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Trademarks – Phonetic similarity when word used as suffix in one mark and as prefix in another
04 September 2017
Bombay High Court on 2-8-2017, in the case of Pidilite Industries Limited v. Poma-Ex Products, observed that there existed high degree of phonetic similarity between the mark of the plaintiff “FEVIKWIK” and the mark of the defendant “KWIKHEAL”.
Copyright in literary work authored by director of company
04 September 2017
The Delhi High Court on 4-8-2017, in the case of Neetu Singh v. Rajiv Saumitra granted an interim injunction in favour of the plaintiff. The suit was pertaining to copyright infringement in a literary work.
Global injunction on display of search engine results
04 September 2017
Google has on 24th of July brought an action before the US District Court (Northern District of California-San Jose Division) to prevent enforcement of the Canadian Supreme Court Order that prohibits Google from publishing within the US, search result information about the contents of the internet.
Right to Privacy – Supreme Court’s landmark judgement
01 September 2017
There was an apparent conflict between the judgments of the Supreme Court in MP Sharma case (8-judge bench) & Kharak Singh case (6 judge bench) on the one hand, versus more than 6-7 different 3-judge and 2-judge decisions 1973 and onwards, on the other hand.
Bottling of LPG Gas in cylinders amounts to production
01 September 2017
In the case of CIT v. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. while considering the issue whether bottling of LPG in cylinders amounts to manufacture for the purposes of eligibility to claim deduction under Section 80-HH, Section 80-I and Section 80IA of the Act, the Hon’ble Apex Court noted that aforesaid provisions use the expression manufacture or profession.
20th GST Council Meeting - Certain Highlights
08 August 2017
The GST Council under the chairmanship of the Union Finance Minister, held its 20th meeting on 5-8-2017 at New Delhi.
High Sea sales not liable to IGST
02 August 2017
Central Board of Excise and Customs has clarified that high-sea sales are not liable to IGST under the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.
Doctrine of equivalents & prosecution history - UK Supreme Court clarifies
24 July 2017
The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has recently passed its judgment in the case of the Actavis Vs. Eli Lilly and Company , on 12th July, 2017.
Examination of national phase patent application filed after specified period
24 July 2017
In recent judgment of 10th July 2017, the Delhi High Court in the case of the Trytan Medical INC. vs. Union of India, has taken to task, the Patent Office, for its failure to adhere to the orders and direction of a Superior Court/ Tribunal.
Export procedures revised under new GST regime
03 July 2017
With the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) in India from 1st of July, 2017, Indian authorities have revised procedures relating to export of goods and services from India.