The Bombay High Court recently upheld an interim injunction granted by the District Court, Nagpur restraining Ifra Sheikh (“Appellant”) from using Mobile Bidi Traders’ (“Respondent”) registered trademark ONLINE BIDI. Before the District Court, the Respondent asserted that it is engaged in the manufacture and sale of bidis since 2005 and holds a valid trademark registration...
In a recent judgment, a Division Bench of the Delhi High Court (“Court”) has served an important and timely reminder that damages must necessarily be based on evidence which proves that the claimant suffered actual loss, and that any calculation based on speculative assumptions would be liable to be set aside. The judgment came in...
In C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 10/2025, the Delhi High Court set aside the refusal of Indian Patent Application No. 202117029591 filed by Nippon Steel Corporation for an invention titled “High-Strength Steel Sheet and Manufacturing Method of High-Strength Steel Sheet”. The Controller had rejected the application on the ground that “proof of right” was not established for one deceased...
Semaglutide is the rare drug that sits at the intersection of science, culture and capital. The Delhi High Court’s semaglutide order in CS(COMM) 565/2025 Novo Nordisk v Dr Reddy’s shows how Indian courts will police the outer edge of that capital: the extra years companies try to add through follow‑on patents. Novo’s enforcement hinged on...
The Delhi High Court has handed down an important decision in Alkem Laboratories Ltd. v. Prevego Healthcare & Research Pvt. Ltd., observing that device marks cannot automatically grant protection over the word or letters comprised therein, unless shown to have acquired secondary meaning. The court held that a registration for a device of the mark ‘A...
Recently, in an appeal filed by the appellant, Karan Rathore, the Delhi High Court overturned an order passed by the Trade Marks Registry (“Registry”) dismissing an opposition filed by the appellant against an application filed by the respondent, Shivam Rathore. The appellant is the registered owner of the mark JBR Device, which covers motor parts...
The Delhi High Court’s Division Bench has now pronounced its decision in Canva Pty Ltd & Ors v. RxPrism Health Systems Pvt Ltd & Anr, a significant moment for patent enforcement in the Indian SaaS and tech ecosystem, it is a wake-up call for both SaaS startups and IP practitioners navigating India’s evolving software-patent landscape....
Recently, the Hon’ble Delhi High Court refused to cancel the registered trademark, REKIN-SP, of Rekin Pharma Private Limited (“Respondent”) in a cancellation petition filed by Rexcin Pharmaceuticals Private Limited (“Petitioner”). The Petitioner had filed the petition under Section 57 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (the “Act”), seeking removal of the Respondent’s registration for...
Recently, the Delhi High Court allowed a trademark rectification petition filed by Satya Paul (“Petitioner”), the proprietor of the trademark ARUN, and directed the rectification of the trademark “AiC ARUN” registered in favour of Alka Industrial Corporation (“Respondent”) by ordering deletion of the word “ARUN” from the trademark. The Petitioner claimed to have adopted...
The Delhi High Court’s ruling in Yangtze Memory Technologie Co. Ltd. v. Union of India & Anr. delivers a sharp procedural reminder for patent applicants: the right to file a divisional application ends the moment the parent patent is granted. The Court holds? Interpreting Section 16(1) of the Patents Act, 1970, the Court reaffirmed that a...
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