Curated judicial decisions shaping Indian patent trademark and copyright law. This section analysis landmark and recent judgements with Doctrinal clarity and practical perspective
Supreme Court of India | Decided: 14 February 2014 Civil Appeal Nos. 2086-2087 of 2013 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Surinder Singh Nijjar & Hon’ble Mr. Justice Fakkir Mohamed Ibrahim Kalifulla Citation: (2014) 5 SCC 1 | AIR 2014 SC 3152 | 2014 SCC OnLine SC 156 Background Enercon GmbH is a German company and one
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Supreme Court of India | Decided: 14 March 1977 Civil Appeal No. 967 of 1974 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Jaswant Singh & Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer Citation: AIR 1977 SC 1443 | (1977) 2 SCC 820 | [1977] 3 SCR 206 Background The Indian Performing Right Society Limited, universally known in the Indian
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Supreme Court of India | Decided: 18 August 1978 Civil Appeal No. 1031 of 1973 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Syed Murtaza Fazal Ali, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Jaswant Singh & Hon’ble Mr. Justice R.S. Pathak Citation: 1978 AIR 1613 | 1979 SCR (1) 218 | (1978) 4 SCC 118 Background R.G. Anand was a playwright, dramatist,
Supreme Court of India | Decided: 12 December 2007 Civil Appeal Nos. 6472 of 2004 & 6905 of 2004 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice B.N. Agrawal & Hon’ble Mr. Justice P.P. Naolekar Citation: (2008) 1 SCC 1 | AIR 2008 SC 809 | 2008 (36) PTC 1 (SC) Background Eastern Book Company, a well-established partnership firm
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Supreme Court of India | April 27, 1962 | AIR 1963 SC 449 S.K. Das, M. Hidayatullah & J.C. Shah, JJ. Background Amritdhara Pharmacy had been selling a popular ayurvedic medicinal preparation under the mark “Amritdhara” since 1901 (initially as “Amrit Ki Dhara,” later changed to “Amritdhara” in 1903). The medicine was introduced by Pandit
Supreme Court of India | B.N. Kirpal, Doraswamy Raju & Brij Kumar JJ. | 26 March 2001 AIR 2001 SC 1952 | 2001 (5) SCC 73 | Civil Appeal No. 2372 of 2001 Background Both the appellant Cadila Healthcare Limited and the respondent Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited were successor companies that had acquired the assets and
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(RFA (OS) No. 21 of 2009) with The Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford v. Narendra Publishing House & Ors. (FAO (OS) No. 458 of 2008) High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 3 August 2011 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice A.K. Sikri & Hon’ble Mr. Justice Suresh Kait Reportable Background
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Supreme Court of India | Decided: 15 October 2015 Criminal Appeal No. 258 of 2013 with Criminal Appeal No. 259 of 2013 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice S.A. Bobde & Hon’ble Mr. Justice Madan B. Lokur Reportable Background The respondent No. 1, Shyam Vithalrao Devkatta, claimed copyright in a synopsis of a story he had written
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High Court of Delhi Decided: 31 March 2022 C.A. (COMM.IPD-PAT) 4/2022 Bench: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Prathiba M. Singh Background Agriboard International LLC is a company incorporated in the United States engaged in the development of methods and apparatus for the manufacture of compressed structural fiberboard from agricultural fibrous matter, particularly rice straw. On March 14,
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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 24 August 2015 CS (OS) 1892/2006 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Manmohan Singh Background The plaintiffs, Sholay Media and Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and its co-plaintiff, are private limited companies engaged in the business of producing, exhibiting and distributing cinematograph films. The plaintiffs claimed to be the copyright
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