Nanki Arneja
Mar 10, 2021
India: Covid -19 Update: End of Extension Period
In March 2020, the Supreme Court of India had extended the period of limitation prescribed under the general law or special laws with...
Vrinda Sehgal
Mar 9, 2021
Trademark Infringement: “YOGI” Versus “THE YOGI”, Who’s The Yogi Now?
In the case of Yogi Ayurvedic Products Pvt. Ltd v. The Yogi & Ors., the Bombay High Court passed an ex-parte ad-interim injunction in...
Vrinda Sehgal
Feb 26, 2021
Pakistan Joins The Madrid System
On 24th February 2021, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan became the 108th member of the Madrid Protocol. The Madrid Protocol will come...
Vrinda Sehgal
Feb 12, 2021
Trade Dress Infringement: The test for comparison based on deceptive similarity
Introduction The Delhi High Court, in the case of Beiersdorf AG v. RHS Global Private Limited, restrained the Defendants from infringing...
Saumya Kapoor
Feb 11, 2021
Monthly Round UP-January 2021
A. Notable Developments: 1. The Designs (Amendment) Rules, 2021 The Government of India, on January 25, 2021, issued a gazette...
Ankita Sabharwal
Feb 2, 2021
Court allows Serum Institute to retain the name “COVI SHIELD” for its SARS-CoV2 Vaccine
A commercial court in Pune on January 30, 2021 refused to pass interim injunction to restrain the Serum Institute of India(SII) from...
Saumya Kapoor
Jan 11, 2021
Monthly Round Up: December 2020
A. Notable Developments: 1. MoU signed between India and the USA for strengthening the IP systems[1] India and USA have signed a...
Vrinda Sehgal
Dec 11, 2020
IPAB Holds: N95 Is A Generic Term, Stays Operation of Registration Against Trademark Squatter
Introduction The Hon’ble Intellectual Property Appellate Board (the “IPAB”) recently in the case of Sassoon Fab International Pvt. Ltd....
Saumya Kapoor
Nov 26, 2020
Monthly Round UP-October, 2020
A. Notable Developments: 1. Annual Report 2018-2019[1] An overall increase of 15% in the filing of applications for various IPRs as...
Shivarpita Nailwal
Nov 23, 2020
India: PPH Between India and Japan, 2nd Year Notification for 100 requests released by the IPO
On November 23, 2020, the Indian Patent Office released the second year notification inviting Applicants to file 100 PPH requests under...
