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Employee Inventions and Ownership of Patents in India

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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 Stock Photography and Image-Licensing Platforms in India

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The commercialization of photographic content through stock photography libraries and image licensing platforms represents one of the most mature and commercially sophisticated applications of copyright licensing in the creative economy. What began as physical libraries of transparencies and prints, laboriously cataloged and licensed through analogue processes, has evolved into a global digital industry worth billions

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NEC Corporation v. Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs

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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi, Single Judge | Date of Decision: 28 March, 2026 Case Number: C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 486/2022 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tejas Karia BACKGROUND In NEC Corporation v. Assistant Controller The Appellant, NEC Corporation, is the applicant for Patent Application No. 201717010986, filed on 28.03.2017 before the Patent Office, New Delhi as

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Trademark issues in Franchise Agreements

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Trademark issues in franchise agreements occupy a peculiar and underappreciated intersection of commercial law and intellectual property law in India. A franchise relationship is, at its core, a contractual licence of intellectual property – most prominently, the franchisor’s trademark – in exchange for royalties, adherence to brand standards, and territorial exclusivity. Yet Indian practitioners and

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Industria De Diseno Textil, S.A. v. Registrar of Trade Marks & Anr.

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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi, Single Judge | Date of Decision: 6th July, 2026 Case Number: C.A.(COMM.IPD-TM) 52/2024, I.A. 33885/2024 Bench: Hon’ble Ms. Justice Jyoti Singh BACKGROUND The Appellant, Industria De Diseno Textil, S.A. (“Inditex”), a company incorporated under the laws of Spain in 1963 and a conglomerate of over 400 companies, is

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National IPR Policy 2016 India: Objectives, Reforms & Impact

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India’s adoption of a comprehensive National Intellectual Property Rights Policy on 12 May 2016 marked an inflection point in the country’s engagement with the knowledge economy. For the first time, the government brought all forms of intellectual property – patents, trademarks, copyrights, geographical indications, industrial designs, semiconductor integrated circuit layout designs, trade secrets and plant

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Blackberry Limited v. Controller of Patents and Designs

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High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided: 30 April 2026 C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) No. 14 of 2022 Bench: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tejas Karia Background Blackberry Limited, a corporation organised and existing under the laws of Ontario, Canada, specialising in telecommunication solutions including enterprise software and Internet of Things, filed Patent Application No. 1976/DEL/2008 on 20

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Right of Publicity in India – Celebrities, Sports Personalities and the Emerging Challenge of Artificial Intelligence

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The right of publicity is the legal right of an individual to control the commercial use of their identity their name, image, likeness, voice, signature and other recognizable attributes of their persona. It is a right that sits at the intersection of intellectual property law, personality rights and the law of torts and its significance

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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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