India’s online gaming sector is moving into a more regulated phase. The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 and the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Rules, 2026 seek to distinguish legitimate online gaming and e-sports from prohibited online money games, while strengthening user protection, registration, classification and enforcement. For gaming businesses, this…
Overview of the case: In Flipkart Internet Pvt. Ltd. v. Joint Controller of Patents and Designs & Voicemonk Inc. (CMA(PT) No. 9 of 2024, decided on 05 January 2026), the Madras High Court upheld the Controller’s decision rejecting Flipkart’s post-grant opposition to Indian Patent No. IN312437. The patent concerns a virtual agent system that helps…
In a significant decision highlighting the importance of consistency in trademark prosecution and litigation, the Division Bench of the Bombay High Court dismissed the appeal filed by Laser Shaving India Pvt. Ltd. and upheld the refusal of interim injunction against RKM International Products Pvt. Ltd. and others in relation to the use of the mark…
At first glance, the Delhi High Court’s decision in Panasonic Holdings Corporation v. Siddharth Vij may seem like a straightforward trademark dispute about cancellation of a deceptive similar mark. Panasonic filed the petition and argued that the respondent’s PONTA marks in Class 9 were too close to its earlier PENTA marks, and the Court agreed…
