We started 2019 with a bang-and quite a few interesting posts! Thematic Highlight  We had an enlightening guest post related to the Mosanto v. Nuziveedu case. In her post, the author notes that the Delhi HC had relied on a number of European precedents to conclude that Monsanto’s claimed invention covering the Bt gene construct and a process for preparing the transgenic Bt Cotton plant amounted to an “essentially biologically process” (which is excluded under Section 3(j) of the Patent…

Here’s the round-up of the last fortnight of 2018! Thematic Highlight Prarthana wrote a post on Carlsberg Breweries v. Som Distilleries, in which a 5-judge bench of the Delhi High Court held that a composite suit for design infringement and passing off is maintainable, and further, a remedy for passing off for a registered design can be brought if the said design is not functioning as a trademark and if the remedy of passing off is claimed for trade dress…