Intellectual Property
The Intellectual Property (IP) practice group at INDUSLAW advises diverse clients from start- ups to large corporations across varied sectors. The IP Practice team at INDUSLAW consist of individuals who are not only proficient at building, protecting and enhancing IP rights for their clients but also passionate about doing so. The team is well experienced and adept at working with different IPs including trade marks, copyrights, designs, geographical indications and patents.
Our support to clients extends not just in India, but across the Indian Sub-Continent and in other parts of the world as well.
The team’s specialized offerings include:
Our support to clients extends not just in India, but across the Indian Sub-Continent and in other parts of the world as well.
The team’s specialized offerings include:
IP ideation, identification and protection- Assisting our clients in identifying the right IP for their business, strategizing on the optimum form(s) of IP protection, conducting searches to ascertain availability to register and use IPs, as well as freedom to operate/use clearance searches, and taking steps to register the IP with the relevant authorities.
Contentious matters (non-litigation)- Handling varied types of contentious matters before different forums, as well as devising commercially driven enforcement strategies. This includes handling oppositions and rectifications before IP Offices and Courts, as well as enforcement of rights through the Internet including domain name transfer/cancellations and take-down-stay-down requests, and enforcement of rights at international borders through the Indian Customs.
IP Litigation and Dispute Resolution- Appearing before various Courts in India assisting clients in enforcing and defending their IP rights, both on the civil and criminal side. The team handle complex litigations involving different IPs and are also adept at strategizing and executing anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy enforcement actions on behalf of clients. The team also work closely with different enforcement authorities in executing litigation strategies and enforcement actions.
IP commercial and transactional support- Supporting clients on complex and large commercial transactions and strategizing on the best mechanism to commercialize IP. While proficient in conducting audits and due diligence, the Team also routinely advise clients in structuring their IP in acquisition, investment and other commercial transactions, as well as in matters concerning sale/license of trademarks, licensing of content, software development agreements, technology transfers and patent and know-how licenses.
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Intellectual Property
CHACHA CHAUDHARY AND CHARACTER MERCHANDISING
In order to understand character merchandising, it is first important to note what is merchandising. Merchandising in its broadest sense, is any practice or plan...
Intellectual Property
COMMON, BUT FATAL ERRORS IN SOFTWARE ASSIGNMENT...
For any commercial agreement dealing with transfer of property (a tangible or an intangible property), it is essential to set out the terms and conditions...
Intellectual Property
INDIA: TRADE DRESS: LAWS RELATING TO THE...
With the growth in the number of e-commerce ventures, the need for protecting intellectual property rights in respect of websites and related technologies has received...
Intellectual Property
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DUE DILIGENCE
In any corporate transaction involving acquiring a business or a stake therein, the acquirer conducts due diligence of the targets’ assets and liabilities, in order...
Intellectual Property
INDIA: BRAND LOGOS – TO TRADEMARK OR...
Generally, logos and designs that are used as brand identities for representing businesses are protected as trademarks. As they are original artistic works that have...
Intellectual Property
INFOLEX NEWS ALERT
Agreements restricting transfer of shares of a public limited company held to be valid says Division Bench of Bombay High Court
Intellectual Property
INFOLEX NEWSLETTER - IP
In the wake of Prime Minister Mr. Modi’s ‘Make in India’ and ‘Digital India’ initiatives, drafts and inputs were provided to the Indian government in...
Intellectual Property
INFOLEX NEWSLETTER - IP
The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks released Guidelines for Examination of Computer Related Inventions in the beginning of this year....
Intellectual Property
NATIONAL IPR POLICY
The National IPR Policy, approved by the Union Cabinet on 13th May 2016, is a visionary document, aiming to create awareness of intellectual property rights...
Intellectual Property
INFOLEX NEWSLETTER - IP
The second quarter of this year has seen significant developments in the field of Intellectual Property Rights in India. While the National IPR Policy was...
Intellectual Property
INFOLEX NEWSLETTER - IP
The third quarter of the year has seen remarkable developments in the field of copyright law. In addition to the Department of Industrial Policy and...
Intellectual Property
COPYING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS IN THE COURSE OF...
In its recent judgment, the Delhi High Court has held that the compilation of photocopies of various copyrighted material used “in the course of instructionâ€Â...
Intellectual Property
INFOLEX NEWSLETTER - IP
As we take you through the advancements in the field of IP in the last quarter of 2016, we take this opportunity to wish you...
Intellectual Property
WHERE CAN A FOREIGN REGISTERED PROPRIETOR SUE...
A Division Bench of the High Court of Delhi (the "Court"), in its recent judgment in the matter of P.K. Sen vs. Exxon Mobile Corporation...
Intellectual Property & Technology, Media & Telecommunications
THE RESURRECTION OF SAFE HARBOURS FOR INTERNET...
In its recent judgment in the matter of MySpace Inc. v. Super Cassettes Industries Ltd., a division bench of the Delhi High Court (the 'Court') comprising of...
Intellectual Property
NEW TRADE MARKS RULES IN INDIA
The Government of India has notified the Trade Marks Rules, 2017 (the 'New Rules') under the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (the 'Trade Marks Act') on...
Intellectual Property
INFOLEX NEWSLETTER - IP
This Newsletter brings to you the IP updates during the first quarter of this year. The first quarter saw remarkable changes in trademark practice and...
Intellectual Property
NEW GUIDELINES FOR DETERMINING WELL-KNOWN TRADEMARKS IN...
The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (the 'CG Office') recently notified and issued guidelines for setting out a procedure for...
Intellectual Property & Litigation & Dispute Resolution
ESTABLISHING GOODWILL AND REPUTATION IN INDIA IS...
In the matter of Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha vs M/S Prius Auto Industries Limited, the Supreme Court of India (the 'Supreme Court') reaffirmed the principle...
Intellectual Property
INFOLEX NEWSLETTER - IP
This Newsletter brings to you significant IP updates from the first quarter of this year. The past few months have seen a couple of very...
Intellectual Property & Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Whose Original Design Is It Anyway?
What makes something new or original? Have you ever thought about the originality of your sandals that you wear on your feet and the design...
Intellectual Property & Litigation & Dispute Resolution
INTENTION TO DEFRAUD NOT NECESSARY TO PROVE...
The Supreme Court of India recently passed a judgement in Wockhardt Ltd. Vs. Torrent Pharmaceuticals & Anr., through which it reaffirmed that the intention to...
Intellectual Property
Infolex Newsletter - IP October 2018
INDUSLAW's IP newsletter sets out the key intellectual property related updates in India from the third quarter of this year. Aditi Verma Thakur,...
Intellectual Property & Litigation & Dispute Resolution
EXEMPLARY COSTS FOR HABITUAL TRADEMARK INFRINGERS
In August 2018, in the case of Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited vs. Galpha Laboratories Limited and Another, the High Court of Bombay imposed exemplary damages to...
Intellectual Property
DRAFT PATENT (AMENDMENT) RULES, 2018 : A...
On December 4, 2018, the draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2018 were published by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion of the Ministry of Commerce...
Intellectual Property & Litigation & Dispute Resolution
DELHI HIGH COURT ALLOWS COMPOSITE SUIT FOR...
The Delhi High Court recently held that two causes of action, one with respect to passing off and another with respect to design infringement under...
Intellectual Property
Infolex Newsletter IP Jan 2019
This newsletter brings to you the key intellectual property ("IP") related updates in India from the final quarter of 2018. The Ministry of Commerce and...
Intellectual Property & Litigation & Dispute Resolution
SUPREME COURT SETS ASIDE DELHI HIGH COURT...
On January 8, 2019, the Supreme Court over-ruled a decision of the Delhi High Court, which held that Monsanto's patent for technology to genetically modify...
Intellectual Property & Litigation & Dispute Resolution
ZEE VIOLATES PERSONALITY RIGHTS OF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF...
The Delhi High Court recently reaffirmed the principles associated with personality rights, when it found Zee Media Corporation to be violating the personality rights of...
Intellectual Property
Infolex Newsletter IP April 2019
This newsletter brings to you the key intellectual property related updates in India from the first quarter of 2019. In particular, we cover the copyright...
Intellectual Property
IndusLaw IP Newsletter - July 2019
This newsletter brings to you the key intellectual property related updates in India from the second quarter of 2019. This quarter witnessed a sea of...
Intellectual Property
PATENT (AMENDMENT) RULES, 2019 NOTIFIED
On September 17, 2019, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry notified the Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2019 after...
Intellectual Property & Technology, Media & Telecommunications
SAFE HARBOUR IMMUNITY FOR INTERNET INTERMEDIARIES AND...
The Information Technology Act, 2000 ('IT Act') and the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 ('Intermediaries Guidelines') sets out a framework providing for conditional safe...
Intellectual Property
IndusLaw IP Newsletter - Oct 2019
This newsletter brings to you the key intellectual property and related updates in India from the third quarter of 2019.
Intellectual Property
Infolex Fintech Newsletter - June 1 2019...
The fin-tech sector has rapidly expanded out of the back-end technology used by large financial institutions, to cover all emerging technological innovations having a bearing...
Intellectual Property
Infolex Newsletter-IP December 2019
At the outset, we take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy and prosperous New Year 2020! This newsletter brings to you the...
Intellectual Property
INDIAN RECORD MANUFACTURING CO. LTD. GRANTED RELIEFS...
Recently, the Madras High Court in a copyright infringement dispute between Indian Record Manufacturing Co. Ltd. and Mr. Illaiyaraja, revisited the principles of first ownership...
Intellectual Property
Infolex Newsletter - IP
While the entire world has been witnessing the coronavirus pandemic since the beginning of 2020, some interesting updates took place in the intellectual property arena...
Intellectual Property
Japan and China Newsletters (January 2020 -...
INDUSLAW is a multi-speciality Indian law firm with 42 partners and over 150 lawyers across four offices in Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai....
Intellectual Property
China Newsletters (January 2020 - March 2020)
INDUSLAW is a multi-speciality Indian law firm with 42 partners and over 150 lawyers across four offices in Bengaluru, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai....
Intellectual Property
Brands and Branding: in the times of...
With the world facing trying times due to the coronavirus outbreak and several countries coming to a stand-still, it is being predicted that the economic...
Intellectual Property
WIPO Introduces WIPO PROOF (May 29, 2020)
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized UN agency assisting almost 195 countries of the world in developing an international intellectual property legal framework,...
Intellectual Property
Infolex | IP Newsletter for July 2020
While the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic, some interesting case updates came about in the field of intellectual property, particularly trademarks and...
Intellectual Property & Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Article - Amazon vs. Amway
In the second round of litigation between E-commerce platforms such as Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal (“E-commerce platformsâ€) and Direct Selling Entities (“DSEsâ€) such as Amway,...
Intellectual Property & Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Infolex Article: Social Media Promotions, A Boon...
While the boons of social media promotions are manifold, they are not without their own set of pitfalls. Through this Article, INDUSLAW’s Aditi...
Intellectual Property
IP Newsletter – October 2020
In times of the coronavirus pandemic, while the world strives to restore a semblance of normalcy, the field of intellectual property continued to witness some...
Intellectual Property
IP Newsletter – January 2021
As the world continues to struggle to adjust to the new normal, the field of Intellectual Property has seen major developments. In these times, the...
Intellectual Property
IP Newsletter - May 2021
As our country witnesses the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic and its impact, we continue to witness some interesting case updates that took place...
Intellectual Property
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY UPDATES FROM INDIA
While the pandemic continues to heavily influence businesses, it hasn’t necessarily brought intellectual property ideation, protection, commercialization and enforcement to a halt. In fact, businesses...
Intellectual Property
IP Newsletter – January 2022
This edition of the IP newsletter discusses in detail the development in jurisprudence led by Courts in areas of patents, trade marks and copyrights. The...
Intellectual Property
WHO IS AN AVERAGE CONSUMER WITH IMPERFECT...
The Delhi High Court recently denied injunction to the brand owner of "Rooh Afza" in a suit for trade mark infringement brought against the defendant...
Intellectual Property
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY UPDATES FROM INDIA
2022 began with several interesting decisions and developments. At the top of the list is the High Court of Delhi's efforts in establishing the Intellectual...
Intellectual Property
IP Newsletter - July 2022
As we reach the third quarter of 2022, we have witnessed no dearth of pathbreaking developments in the field of Intellectual property rights. One of...
