Podcast: Gopinath AS – India’s Industrial Design Boom: A Decade of Transformation
This podcast will delve into India's industrial design revolution, marked by a 266% surge in design filings since 2020. Key drivers include policy reforms, domestic innovation, faster IP processing, and the expansion of design protection to digital assets. Fashion and tech now lead filings, universities are major...
Gopinath A.S. and Sandesh Sastry author article on Industrial Design Footprint in India in February 2026
Gopinath and Sandesh have co-authored an article titled “Shaping the Next Decade: Industrial Design Footprint in India”, published on Lexology on February 11, 2026.
The article explores the transformative journey of industrial design protection in India, highlighting quantitative growth in design filings, sectoral...
Shaping the Next Decade: Industrial Design Footprint in India
Over the past decade, India has undergone a reflective transformation in how it perceives, generates, protects, and monetizes industrial designs.
Once dominated by labor-driven manufacturing, the country’s design ecosystem has matured into a knowledge-intensive, IP-oriented framework that recognizes industrial...
Podcast: Gopinath AS – Patents Drive India’s Electric Vehicle Revolution
India is targeting 30% EV adoption by 2030, with strong government incentives, policy reforms, and growing infrastructure fueling rapid growth. Patents play a key role, protecting innovations in batteries, charging systems, and EV design. With rising patent filings from Indian firms and global leaders, the country is poised...
WIPO Approves Adoption of Riyadh Design Law Treaty
On November 22, 2024, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) member states approved the adoption of the Riyadh Design Law Treaty (Treaty), aimed at simplifying and streamlining the process of protecting creative designs internationally.
The Treaty’s primary goal is to make the design registration...
Delhi HC Grants Injunction to Falcon Autotech on Sortation System
In the case, Falcon Autotech Private Limited v Kengic Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd, the Delhi High Court passed an ex-parte ad-interim injunction to stop Kengic Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd (Kengic) from manufacturing, selling, importing, exporting, and/or offering for sale, advertising, exhibiting, and/or promoting, in any manner, products...
Delhi HC Weighs in on VE Commercial vs. Jaswant Industries Dispute
In the case of VE Commercial Vehicles Limited v Jaswant Industries & Ors, the Delhi High Court granted the injunction restraining Jaswant Industries & Ors (Jaswant Industries and two travel companies collectively known as Defendants) from dealing with the buses infringing design registrations of VE Commercial Vehicles Limited (VE...
Patentability of Synergistic Combinations Yielding New and Improved Results
In a notable ruling in the case, Biomoneta Research Pvt ltd. v Controller General of Patents Designs, the Delhi High Court (Court) resolved an appeal by Biomoneta Research Pvt. Ltd. (Biomoenta) against the Controller General of Patents and Designs’ (Controller) rejection of their 2017 patent application for an ‘Air Decontamination...
Maximizing Innovation and Protection in India’s Med-Tech Sector
India’s medical technology (med-tech) device sector, crucial to its healthcare system, offers a wide range of products such as catheters, needles, syringes, cardiac stents and orthopaedic implants.
Valued over 900,000,000,000 Indian rupees (approximately £8,532,661,146) in 2022, it is projected to grow at a CAGR of 16.4%, reaching $50...
Design Protection can be a Game-Changer for India’s Med-Tech Boom
Synergy between design innovation and legal protection will be instrumental in shaping a healthier future
India’s medical technology (med-tech) device sector, crucial to its healthcare system, offers a wide range of products like catheters, needles, syringes, cardiac stents, and orthopaedic implants. Valued over Rs 90,000 crore ($11...