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SpicyIP Tidbit: Supreme Court Grants Booking.com Permission to Use ‘MakeMyTrip’ as Google Adword – Looking Beyond the 3-Line Order

[This post is authored by SpicyIP intern Aarav Gupta. Aarav is a third-year law student at National Law University, Delhi. He is passionate about geopolitics, foreign policy, international trade, and intellectual property and spends his time reading and watching sports.]  The very anticipated Google AdWords case has reached a significant juncture in the Supreme Court (SC). The Court has dismissed the Special Leave Petition (SLP) filed by MakeMyTrip (MMT) against Google regarding the alleged misuse of MMT’s trademarks as “keywords” in Google […]

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 4-March 10)

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments. Last week we published 3 posts including a post discussing the concept of hot tubbing, a post on the DHC interim injunction order restraining Geonix on the grounds of reverse passing off, and a tidbit on CCI’s appeal before the Supreme Court in. This and a lot more in this SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Please let us know in the comments below. Highlights of the Week

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Imputing Bad Faith in Trademark Infringement Disputes: Analysing DHC Nova v. Novya Judgement

[This post has been authored by SpicyIP Intern Kevin Preji. Kevin is a second-year law student at NLSIU Bangalore. His passion lies in understanding the intersection of economics and public health with intellectual property rights. His previous posts can be accessed here.] In the case of Sterling Agro Industries Limited vs ASR Trading Company, the Delhi High Court while dealing with a trademark infringement suit, imputed mala fide intention to ASR Trading’s (the Defendant) act of applying for a trademark

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 26- March 3)

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments. Last week we published 6 posts including a post on the PAC Chairperson’s demand for a probe by CVC into the allegations of corruption against CGPDTM, and also introduced the inaugural SpicyIP Doctoral Fellow. This and a lot more in this SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on? Please let us know in the comments below. Highlights of the Week PAC Chairperson Demands Probe by Chief Vigilance Commission Into

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Navigating Denied Filings: Trademark Justice at the Crossroads of the Commercial Courts Act

[This post is authored by SpicyIP intern Kevin Preji. Kevin is a second-year law student at NLSIU Bangalore. His passion lies in understanding the intersection of economics and public health with intellectual property rights. His previous posts can be accessed here.] While the Trademark Act provides for proprietors to protect their trademarks using evidence of prior use, goodwill etc which requires documentation dating back to the early days of the business, the Commercial Courts Act 2015 provides for strict deadlines

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Announcing the Inaugural SpicyIP Doctoral Fellow!

Our readers would have noticed that since November 2023, we have been publishing hard hitting, incisive posts by our fantastic two new SpicyIP Student Fellows Yogesh Byadwal and Tejaswini Kaushal. Yogesh is a second year student from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru and Tejaswini is a third year student from Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. Yogesh and Tejaswini were among our most diligent interns and subsequently joined the team as a part of the

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 19- February 25)

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments. Last week we published 3 posts on the MHC’s interpretation of Section 3(d) in the Novozymes case, DHC’s referral of 3 questions concerning the jurisdiction of High Courts in trademark rectification matters, and DHC’s decision on infringement of product by process claims. Anything we are missing out on? Let us know by dropping a comment below. Highlights of the Week ‘Non’-Pharmaceutical Substance and Efficacy under Sec 3(d) Can Section 3(d) be

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Legislative Oversight? Addressing the High Court Jurisdiction Vacuum Post-IPAB vis-a-vis Cancellation Petitions under the Trademark Act

Recently, the Delhi High Court referred 3 questions regarding the jurisdiction of a High Court to hear trademark rectification applications, to a larger bench. Discussing this controversy along with his thoughts on the probable solution, we are pleased to bring to you this post by SpicyIP intern Kevin Preji. Kevin is a second-year law student at NLSIU Bangalore. His passion lies in understanding the intersection of economics and public health with intellectual property rights. His previous posts can be accessed

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (February 12- February 18)

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments. Last week we published 3 posts on the E&Y’s report on music publishing in India, MHC’s judgement clarifying the jurisdiction of a High Court to hear writ petitions against orders of the Patent Office and the CGPDTM’s open house help desk portal. Anything we are missing out on? Drop a comment below and let us know. This Weekly Review is authored by SpicyIP intern Kevin Preji. Kevin is a second-year

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‘Non’-Pharmaceutical Substance and Efficacy under Sec 3(d)

Can Section 3(d) be applied to a non pharmaceutical invention? The MHC in Novozymes v. Asst. Controller of Patents and Designs made some interesting observations on this issue. Discussing the court’s decision and highlighting what can be ‘efficacy’ for such a non-pharmaceutical subject matter, we are pleased to bring to you this guest post by Amit Tailor. Amit is a Postgraduate in Pharmaceutical Sciences from National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER), S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali) and LL.B. from Faculty

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