Intellectual Property Law

Copyright in Traditional and Folk Art Forms Under Indian Law

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India carries within its borders one of the most extraordinary concentrations of living folk and traditional artistic heritage on earth. Madhubani painting from Bihar, Warli art from Maharashtra’s tribal communities, Pattachitra scroll painting from Odisha, Baul music from the rural riverbanks of Bengal and Bangladesh, Gond art from Madhya Pradesh, Bharatanatyam and Kuchipuri and Odissi […]

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Devans Modern Breweries Limited v. Cartel Bros Private Limited & Anr.

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High Court of Delhi | 22 June 2026 Case Number: CS(COMM) 346/2026, I.A. 9898/2026, I.A. 9911/2026 & I.A. 10797/2026 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tushar Rao Gedela BACKGROUND The plaintiff, Devans Modern Breweries Limited, claims to have been founded in 1961 by industrialist Shri Dewan Gian Chand and to be one of the leading manufacturers of

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Alkem Laboratories Limited V. Prevego Healthcare and Research Pvt. Ltd.

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High Court of Delhi | 17 January 2026 Case Number: CS(COMM) 84/2025 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tejas Karia BACKGROUND The plaintiff, Alkem Laboratories Limited, was established in 1973 and is engaged in research and development, manufacturing, marketing, distribution and sale of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products in India and in international markets, with a presence in

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Mold Tek Packaging Limited v. Pronton Plast Pack Pvt. Ltd.

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High Court of Delhi | Division Bench | 11 July 2025 Case Number: FAO (COMM) 114/2024, CM APPL. 34224/2024 & CM APPL. 34226/2024 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice C. Hari Shankar and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Ajay Digpaul BACKGROUND The appellant, Mold Tek Packaging Limited, was the plaintiff in CS (Comm) 668/2023, instituted before the learned District

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Navya Network Inc. v. Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay | Commercial Division | 15 April 2026 Case Number: Commercial Miscellaneous Petition (L) No. 15327 of 2025 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Arif S. Doctor Citation: 2026:BHC-OS:9481 BACKGROUND The petitioner, Navya Network Inc., filed the present petition under Section 117A of the Patents Act, 1970, challenging the order dated 27th

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Divisional Patent Application in India: Section 16 Explained

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Divisional Patent Application in India Section 16, Unity of Invention and the Post- Boehringer and Syngenta Legal Landscape Among the more technically demanding areas of Indian patent prosecution, divisional applications occupy a position of outsized practical importance. The ability to divide a patent application to carve out one or more inventions embedded in a parent

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Anti-Suit Injunctions in Indian SEP Litigation: The Xiaomi Doctrine

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Anti-Suit and Anti-Anti-Suit Injunctions in Indian SEP Litigation – CrossBorder FRAND Disputes and the Delhi High Court’s New Jurisprudence Standard essential patent litigation has always been an inherently global affair. A single smartphone implementing 4G or 5G cellular standards may infringe hundreds of patents held across dozens of jurisdictions and the manufacturer’s negotiations with a

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Philip Morris Products S.A. v. Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs & Anr.

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High Court of Delhi | 17 April 2026 Case Numbers: C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 6/2024, 40/2024, 49/2024, 61/2024, 79/2024, 28/2024, 32/2024 and 27/2025 Bench: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh BACKGROUND This common order disposes of eight connected appeals, all filed by the same appellant, Philip Morris Products S.A., under Section 117A of the Patents Act, 1970, against orders

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Biosimilar Patents in India – Patentability, Exclusivity and the Patent-Regulatory Interface

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Biologics occupy a peculiar and increasingly central place in modern medicine   large, complex molecules manufactured through living cell systems rather than chemical synthesis, used to treat cancer, autoimmune disease and a growing list of conditions for which no small-molecule alternative exists. As the patents covering the first generation of blockbuster biologics   Herceptin, Avastin, Rituxan, Humira

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