Indian IP Framework

Patent Valuation and Due Diligence in M&A Transactions

Mergers and acquisitions have always been exercises in identifying, pricing and managing risk. For much of corporate history, that risk was understood primarily in financial, operational and regulatory terms balance sheet liabilities, workforce integration, antitrust clearance and market concentration. In the contemporary deal landscape and most acutely in India’s rapidly maturing M&A market, this understanding

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Tervinder Singh Jhans & Others v. Pankaj Rai & Others

High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench | Decided: 1 September 2026 Appeal Against Order No. 42 of 2026 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Y.G. Khobragade Citation: 2026:BHC-NAG:11473 Background The appellants are Tervinder Singh Jhans, M/s Barbecue a proprietary concern through its proprietor Tervinder Singh Jhans and Barbecue Food Services Pvt. Ltd., all having their

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Climate Technology Patents and Compulsory Licensing – The Emerging Debate

The relationship between intellectual property protection and the global response to the climate crisis has emerged as one of the most consequential and contested debates in contemporary international law. At its centre lies a fundamental tension: the patent system, which incentivises innovation by granting inventors temporary exclusivity over their inventions, simultaneously creates barriers to the

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Trademark Coexistence Agreements – strategy and drafting

Trademark coexistence agreements occupy a sophisticated and commercially consequential space within Indian intellectual property practice      one that sits at the junction of trademark law, contract law and competition law, yet is addressed by no single statute with dedicated clarity. In a trademark register that now carries over two and a half million active marks, with

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Biotyx Medical Shenzhen Co. Ltd. v. Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs

High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 19 May 2026 C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) No. 47 of 2024 Bench: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh Background Biotyx Medical Shenzhen Co., Ltd., the appellant, is a Chinese company providing minimally invasive medical devices for cardiovascular diseases and disorders. The appellant filed Indian Patent Application No. 201917030431 on 27

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Employee Inventions and Ownership of Patents in India

The question of who owns a patent when the invention is made by an employee is one of the most practically significant and frequently misunderstood issues in Indian intellectual property law. As India’s research and development ecosystem expands spanning pharmaceutical companies, technology firms, government laboratories, academic institutions and the Indian operations of multinational corporations the

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Copyright in E-Learning, MOOCs and Online Education Content in India

The digital transformation of education represents one of the most significant shifts in the organization of knowledge transmission that human society has undergone since the invention of the printing press. Massive Open Online Courses MOOCs delivered through platforms like Coursera, edX, NPTEL, Swayam and their many competitors, have made it possible for a student in

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Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc. v. The Controller of Patents

High Court of Delhi | Decided: 22 July 2026, C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) No. 35 of 2024, Bench: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh Background Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., the appellant, filed Indian Patent Application No. 201617008869 on 14 March 2016 in respect of an invention titled “INSECTICIDAL PROTEINS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE.” The invention related to novel

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Parle Products Pvt. Ltd. v. The Registrar of Trade Marks & Anr.

High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 28 July 2026 LPA 316/2026 & CM APPL. 27819-20/2026 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice V. Kameswar Rao & Hon’ble Ms. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora Background In Parle Products Pvt. Ltd. v. The Registrar of Trade Marks,The appellant, Parle Products Pvt. Ltd., is a well-known company engaged

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