular by the name “God’s Own […]
Brexit and Unitary patent in the EU: An analysis of what has happened so far.
Failure of the first attempt to establish a unitary patent system Since the conclusion of The European Patent Convention in 1973, there have been several […]
Stripping Away Abstraction to find Adaptation
From Lord of the Rings to Life of Pi to Shawshank Redemption, we have all time and again enjoyed these movies that were wonderful adaptations […]
A case of a permanent injunction filed by one patentee against another patentee
What we usually discuss in patent classes is about enforcement of the patent rights by the patentee against any person under Section 48 of the […]
Geographical Indication Tags of MIZORAM
Geographical Indication Law [Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999] protects the traditional culture and benefits the artisans, weavers, craftsmen socially as well […]
The pecuniary jurisdiction of courts in IPR disputes
Mr. Nosy Parker is an artist who creates interesting posters at his leisure. Recently, through one of the groups on facebook, he saw an attractive […]