Court: Supreme Court of India Case No.: Civil Appeal (arising from Trade Mark Application proceedings) Decided on: 8 October 1959 Bench: Justice A.K. Sarkar, Justice J.L. Kapur, Justice S.K. Das Citation: AIR 1960 SC 142; (1960) 62 Bom LR 162; [1960] 1 SCR 968 Background The appellant, Corn Products Refining Co., was a corporation incorporated […]
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Court: Supreme Court of India Case No.: Civil Appeal No. 3028 of 2004 Decided on: 6 May 2004 Bench: Justice Ruma Pal & Justice P. Venkatarama Reddi Judgment authored by: Justice Ruma Pal Citation: (2004) 6 SCC 145; AIR 2004 SC 3540 Background The appellant, Satyam Infoway Ltd., incorporated in 1995, registered several domain names
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Court: High Court of Delhi Decided on: 1 July 1996 Presiding Judge: Justice R.C. Lahoti Citation: 1996 (38) DRJ 81 Background The plaintiff, Rupendra Kashyap, proprietor of M/S Som Sudha Prakashan, was appointed exclusive licensee of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), defendant No. 3, by written agreement dated 2 July 1991. Under this
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Artificial intelligence and software are transforming every sector of the economy – from drug discovery and autonomous vehicles to financial modeling and legal research. As these technologies generate increasingly sophisticated outputs, the question of whether they can be protected by patents has become one of the most contested and consequential debates in intellectual property law.
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Bayer Corporation v. Union of India through the Secretary, Writ Petition No. 1323 of 2013 (Bombay HC, 15 July 2014); AIR 2014 Bombay Background The petitioner, Bayer Corporation, is a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Indiana, United States of America. As a result of its research and development activities, the petitioner
Novelty is the first and most fundamental criterion for patentability under Indian patent law. Before any question of inventive step, industrial applicability or statutory exclusion arises, the threshold question is always the same – is the invention new? If it is not, the inquiry ends there. No amount of technical sophistication, commercial significance or inventive
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Court: High Court of Bombay Decided on: 12 October 1984 Presiding Judge: Not named in the judgment text Citation: AIR 1985 Bombay 229 Background The first plaintiff, Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Private Limited, is the publisher of the daily newspaper Indian Express, published from several cities in India including Delhi and claimed at the time
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Court: High Court of Delhi at New Delhi Decided on: 19 August 1988 Presiding Judge: Justice B.N. Kirpal Citations: AIR 1989 Delhi 63; 36 (1988) DLT 31; 1988 (15) DRJ 223; 2005 (30) PTC 253 (Del.) Background The dispute in this case arose from the posthumous publication of the autobiography India Wins Freedom, attributed to
Court: High Court of Delhi at New Delhi Case No.: Not specified in the judgment Decided on: 21 February 2005 Presiding Judge: Justice Pradeep Nandrajog Citations: 117 (2005) DLT 717; 2005 (30) PTC 253 (Del.) Background The plaintiff, Amar Nath Sehgal, is a sculptor of international repute, recipient of the Lalit Kala Academy Award and
Court: Supreme Court of India Case No.: Civil Appeal Nos. 5375-5377 of 2017 Decided on: 14 December 2017 Bench: Justice Ranjan Gogoi & Justice Navin Sinha Citation: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha v. M/S Prius Auto Industries Ltd. & Ors., (2018) 2 SCC 1 Background The Appellant, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, is a Japanese automobile manufacturer
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