Patent Rules Published: A Quick Look 

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On March 15, the Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2024 were published in the Gazette of India, making crucial changes in the Indian patent regime. There will likely be more posts in the coming days that take a deeper look into these Rules. For now, on a quick skim, some of the notable amendments are:-  Revised Time limits  The Amended Rules revised timelines/ time limits for the following:-  Certificate of Inventorship  Amendments Concerning Requirement to File Information about Foreign Applications  Amendments Concerning […]

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Analysis of February 2024 Delhi High Court Judgment in InterDigital v. Oppo – II

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Bank Guarantee In the given case, the Court refused to accept the bank guarantee issued by HSBC-Paris – since it does not fall within the jurisdiction of Delhi High Court. HSBC-India declined to confirm the bank guarantee citing that HSBC-India and HSBC-Paris are technically two different entities (para 22). My understanding is, the guarantee issued by HSBC-Paris was meant to secure the counter-offer made by the defendants in the global licensing negotiations. It is also irrevocable and unconditional. It can

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Analysis of February 2024 Delhi High Court Judgment in InterDigital v. Oppo – I

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I provided an overview of the 21 February 2024 Delhi High Court judgment in the earlier post. I will analyse the judgment in this series. Broadly speaking, I am unable to agree with the concept of providing an interim deposit when there is a clear timeline in place for completing the trial. The award of interim deposit, when the Court has not even conducted a prima facie review of the case, is counter-intuitive.   I pose questions (rather than offer

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Indian Patent Office Puts out 1532 Orders in One Day!

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How many Controller decisions are given in one day? Following a curious post by Sandeep Rathod on LinkedIn noting that a whopping 1500+ patent decisions, perhaps the largest ever in a single day, were put out yesterday, we took a quick look at the information available to see for ourselves. It looks like there’s been a large increase in the number of decisions being put out every day! For comparison, we took the first 15 days of this month (March

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Workshop on Patent Oppositions in the Pharmaceutical Field [Kochi, April 26-30]

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We are pleased to announce that the Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS), CUSAT, and Third World Network are jointly organizing a workshop on ‘Patent Opposition in the Pharmaceutical Field’ between  April 26-30, 2024. The last date to apply for the workshop is March 24, 2024. For further details, please read the call for applications below: Workshop on Patent Oppositions in the Pharmaceutical Field Inter-University Centre for IPR Studies (IUCIPRS), CUSAT, and Third World Network are collaboratively organizing the fifth edition of the workshop titled

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Error 404! DHC addresses the Out-of-Order Condition of Trademark Registry’s Website

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The troubles for the Office of the Controller General of Patent, Designs, and Trade Mark (CGPDTM) just don’t seem to end anytime soon. In yet another “out of the frying pan and into the fire” situation for the CGPDTM, after the corruption allegation (covered here), the Delhi High Court passed an order on 7 March 2024 in IPAA v CGPDTM seeking directions for the suspension of Trademark Registry related limitation periods till the complete resumption of the services of the

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

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[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 Tidbit: Book on Patent Law by DHC Justice Prathiba M Singh Launched

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Having started back in 2015, Delhi High Court judge Justice Prathiba M. Singh’s book on Patent Law is finally out. It has been published by Thomson Reuters in two volumes and was launched on 9th March 2024 by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at Pragati Maidan. Also present were foreign dignitaries, including Annabelle Bennett (Former Judge of the Federal Court of Australia, Sydney), Colin Birss (Lord Justice, Court of Appeal, England and Wales), and Klaus Grabinski (President of the Unified

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SpicyIP Weekly Review (March 4-March 10)

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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

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[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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