Privileged to be invited by CIPAM to speak at first Training of Trainers (ToT) workshop recently held at Nashik Police Academy on Trademarks law, infringement cases, provisions of Information Technology Act and role of IPR in the cyber space. The workshop was attended by various police officers to be trained as master trainers! The sessions…
The Trademarks Registry recently received a directive from the Delhi High Court to lay down the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to be borne in mind by the officials working at the Registry to improve efficiencies and facilitate the process of prosecution and other related matters. The directions have been issued in the case of writ…
We are delighted that one of the pro bono projects that we worked for Trust Law (Thomson Reuters foundation) on behalf of Institute Transformative Technologies (ITTF) has been shortlisted for Trust Law Innovation awards. Based on research, ITTF had identified 50 Breakthroughs in which advanced technology can move the needle on the biggest social and…
The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) created with much fanfare in 2003 with avowed objective of reducing the backlog has proved to be ineffective with cases languishing for years. The current chairman retired in September 2019 and no appointment of Chairman or Technical member (Patent and Copyright) has been made. This has brought functioning of…
Can the use of a house mark be sufficient to identify the origin of the goods so as to avoid confusion and deception? The parties in Meso Private Limited v Liberty Shoes Ltd (Commercial Appeal No 362 of 2019 in COMM Notice of Motion (L) No 1184 of 2019) were vying for the rights to…
Sun Pharma Laboratories Ltd (Sun) has filed this suit before the Delhi High Court to restrain the Defendant, Ajanta Pharma Ltd (Ajanta) from using the mark GLOTAB. Sun and Ajanta are registered proprietors of the GLOEYE and GLOTAB marks respectively both of which are used for treating eye ailments. Interestingly both parties’ products are registered…
Indian Patent Office (IPO) is trying to walk the path that t USPTO paved in 2006 by extending its first PPH program to the Japanese patent office (JPO) on a pilot basis. To implement PPH, the Indian patent office has brought amendment in the Patent Rules 2003 notified in September 2019. The objective is to…
Our partner, Rachna Bakhru was part of the distinguished panel for the Role of Consumers in the Fight Against Counterfeits at the recently held INTA Asia conference in Malaysia, “Brands in Changing Times”. She shared her views on how to engage GenZ in the fight against counterfeit quoting from INTA recent study on GenZ. Taking…
The filing of working statement is a peculiar requirement under the Indian Patent Act. Section146 (1) read with Rule 131 (2), requires every Patent holder to submit before 31st March, a statement on Form 27 to declare whether a Patent has been worked or not in India. The structure of the form and details required to be…
On 26th September, our Partner Rachna Bakhru joined INTA’s President David Lossignol to deliver Unreal presentation to more than 180 students at Symbiosis Law College, Noida campus. An interactive session that lasted for nearly 2 hours had students quizzing David on economics of counterfeit products. Use of Child labour by counterfeiters was of particular interest…
