In yet another setback for traders who try to monopolise generic or laudatory words, the Delhi High Court has held that generic or laudatory words cannot be monopolised by any one entity.
The Indian Patent Office (IPO) recently issued a series of public notices informing stakeholders about a few procedural changes to streamline the oral hearing proceedings in patent cases with an intent to facilitate the expeditious disposal of long-pending applications.
On November 18, 2022, the Government of India (GoI) released the much-awaited “The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022” (DPDP Bill).
On August 3, 2022, the Government withdrew the “Personal Data Protection Bill, 2021 (“the 2021 Bill”).
On April 28, 2022, India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued directions, imposing additional obligations on service providers regarding reporting cyber incidents and storing system logs.
As the pandemic struck India in 2020, the Indian Supreme Court (SC) had issued an order on March 23, 2020, where it suspended limitation period for all legal proceedings.
With the rapid rise yet again in COVID-19 cases including cases caused by the highly transmissible Omicron variant, the Supreme Court on January 10, 2022 has restored its previous orders that had extended the period of limitation.
On December 16, 2021, the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021 (“the Bill”) to further amend the Indian Biological Diversity Act, 2002 (“the Act”), was introduced in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament.
On April 27, 2021, the Supreme Court had, in light of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic that had a devastating and debilitating effect, ordered an extension of the period of limitation in all matters, including intellectual property matters, before all courts, tribunals, and authorities, until further orders.
On July 6, 2021, the Delhi High Court announced the creation of a specialized Intellectual Property Division (IPD) to deal with all matters related to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR).
K&S Partners, Intellectual Property Attorneys, today announced the elevation of 3 new equity partners. The firm also added 4 new Retained Partners.
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The alarming surge of the second wave of Covid-19 in India has led the Supreme Court to order an extension of the period of limitation in all matters
The Government of India has abolished, with immediate effect, the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB). The IPAB used to hear appeals from administrative actions under the Patents Act, 1970,
As reported in our last update of March 07, 2021, the Government of India notified the 2021 IT Rules on February 25, 2021 to replace the predecessor 2011 Rules.
On March 25, 2020, we had informed you that the Supreme Court of India (SC) had passed an order extending the periods of limitation, including in intellectual property matters.
On February 25, 2021, the Government of India notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 (“the 2021 Rules”) under the Information Technology Act, 2000 (“the IT Act”).
The Bill aims to abolish certain Tribunals and authorities and provide a mechanism for filing appeals directly before the High Courts.
The Department of Promotion of Industry and Internal trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, has notified the Designs (Amendment) Rules, 2021 on January 25, 2021. The amended Rules introduce start-ups (both Indian and Foreign) as a new category of design applicant and brings them...
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has notified amendments to the Indian Patent Rules, 2019.
The Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers’ Rights Authority (PPV&FRA) is no longer accepting the plant variety applications without the DUS test fee and the planting material.
We would like to inform you of a step taken by us to go paperless as part of our green initiative, where we need your cooperation. To achieve this, we have...
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