Delhi High Court grants interim relief to luggage brand Mokobara in trademark case
Bar and Bench covers K&S Partners’ recent success in representing luggage brand Mokobara, securing interim relief from the Delhi High Court in a hashtag#trademark infringement case. The Court found a strong prima facie case against the defendants selling suitcases bearing a virtually identical trade mark and trade dress as that of...
Dr. Reddy’s secures early win in Novo Nordisk’s ‘Ozempic’ infringement claim
Managing IP has covered the ongoing patent dispute between Novo Nordisk (represented by K&S Partners) and Dr. Reddy’s over semaglutide (Ozempic). While the Delhi High Court has declined interim relief at this stage, the case is still in its early phases and will continue to be heard in...
Delhi HC: Offering copyrighted work on unfair terms amounts to refusal by owner
In Al-Hamd Tradenation v Phonographic Performance Limited, the Delhi High Court, while addressing the issue of compulsory licensing under Section 31 of the Copyright Act, 1957, underscored that balance needs to be struck between copyright owners’ rights and public access to the copyrighted works.
Section 31...
Philips Secures Significant Victory in Patent Dispute With Indian DVD Makers in Delhi HC
In a significant decision by the Delhi High Court in February 2025 reinforcing the enforcement of standard essential patents (SEPs) in India, Philips Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Philips) recently won a protracted legal battle against three Indian digital versatile disc (DVD) manufacturers – Pearl Engineering Company, Powercube Infotech, and...
HiTech patent expert Madhusudhan S.T. quoted in IAM article on landmark Philips SEP victory
In a decisive legal victory for Philips, the Delhi High Court has awarded substantial damages in a standard essential patent (SEP) infringement case against three Indian DVD manufacturers, concluding a lengthy 13-year litigation.
The Court’s ruling, issued on February 20, 2025, affirms the validity and enforcement...
Delhi HC’s Key Ruling on Amendments & Experimental Data in Patent Applications
In the matter of JFE Steel Corporation v The Controller of Patents, the Delhi High Court allowed JFE Steel Corporation (JFE) to file amendments to claims and supplement the complete specification by providing new experimental data to support the claims made in its patent application.
The Court also ordered the...
The OpenAI case and what’s at stake for AI and copyright in India
The first legal challenge to generative artificial intelligence models in India surfaced last week when news agency ANI filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in the Delhi High Court alleging copyright infringement.
In this case, a first-of-its-kind in India, New Delhi-based ANI has accused the San Francisco-headquartered...
Delhi High Court Highlights Basis For Assessing Patentable Subject Matter Eligibility Of Computer Related Inventions
In the case, Blackberry Limited v the Controller of Patents and Design, Blackberry Limited (Blackberry) challenged an impugned order issued against its Indian patent application (application) for an invention relating to enhance user interaction with multimedia devices and autofill media files based on available...
Delhi High Court: Non-Attendance of Hearing Is Not Abandonment
In Star Scientific Limited v the Controller of Patents and Designs, the Delhi High Court emphasized the mandate of the Controller of Patents and Designs’ (Controller) to issue a reasoned and speaking order while deciding the fate of a patent application, regardless of the Applicant not attending the hearing.
The...
Interpretation of a Patent Claim during Patent Infringement
In the case of Itw Gse Aps & Anr. v Dabico Airport Solutions Pvt Ltd & Ors, the plaintiff, ITW GSE ApS (ITW) filed a suit seeking a permanent injunction against Dabico Airport Solutions Pvt. Ltd (Dabico) to prevent Dabico from dealing in products that allegedly infringes ITW’s suit patent.
The suit patent...