Alerts
23Feb
CG notice regarding Increase in the Trade Mark Application fees
In an unexpected development, the Trademarks Office has decided to increase the official fees for new application/s and fee for expedited examination request with effect from August 1, 2014. The Controller General of Patents, Designs...
22Feb
IP Appellate Board embraces Digital India Initiative
In an interesting case involving transfer of Intellectual property between two entities located outside India where the trademarks were owned by an Australian company but used in India, the Delhi High court in an Appeal...
22Feb
IPAB lays down roadmap to clear backlog
The new chairman of IPAB Mr. Justice Manmohan Singh (retired) has energized its functioning soon after he assumed charge on 2nd January, 2018. Between 18th to 25th January, 2018 over 200 cases were listed in...
21Dec
Software patentability in India- a case of one step backward, one step forward
The Indian Patent Office predicament over software patents continues. The patent office has issued another version of modified guidelines for the patentability of Computer Related Inventions (CRIs) on June 30th 2017. This is the third...
Articles
5Jun
Agriculture Produce and Processed Foods held to be allied and cognate
The mark of the plaintiff and the defendant prima facie appear to be similar both visually as also phonetically, with ‘MONSOON HARVEST’ being the dominant part thereof. Mere addition of the word ‘WINGREENS’ or the...
1Jun
Delhi High Court highlights Business Methods exclusions need to be reconsidered
The Delhi High Court, in a recent order, while dealing with an appeal by OPENTV INC for refusal of its patent (by the Indian Patent Office), highlighted the need to re-visit the blanket exclusions set...
30May
Delhi High Court Sets Out Contours of Shape Mark Protection
Under the law of trademarks, the threshold for extending exclusive rights to the shape of a product is quite high. The shape by itself should immediately be identifiable with the source of the product. For...
29May
Bombay High Court Frowns upon ‘Phonepe’ Contradictory Claims
‘Phonepe’ and ‘Postpe’ are the marks involved in the latest round of litigation between PhonePe Private Limited (PPL) and Resilient Innovations Private Limited (Resilient) at the Bombay High Court. The parties have had several rounds...
Newsletters
22May
Expert session on “Patentability of Invention”
Ms. Suvarna Pandey was invited as a Keynote speaker in the 6th International Young Scientist Congress (IYSC-2023) that took place on May 8th, 2023, at Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India....
27Apr
Attended the IPR seminar workshop on 26 April, 2023 at DTU as a guest speaker
On April 26, 2023, a one-day seminar was held to commemorate World Intellectual Property Day, organised by Delhi Technological University, Intellectual Property Rights Cell and Industrial Research & Development Cell. The seminar featured Mr....
26Apr
Webinar on “Women and IP- Accelerating Innovation and Creativity” on the occasion of World IP Day 2023
“We are delighted to announce that Ms. Rachna Bakhru, Partner at RNA Technology and IP Attorneys, was cordially invited to deliver a lecture on the topic “Trademark Infringement and Dispute Resolution” at an event organised...
26Apr
Festival of Innovation & Research in Science & Technology (F.I.R.S.T) on World IP Day
Ms. Suvarna Pandey was invited by National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), as a Panel speaker for Session on ‘Challenges of Commercializing Technologies & Issues related to Enforcement of IP’ on World IP Day 2023 at...