Geographical Indication (GI) Tags Of Nagaland
Nagaland is a landlocked mountainous state in the northeast part of India bordered with Arunachal Pradesh (to the North), Assam (to the West), Manipur (to […]
Emojis as intellectual property right: registering speech formats
“The English Language cannot fully capture the depth and complexity of my thoughts so I’m incorporating emoji into my speech to better express myself, Winky-face” […]
‘NO TURN’ to the defence of Prior Use
The principle of “Priority in adoption and use prevails over adoption in registration” is a well established judicial principle. This principle says that the rights […]
Bombay HC Grants Interim Injunction to ZEE Restraining Maha TV and Manoranjan TV from Broadcasting Movies Owned by ZEE
On 16th July 2020, the Bombay High Court heard a matter brought in by Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL). ZEEL holds the exclusive liner rights, […]
Prohibited Trademarks: What words and terms could lead to denial of your Trademark registration?
Thinking of a new innovative business model? A new start-up or product name that could set you apart from the crowd of the ever-growing additions […]
Death of a Distinctive mark by Genericide
Discussion of Aktiebolaget Volvo & ors v. Mantis technologies pvt. Ltd. & ors.[29 June, 2020] A mark is an image or face of the goods […]
Turning Deaf: Musings on the phonetic similarity of trademarks in Indian Courts
Introduction Imagine a triangle consisting of a producer, a good or service and a consumer. At the centroid, lies a trademark which tells the consumer […]
Patent Versus Trade Secret Conundrum
IntroductionInventors often face difficulty while choosing a protection regime for their inventions which simultaneously ensures a competitive edge. The two equally confusing options fulfilling this […]
Leeching as a mode of Trademark Infringement
The Rationale behind Trademark Protection Just as how humans are identified by their names, the ideas materialized by humans deserve to be identified by a […]
Geographical Indication (GI) Tags of Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh is also known as the Orchid State of India or the Paradise of the Botanists and geographically it is the largest amongst the […]
Basics of SEP in light of the recent German court’s decision
I have earlier researched, discussed and talked about Standard Essential Patents (SEP), however, I have never penned down my thoughts on this topic until now! […]
Geographical Indication (GI) Tags of Karnataka
Karnataka is a state in the southern part of India, bordered by the Arabian Sea coastline to the west, Goa to the northwest, Maharashtra to […]
Using IPR as collateral: Business Continuity in Post-Covid Landscape
I. Introduction:The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown open dilemmatic questions to various business houses quizzing them about their survival, expansion plans and business continuity. The pandemic […]
Can the “Method of preparation” introduced by the US Courts become an exception to Section 3(i) of Indian Patent Law?
The TRIPS agreement being an International Agreement, sets out for its signatory nations the minimum standards of protection to be provided in respect of the […]
Failure to obtain foreign filing permit in India – illegality or irregularity?
A very interesting question was recently put across to a wide audience group. The questioner sought inputs on whether an applicant based out of India […]
Public disclosure of the invention is safer than a secret use: Loopholes in the patent law
Secret use of an invention before filing a patent application could amount to public use and such public use of the invention would be beyond […]
Trademarkability of “.com” marks with generic terms
We often argue that generic words can’t be trademarked because it tends to be used in the same industry by the other proprietors to refer […]
US Copyright Laws vs. EU Software Directive: The Unending Saga of SAS and WPL
A three judges bench of the United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit has rightly said that “the area of software copyrights is a murky […]
Doom’s Day- An End to 150 years of Good yearicism
USPTO v. Booking.com[1]This post is in continuation to our previous posts covered here and here. The day has come and the SCOTUS (Supreme Court of […]
Genuine Artistic Motive Wins Over Trademark Infringement Allegation
The right to Freedom of speech in general enables us to express ourselves freely in different forms. Trademark law, on the other hand, protects the […]