Intellectual Property Law

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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Syndicate of the Press of the University of Cambridge v. B.D. Bhandari & Anr.

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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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Krishika Lulla & Ors. v. Shyam Vithalrao Devkatta & Anr.

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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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Vishal Prafulsingh Solanke & Anr. v. Controller of Patent and Designs & ors.

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High Court of Judicature at Bombay | Commercial Appellate Division | 9 March 2026 Case Number: Commercial Appeal (L) No. 13430 of 2025 in Commercial Miscellaneous Petition No. 110 of 2025 Bench: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Bharati Dangre and Hon’ble Ms. Justice Manjusha Deshpande, JJ. Citation: 2026:BHC-OS:7027-DB BACKGROUND The appellants, Vishal Prafulsingh Solanke and another, filed

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Agriboard International LLC v. Deputy Controller of Patents and Designs

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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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Indigenous Energy Storage Technologies Pvt. Ltd. v. Deputy Controller of Patent and Designs & Anr.

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High Court of Delhi | 12 March 2026, Case Number: C.A. (COMM.IPD-PAT) 3/2025 & I.A. 3472/2025 Bench: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh BACKGROUND The appellant, Indigenous Energy Storage Technologies Pvt. Ltd., is a company specialising in sustainable energy storage solutions, particularly sodium-ion battery technology, with a focus on transforming agricultural and bio-waste such as cattle

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Novartis Ag & Anr. v. Natco Pharma Limited

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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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