A Legal Proceedings Certificate or LPC is prima facie evidence of any entry made in the Trade Marks Register. As is the case in most...

Indian trademark law allows for the cancellation of a trademark registration if, for a continuous period of five years and three months...

On August 28, 2019 the Hon’ble Delhi High Court, in FaceBook Inc &Anr. v. Surinder Malik &Ors. CM(M) 1263/2019, clarified the scope of...

It is fairly common for trials in intellectual property law suits to get prolonged incessantly owing to delaying tactics adopted by one...

On July 8, 2019, the Hon’ble Delhi High Court issued an interim injunction restraining major e-commerce platforms, including Amazon,...

Over the last few years, the Indian Trade Marks Registry (“Registry”) has taken the initiative to modernize its working by introducing...

The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (“IPAB”) was established in the year 2003 primarily with the objective of rendering “technical”...

India has joined three WIPO administered classification treaties designed to ease the search for trademarks and industrial designs. These...

Recently the Bombay Stock Exchange and well-known comedian, Kunal Kamra, engaged in a battle on Twitter in connection with Mr. Kamra’s...

Recognizing that the rules governing the Copyright Act, 1957 (“Act”) need modernizing in this digital era, on May 30, 2019, the...

The order of naming defendants in intellectual property suits is usually determined as a matter of strategy before a suit is filed. Up...

While it is of paramount importance for trade mark owners to enforce their trademark rights, ensuring that these owners do not cross-over...

Recently the Delhi High Court, in UTV Software Communication Ltd. And Ors vs. 1337X.TO And Ors, (Order dt. 10.4.2019 CS(COMM) 724/2017),...

Registration of deceptively similar marks for different goods in different classes is almost never an issue! However, what about...

Like many other countries, an Indian trademark registration remains valid and subsisting for a period of ten (10) years from the...

Last month it was widely reported that American fashion model, Gigi Hadid, was sued by a photo agency for sharing a copyrighted...

The inherent nature of intellectual property is such that the overlap between the bundle of rights available to an owner in a single...

The rules governing trade marks in India underwent a sea of change in March 2017 with the advent of the Trade Marks Rules, 2017 (“New...

In 2013, India’s Supreme Court in Shreya Singhal v. Union of India, (2013) 12 SCC 73 caused many online marketplaces in the country to...

It is now possible for trademark and design infringement to be alleged in a single lawsuit. A five-judge bench of the Delhi High Court...

For any brand owner, the accordance of well-known status to his brand is a “milestone.” The protection afforded to a well-known trade...