Reportedly, Hon’ble Supreme Court of India on Special Leave Petition filed by Glenmark stayed the Delhi High Court order which passed an injunction against Glenmark for the generic drug Sitagliptin till 28th April 2015. The Delhi high court dated 20th…
Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trademarks issued a public notice dated 11 March 2015 launching electronic filing of an application for registration of Geographical Indication (GI) in India. Now the application for registration of GI can be submitted online…
Recently, Delhi High Court passed an interim injunction against Harcharan Singh & Anr from using any trademark/ trade dress similar to the trademark “John Deere”. The plaintiff's Deere group commonly known as John Deere have filed suit for permanent injunction…
Even though Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Innovation and knowledge protection is emerging to be a key driver in businesses, very few startups have the proper information and understanding of IPR, let alone the approach to forming an optimal IPR strategy…
Recently, the Delhi high court dated 30th January 2015 set aside an order of the Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs. The impugned order rejected a patent to US drugmaker Gilead for its hepatitis C drug “Sovaldi” on dated 13th…
In recent times, music copyrights and their ownership/rights to producers, artists, among other stakeholders, have been under strong discussion across geographies. We are happy to have a written piece by Gemma Harrison, a freelance writer, on her high-level take on…
Controller General of Patents, Design and Trade Marks, Mr. Chaitanya Prasad, has issued a Public Notice on 1 January 2015, wherein it has been put forth that, from December 31, 2014, Official Fees for filing a new Design application as…