The implications of posting of patent applications are discussed in the Article section of IPR Amicus - April 2013. Ratio decidendi covers the Delhi High Court larger bench decision on registration of designs abroad besides decision on passing off in domain names and the English Court decision tha

Two articles are featured in IPR Amicus - March 2013. The first article discusses Foreign Filing License requirements particularly for first filing in a foreign country. The second article is on the Delhi High Court order restoring a trademark after 29 years, reinstating the rights of the register

A discussion on the cancellation of a registered design on the ground of prior registration abroad is one of the highlights of February 2013 issue of IPR Amicus. The ‘Ratio decidendi’ section includes the CJEU decision on the mark ‘steam glide’ for iron as being descriptive, IPAB decision on divis

An analysis of the rights of co-owners under Indian Patents Act is presented in the Article section of IPR Amicus January 2013 issue. Ratio decidendi section covers case law on trademark protection to marginally tweaked marks, relevance of prior use of mark in different jurisdiction and decision o

Copyright (Amendment) Act, 2012 bringing major changes like performer's rights, protection of technological measures and compulsory licensing for benefit of the disabled is the highlight of this issue. Various issues in patent translation covering India, Europe and USA are discussed in the article

This is the First Anniversary issue of IPR Amicus. Focussing on practical issues in filing and obtaining patent protection, the article in this issue, analyses pendency of patent applications in India. Case law on post-grant opposition, use of laudatory expression as trademark, SPC for new applica

The 'Statutory updates' section discusses the America Invents Act which has come into force from 16-9-2012. Of particular interest is the shift to First to file provisions. Important decisions from different for a High Court and IPAB on whether slogans can be copyrighted, test of obviousness as pe

Delhi High Court's decision recognising international exhaustion of trademarks as per Trade Marks Act, 1999 is the highlight of this issue. The article discusses parallel importation and 'market' as interpreted by the court. The case law section contains another important decision of the Delhi Hig

Governmental use of patented inventions and provisions of Sections 48 and 100 of the Patents Act, 1970 are analysed in the article on ‘Use of patented inventions by the government’. The news section contains draft guidelines issued by the Indian patent office on traditional knowledge and biologica

The ambiguity in Indian patent laws on whether registration of patent licenses and assignments is necessary for the transactions to be valid is the basis for discussion in the article in this issue of IPR Amicus. 'Ratio Decidendi' provides summary of the English case on denial of trademark to tile