Intellectual Property

Trademark law often works on a simple premise: if you want to keep your rights, you must actively maintain them. Renewing a trademark, therefore, gains particular significance......

Delays in the trademark registration process are a major concern for brand owners. To address this, many entities apply to expedite trademark applications for reasons of commercial expediency......

The Delhi High Court has clarified that Indian patent applications cannot be refused solely because approval from the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) is pending......

Does a technical error in an evidence affidavit justify striking off a trademark application? The Madras High Court recently tackled this question, weighing strict procedural compliance against substantive trademark......

A priority claim in a patent application is crucial in determining novelty and the applicant’s legal rights, and also, critically, helps in ascertaining statutory timelines for filing applications and related documents....

In an important administrative update, the Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) has introduced a dedicated webpage on its official portal consolidating information relating to stamp duty applicable......

Until 2025, India’s public policy prohibited the grant of patents for inventions relating to atomic energy in order to keep such technologies under Government control....

The intersection of digital-age infringement and traditional civil procedure came up for consideration in Mahindra & Mahindra Limited & Anr. v. Diksha Sharma [CS(COMM) No. 209 of 2023, decision ......

When there are competing trademark rights over the same word, dealing with the same goods or services, but with different patterns of use, whose rights are considered superior? This was the question facing the Delhi High Court ......