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 2019
The article in this issue of IPR Amicus attempts to provide few insights into the sufficiency of disclosure in a patent specification. The authors note that according to the Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications in the field of pharmaceuticals issued by the Indian Patent Office, a complete specification must be sufficient to enable the whole width of the claimed invention to be carried out and also provide the best method of performing the invention, and that the sufficiency of discl
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IPR Amicus: November 2019
Division Bench of the Delhi High Court recently held that once the patentee has filed its reply-statement, he is not required to provide any separate reasons for cross-examination of the witnesses whose affidavits are filed by the opponent in support of its post-grant opposition.
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IPR Amicus: October 2019
The Article in this issue of IPR Amicus discusses as to how Biological Diversity Rules of different States of India are not in tandem with the Biological Diversity Act 2002 (BDA) which was enacted by India in adherence to its ratification to Rio de Janeiro’s Convention on Biological Diversity.
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IPR Amicus: September 2019
Covers a patent validity and infringement analysis in Communication Components Antenna Inc v. Ace Technologies Corp.
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IPR Amicus: August 2019
Covers a trademark passing off dispute over a film title release involving an Ayurvedic sexologist's family clinic name.
Read More 01 Aug 2019
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IPR Amicus: July 2019
Covers the mode of infringement of a cinematograph film in the MRF Limited v. Metro Tyres copyright dispute.
Read More 01 Jul 2019
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IPR Amicus: June 2019
Covers a Delhi High Court ruling on design protection for footwear straps and colour combinations in Relaxo Footwears v. Aqualite.
Read More 01 Jun 2019
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IPR Amicus: May 2019
Covers the Delhi High Court ruling that export is covered under the research exemption in Section 107A of the Patents Act.
Read More 01 May 2019
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IPR Amicus: April 2019
Covers the Delhi High Court's dynamic injunction against rogue websites hosting pirated films in the UTV case.
Read More 01 Apr 2019
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IPR Amicus: March 2019
Covers how effective a generic prefix is in trademark disputes, including recent online booking portal cases.
Read More 01 Mar 2019
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IPR Amicus: February 2019
Covers the grant of punitive damages in trademark infringement suits, including the Whatman International ruling.
Read More 01 Feb 2019
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IPR Amicus: January 2019
Covers the liabilities of an e-commerce intermediary in India following the Christian Louboutin v. Nakul Bajaj ruling.
Read More 01 Jan 2019