Recently, the Delhi High Court (Court), in the matter of Communication Components Antenna Inc (Plaintiff) Ace Technologies Corp. And Ors(Defendants), directed the Defendants to deposit a bank guarantee of approximately INR 550 million failing which the Defendants will be restrained from manufacturing, selling, offering for sale any models of antenna which infringe the Plaintiff's patent.
The Delhi High Court has issued directions to facilitate the immediate functioning of the IPAB
The trial court issued an interim injunction against UC Surendranath after Mambally's Bakery filed a suit to restrain him from using the MAMBALLY's BAKERY mark
The single Judge of the Delhi High Court (Court), Justice Pratibha Singh, has recently passed a detailed order on the role, responsibility and accountability of intermediaries and held that the e-commerce platforms are bound by the Model Framework for Guidelines on Direct Selling 2016 (Direct Selling Guidelines) and restrained the e-commerce platforms from selling the products of the Plaintiffs (defined below) except with the written consent from the Plaintiffs.
In Marico Limited v Abhijeet Bhansali (Notice of Motion No 1094 of 2019 in COMIP No. 596 of 2019), the Bombay High Court (Court) has passed a landmark order directing removal of a Youtube “review” video titled “Is Parachute Coconut Oil 100% Pure?” by a social media influencer/v-blogger Abhijeet Bhansali (Defendant) under the alias “Bearded Chokra” regarding Marico’s Parachute coconut oil.
In Ferid Allani (Petitioner) v Union of India And Ors (Respondents), the Delhi High Court (Court) directed the Indian patent office to reassess the Petitioner’s patent application in light of the Court’s observations on patentability of computer related inventions.
Ezeego initiated criminal proceedings for trademark infringement against Make My Trip due to the registration of domain names similar to the EZEEGO mark
The Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2019 (Revised Rules) have come into force from 17 September 2019. The key highlights of the Revised Rules are broadly set out below:
The Bombay High Court has passed an unprecedented order in Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation Vs Kishor D Jain & Anr (Notice of Motion (L) No 810 of 2019 in COMIP (L) No 383 of 2019) imposing costs of INR 5 Crore to be paid by the defendants who were caught counterfeiting the Plaintiff’s mark and goods.
