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: August 2024
Recently, Indian Courts have taken a proactive stance towards awarding increasing sums of damages for infringement in IPR matters. However, to balance competing goals of compensation, justice and uniformity, Courts have laid down several parameters which are to be considered while calculating damages.
Read More 28 Dec 2024
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IPR Amicus: July 2024
The first article in this issue of IPR Amicus elaborately discusses a recent Delhi High Court Division Bench decision which revolved around interpretation of ‘enhanced efficacy’ under Section 3(d) of the Patents Act, 1970.
Read More 17 Dec 2024
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IPR Amicus: June 2024
The first article in this issue of IPR Amicus sheds light on the current Indian Patent Law associated with safeguarding Traditional Knowledge. It discusses various case law and the Indian Patent Office’s Guidelines for processing patent...
Read More 14 Dec 2024
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IPR Amicus: December 2024
The Delhi High Court, in two of its recent decisions, demonstrated disparate approaches of assessing patentability of computer related inventions (CRIs) under Section 3(k) of the Patents...
Read More 01 Dec 2024
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IPR Amicus: November 2024
Despite the advantages bestowed by early patent grants, a single common program to expedite prosecution in all the jurisdictions is not available to the patent applicants who would like to strategize on expediting examination in multiple jurisdictions.
Read More 01 Nov 2024
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IPR Amicus: October 2024
The first article in this issue of IPR Amicus discusses a recent judgement in Lacoste & Anr. v. Crocodile International Pte. Ltd., wherein the Delhi High Court has ruled upon a two-decade long conflict between so-called ‘mirror’ logos of a crocodile/ saurian.
Read More 01 Oct 2024
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IPR Amicus: September 2024
Geographical Indications of Goods (Holding Inquiry and Appeal) Rules, 2024 notified
Read More 01 Sept 2024
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IPR Amicus: May 2024
The article in this issue of IPR Amicus elaborately discusses a recent Madras High Court decision setting aside an order passed by the Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs which had refused the grant of a patent under Section 3(c) of the Patents Act, 1970.
Read More 19 Jul 2024
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IPR Amicus: March 2024
One of the permissible ways of amendments to claims and/or specification is to incorporate suitable disclaimers during the patent prosecution and at the post grant stage.
Read More 19 May 2024
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IPR Amicus: February 2024
There are two discernible facets when a celebrity wants to protect their personality rights: first, the right to protect one’s image from being commercially exploited without permission by treating it as a tort of passing off; mainly termed as publicity rights...
Read More 18 May 2024
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IPR Amicus: January 2024
The first article in this issue of IPR Amicus covers a recent decision of the Madhya Pradesh High Court which has held that a suit for infringement of Geographical Indication tags is maintainable...
Read More 01 Apr 2024
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IPR Amicus: April 2024
Covers a Delhi High Court ruling that procedural infirmities not affecting applicant eligibility are not fatal to plant variety registration.
Read More 01 Apr 2024