IPR Amicus

IPR Amicus covers the developments in the laws relating to intellectual property rights, covering Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Designs, Plant Varity Protection and Geographical Indications. This newsletter includes authored 'Article(s)' on relevant topics of current interest, 'Statute Update' on different legislative changes, ‘Ratio decidendi’ covering selected decisions of High Courts, Supreme Court of India and various other foreign courts, and ‘News Nuggets’ highlighting other important developments in this area of law.

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IPR Amicus: December 2018
Covers regularization of non-compliance with the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, and India's obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Read More 01 Dec 2018
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IPR Amicus: November 2018
Covers the scope of Section 3(i) of the Patents Act as it applies to diagnostic methods of treatment.
Read More 01 Nov 2018
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IPR Amicus: October 2018
Covers issues around obtaining a foreign filing license for Indian residents seeking to file patent applications abroad.
Read More 01 Oct 2018
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IPR Amicus: August 2018
Recently, Delhi High Court delivered a judgment in favour of Philips in the consolidated matters namely Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. vs. Rajesh Bansal & Ors.
Read More 01 Aug 2018
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IPR Amicus: July 2018
Delhi High Court recently granted interim injunction to the plaintiffs restraining the defendants from using the trade mark or the trade name ‘HM Megabrands’.
Read More 01 Jul 2018
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IPR Amicus: June 2018
Last month Delhi High Court held that use of a single colour as against a combination of colours does not qualify as a ‘mark’ under Section 2(1)(m) and as a ‘trademark’ under Section 2(1)(zb) of the Trademark Act.
Read More 01 Jun 2018
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IPR Amicus: April 2018
Section 124 of the Trademarks Act, 1999 (the Act) provides for a possibility of stay of a trademark infringement suit in case there is a challenge to the registered trademark which is the subject matter of the suit.
Read More 01 Apr 2018
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IPR Amicus: March 2018
The Division Bench of Madras High Court has reversed the findings of the Single Judge and set aside the interim injunction order after holding that there cannot be any copyright in the title of the cinematograph film or any other copyrightable subject matter.
Read More 01 Mar 2018
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IPR Amicus: February 2018
A Single Judge of the Delhi High Court on January 8, 2018 has held that unless a design is not significantly distinguishable from the known designs or combination of designs, then such a design is not entitled to registration.
Read More 01 Feb 2018
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IPR Amicus: January 2018
Madras High Court has recently held that “dubbing” of a cinematograph film does not constitute translation and instead falls within the ambit of the expression ‘communication to the public’.
Read More 01 Jan 2018