India: Trade Marks Office gives a second chance to Applicants aggrieved by the mass abandonment of T
The Indian Trade Marks Office (TMO), in the new fiscal year announced the abandonment of over 1,60,000 pending trade mark Applications....
Chetan Chadha
Apr 7, 2016
Delhi Trade Mark Registry along with Delhi State Legal Service Authority launches pilot project of M
The Delhi Trade Marks Registry has announced a plan to liquidate the pendency in Opposition/Cancellation matters through Mediation/...
Chetan Chadha
Mar 10, 2016
Dear TMclass, India says hello!
The TMclass database (formerly: Euroclass tool) of the office for the Harmonisation in the Internal Market (OHIM) on 07th December 2015...
Ms. Sonal Madan
Jan 28, 2016
INDIA: IPO revises numbering pattern of patent applications and request for examination
The Indian Patent Office (IPO) introduced a new numbering pattern for Patent applications and Request for Examination in an order dated...
Chetan Chadha
Jan 19, 2016
INDIA: LANDMARK DECISIONS PERTAINING TO SECTION 8 OF INDIAN PATENTS ACT, 1970
INTRODUCTION Over the years, numerous Indian Courts have taken an iron-clad stance towards applicants for non-compliance of Section 8 as...
Ms. Nidhi Anand
Dec 19, 2015
Proposed Amendments to Trade Mark Rules (India) – A stich in time may save nine!
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India) (MCI) has recently issued the draft Trade Mark (Amendment) Rules. The MCI has invited...
Sonal Madan
Nov 26, 2015
DRAFT PATENTS (AMENDMENT) RULES Notified, several positive changes proposed
The Government of India, through its Ministry of Commerce and Industry has recently come up with the Draft Patents Amendment Rules, 2015...
Abhishek Goyal
Nov 15, 2015
INDIA: Well-Known Mark ZARA Wins Trademark Infringement Battle
The Honorable High Court of Delhi recently granted an ad interim injunction in Industria De Diseno Textile Sa v. Oriental Cuisines Pvt....
Abhishek Goyal
Oct 1, 2015
BMS’ PATENT FOR DASATINIB PRIMA FACIE VALID, UPHOLDS HIGH COURT
By a recent decision, the Delhi High Court seems to have put a long drawn battle between US incorporated Pharma giant Bristol-Myers...
Abhishek Goyal
Sep 28, 2015
High Court grants Injunction in Novartis v. CIPLA for Indacaterol Patent
NOVARTIS AG & ANR. v. CIPLA LTD. Deciding the fate of application for temporary injunction under Oder XXXIX Rules 1 and 2 of the Civil...
Abhishek Goyal
Sep 28, 2015
