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Calcutta High Court Notifies IPD Rules: A Quick Comparison 

/ By / Copyright, Design, Geographical Indication, Patent, Plant Variety Protection, Trade Secret, Trademark

On September 20, the notification for the Calcutta High Court’s IP Division Rules were published in the Kolkata Gazette, making it the newest High Court, after Delhi and Madras, to have its own dedicated IP Division and relevant Rules. These Rules, officially called as “The Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules of the High Court at Calcutta, 2023”, (Cal HC IPD Rules or Final Rules) are drafted consequent to the abolition of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board via the Tribunal Reforms […]

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DHC Passed Over-broad Order in Louis Vuitton Advertisement Material Copyright Dispute

/ By / Copyright, Trademark

[This post is co-authored with Tejas Misra. Tejas is a third-year law student at National Law University, Delhi, and is interested in the evolution of IPR law and its growth in India. His previous posts can be accessed here.] On 21st August 2024, the Delhi High Court in Louis Vuitton Malletier v. http://www.haute24.com & Ors. issued a significant order directing for a permanent injunction and INR 5,00,000 as damages to Louis Vuitton for the unauthorized use of the brand’s copyrighted photos

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From Bar to Bench: Three Advocates Recommended for the Delhi High Court, with Specific Mention of the IPD in the Collegium Resolution

/ By / Copyright, Design, Geographical Indication, Patent, Plant Variety Protection, Trade Secret, Trademark

On August 21, 2024, names of Mr. Ajay Digpaul, Mr. Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, and Ms. Shwetasree Majumder were recommended for appointment as Judges of the Delhi High Court by the Supreme Court Collegium. The names were recommended to the SC Collegium by the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court in consultation with the two senior most judges of the High Court on October 25, 2023. In the detailed 4 page long collegium resolution, the SC Collegium finds the above

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SpicyIP tidbit: Reports Suggest that Centre is Pulling Back the Contentious Broadcasting Bill

/ By / Others

As reported by Rishi Raj for the Financial Express on August 19, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has decided to withdraw the contentious Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill. Though it has been reported that the Bill is being withdrawn because the government feels that existing laws are sufficient to address any issues that may arise, the Bill was extensively criticised for muffling free speech in the country and imposing excessive checks on online content creators and social media influencers. Though I

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CGPDTM Issues Order to Re-validate TM Orders Passed by Contractual Staff 

/ By / Trademark

In the aftermath of the very recent controversy surrounding the reports of Trademark orders being passed by contractual staff employed through the Quality Council of India (QCI), the CGPDTM has issued an office order (dt. August 13, 2024) explaining the mechanism to revalidate these orders. This office order comes in light of the DPIIT’s direction to form a committee of officers for the above exercise, as pointed out by Sabeeh in his post above.  As per the devised mechanism, two

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SpicyIP Tidbit: BHC Directs Patanjali to Pay Additional 4 Crores in a Trademark Infringement Dispute 

/ By / Trademark

[This tidbit is co-authored with Sumedh Gadham. Sumedh is a second-year law student enrolled at the National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS). He is interested in intellectual property, tech law, and policy. His previous posts can be accessed here.] After being directed to deposit INR 50 lakhs, the Bombay High Court has reportedly imposed a hefty cost of INR 4 Crores on the company. As per the Livelaw’s report above, the Court, while disposing Mangalam Organics’ petition for contempt proceedings,

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A Sigh of Relief for IPO Officers as Ministry of Commerce Scraps 259(!) Show Cause Notices

/ By / Patent

On July 8, Ananthakrishnan G in the Indian Express reported that the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) has ordered withdrawal of the 159 show cause notices issued to different officers of the Indian Patent Office. This move seemingly comes after the proceedings at the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) where the All India Patent Officers Welfare Association (the petitioner) had argued that the power to issue these show cause notices lies with the MoC’s Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

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CGPDTM Announces Dates for 2025 Trademark and Patent Agent Exams

/ By / Patent, Trademark

The office of Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM) on July 2, has notified the 2025 Patent and Trademarks Agent Exams. The Trademark Agent Exam is likely to be held on  January 04, 2025 and the Patent Agent Exam is likely to be held on January 5, 2025. Both the exams will be organized in 13 locations (one less than the number of locations for 2024 exams.) This time the exams will be organized in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bhopal,

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Karnataka High Court Forms a Sub-Committee to Draft IPD Rules

/ By / Copyright, Design, Geographical Indication, Patent, Plant Variety Protection, Trademark

In an important development, the Karnataka High Court on June 20 released a notification forming a sub-committee to draft rules for establishing an IP Division. The sub-committee comprises Registrar (Judicial), Karnataka High Court (the position is presently held by Mr. E. Rajeeva Gowda)  and Prof. Dr. Arul Scaria, Associate Professor, NLSIU, Bangalore. With this, the Karnataka High Court seems to be the latest High Court on its way to establish a dedicated IP Division. In the gamut of high courts,

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Irregularities in the Patent Examiner Recruitment Exams? DHC to Decide on the Allegations

/ By / Patent

On June 16, the much awaited results of the three phrased exams for the recruitment of Patent Examiners were declared by the National Testing Agency (NTA). Originally meant to recruit 553 Examiners, as per the results, the NTA has “provisionally” recruited 550 Examiners who will then be subjected to another round of verification by the Controlling Authority. In a trifecta of controversies for both the NTA and the Patent Examiner recruitment process, we have now learnt that a writ petition

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