India has a well-developed system of oppositions to registrations of trade marks.  All oppositions must be filed at one of the five (5)...

In my career as an IP professional so far, the myth that I have heard most from unwary clients is that an idea is protectable by way of...

The Delhi High Court rendered its preliminary opinion on 31st October, 2014 on a rather unique trademark and copyright dispute. The...

The office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDT) has introduced the e-filing of design applications. This...

As a lawyer trained primarily in the United States, the approach that Indian courts have taken on the issue of trans-border reputation...

The introduction of the new law governing companies in India, namely, The Companies Act, 2013, has brought about the issue of Corporate...

The new government has announced the “Make in India” initiative (http://www.makeinindia.com/).  The objective of this initiative is to...

A hashtag is a word or an unspaced phrase prefixed with the hash character (or number sign), #, to form a label. A hashtag allows...

Burger King comes to India.  The US-based fast food chain has finally arrived in India and has aggressive expansion plans!  The chain’s...

On 15 October 2014, a division bench of the Delhi High Court held, in World Wrestling Entertainment v. M/S Reshma Collection & Ors,...

Apple faces yet another trademark dispute over its IPHONE mark. By way of background, in 2013, an Indian company, iVoice Enterprises,...

In 2012 the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks passed an order that prohibited requests for amending use information...