Rishabh recently wrote a post on a Bombay HC Order. In the order, the Court has instructed the Defendant to give prior notice of 7 days to the Plaintiff before  initiating any legal proceedings against them regarding the trademark ‘Hotel Millennium Park’. He analyses the scope of Section 142 of the Trade Marks Act and concludes that the order is outside the ambit of the Section since it prevents the Defendant from obtaining ex parte ad interim reliefs. Prof. Basheer called attention…

SpicyIP has been bustling with posts this week. Here’s the roundup: Thematic Highlight As part of the ongoing series on the problems with the Indian plant varieties regime, Prof. N. S. Gopalakrishnan shared the second part of his guest post that critiques farmers’ rights in India. In this part, he delves into the practical applications of the provisions of the PV Act with respect to benefit sharing, compensation under Section 41, the functioning of the gene fund and recognition for…