Case Laws

Curated judicial decisions shaping Indian patent trademark and copyright law. This section analysis landmark and recent judgements with Doctrinal clarity and practical perspective

Novartis Ag & Anr. v. Natco Pharma Limited

Case Number: CS(COMM) 229/2019 & I.A. 10756/2024 Bench: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Mini Pushkarna BACKGROUND The plaintiffs in the present matter are Novartis AG and another. The defendant is Natco Pharma Limited. The underlying suit, CS(COMM) 229/2019, was filed by the plaintiffs seeking a permanent injunction restraining infringement of Indian Patent No. 276026 (referred to as

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The Chancellor, Masters & Scholars of the University of Oxford & Ors. v. Rameshwari Photocopy Services & Ors.

High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 9 December 2016 RFA (OS) 81/2016 Bench: Division Bench Hon’ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Nandrajog & Hon’ble Mr. Justice Yogesh Khanna Background The appellants (plaintiffs before the learned Single Judge) were five academic publishers: Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press (UK), Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd.,

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Google LLC v. DRS Logistics Pvt. Ltd. & Ors.

High Court of Delhi at New Delhi (Division Bench) | Decided: 10 August 2023 | FAO(OS)(COMM) 2/2022 & FAO(OS)(COMM) 22/2022 | Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vibhu Bakhru & Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amit Mahajan Background Google LLC, the appellant in FAO(OS)(COMM) 2/2022, owns and operates the Google Search Engine and the Google Ads Programme (formerly AdWords).

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Raj Kumar Prasad & Anr. v. Abbott Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.

Decided: 10 September 2014 FAO(OS) 281/2014 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Pradeep Nandrajog & Hon’ble Ms. Justice Mukta Gupta Background Abbott Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories, Chicago and is engaged in the manufacture and sale of pharmaceutical products in India. The trademark ‘ANAFORTAN’ had originally been used by Khandelwal Laboratories

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Saregama India Limited vs. Next Radio Limited & Ors

Supreme Court of India | Dr. D.Y. Chandrachud & B.V. Nagarathna JJ. | 27 September 2021 Civil Appeal Nos. 5985-5990 of 2021 Background Section 31D was inserted into the Copyright Act, 1957 by the Copyright Amendment Act, 2012 (brought into force on 21 June 2012). It creates a statutory licensing regime for broadcasting organisations that

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Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Limited v. Cipla Limited

High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 3 October 2008 IA No. 6872 of 2008 in CS(OS) No. 1073 of 2008 Presiding Judge: Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw Background Sun Pharmaceuticals Industries Limited, the plaintiff, held a registered trade mark THEOBID in relation to medicinal and pharmaceutical preparations. The trade mark was originally registered

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Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) v. Competition Commission of India & Another

High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 30 March 2016 W.P.(C) No. 464/2014 & W.P.(C) No. 1006/2014 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Vibhu Bakhru Background Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), a company incorporated under the laws of Sweden and one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, filed two writ petitions challenging orders passed by the

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