In a recent development, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favour of popstar Katy Perry in a case pertaining to copyright infringement and held that the popstar is not liable to pay $ 2.8 million worth of damages. The present dispute…
Read MoreA recent decision[1] by the Delhi High Court has provided clarity on various issues of patent law that had not been examined by Indian courts so far. These include parallel imports’ exemption under the Patents Act, 1970, the doctrine of equivalence and…
Read MoreOur Associate, Nikita Lakhani discusses “Enforcement of Anti-Suit Injunction of Foreign Court Denied in an Anti-Anti-Suit Injunction” Recently the Delhi High Court, in Interdigital Technology Corporation & Ors. v. Xiaomi Corporation & Ors., granted an anti- anti-suit injunction, directing Xiaomi to indemnify…
Read MoreOur Associate, Nikita Lakhani discusses “Jewellery and Intellectual Property: A Conflict Between Copyright, Designs and Trademarks“ The problem with jewellery designs being easily replicated or copied has translated into a growing need for intellectual property protection of such designs. Here, it is…
Read MoreOur Associate, Nikita Lakhani discusses “‘Spirit’ of Law on protecting the Well-known GI-Scotch Whisky” Recently, the Delhi High Court in Scotch Whisky Association v Unibev Limited, granted an interim injunction in favour of plaintiff for infringement of its registered Geographical Indication (“GI”),…
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