A Quick Guide to the Biological Diversity Rules, 2024
The Biological Diversity Rules 2024, released by the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of India , introduce revised procedures, forms, and fees for approvals and registrations with the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA).
With these changes effective from December 25, 2024, Partner...
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...
Asserting Patent Infringement with the help of Doctrine of Equivalence
The overarching issue in SNPC Machines Private Limited & Ors. v. Mr. Vishal Choudhary revolves around the application of the doctrine of equivalents to determine patent infringement, focusing on whether functional similarities between two competing brick-making machines constitute a violation of patent rights, despite differences in their physical...
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 billion by 2030. This positions India as...
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 billion) in 2022, it is projected to grow at a CAGR of...
Overall impression of product design key for establishing design piracy
In December, the Delhi High Court made a significant ruling regarding design piracy, in the Havells India Limited v Polycab India Limited case.
Advancing towards Net-Zero Emissions through Strategies in the Net Zero Pathway
Havells India Limited (Havells) filed a suit seeking a permanent injunction against Polycab India Limited (Polycab) for infringing their three registered fan model...
Navigating the Metaverse: Design Protection’s Exciting New Frontier
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Insights into Indian Design Law – Design by Design Webinar
INDICAM along with the Indian Intellectual property (IP) law firm, K&S Partners and the Italian IP law firm, STUDIO TORTA S.P.A. organized a webinar on June 3, 2021, titled as: ‘Design by Design’
Mr. Anupam Trivedi and Mr. Anand Choubey, both partners in the Engineering patent practice at K&S Partners, shared their...
Date of design registration: Understanding versus reality – Asia IP Law Feature
James Anderson, in his novel called The Never-Open Desert Diner, said that “Sometimes the smallest things are so damn unforgivable. Maybe because they aren't small—they only seem that way to someone else. You never know what someone holds scared until it's too late.”
This quote is aptly justified in the verdict delivered by...