IP Update: October 2009
K&S Partners wishes to inform its clients and associates that effective September 1, 2009, legal consultancy services in India have been brought under the ambit of service tax @ 10.30%.

IP Update: July 2009 to September 2009
In Warner Brothers Entertainment Inc. v. Santosh V G, the issue that arose for consideration before the High Court of Delhi was whether a cinematograph film, in which copyright subsisted in India, once put in the market by the owner of the copyright was subject to the principle of exhaustion of rights.

IP Update: April 2009 to June 2009
The lower house of the Indian parliament has passed the Trade Marks (Amendment) Bill 2007 in respect of India’s accession to the Madrid Protocol. The same is yet to be passed by the upper house of the Parliament so that it can proceed to become a law

IP Update: January 2009 to March 2009
Warner Brothers Entertainment Inc. v Harinder Kohli, raised before the High Court of Delhi the question whether the defendant’s film titled “Hari Puttar” visually and phonetically similar to the plaintiff’s registered trademark “Harry Potter” in respect of goods in classes 9, 25, 28 and 41. “Hari” is a common first name in India and “Puttar” in the Punjabi language means “son”. “Hari Puttar” when translated would, therefore, mean “Hari, the son”.