On 5 November 2020, the Bombay High Court delivered its judgment in the case of Dhaval Diyora v Union of India WRIT PETITION (L) NO.3718 OF 2020. The Court deliberated whether a pre-grant opposition can be filed with the Controller of Patents and Design for the purpose of opposing a patent application appealed before the […]
Philips has brought an action against Xiaomi before the Delhi High Court in the suit titled Koninklijke Philips N.V. vs Xiaomi Inc. CS(COMM) 502/2020, for infringement of its UMTS enhancement (HSPA, HSPA+) and LTE technologies and patents being IN 275419, IN 271469, and IN 228133 Philips also filed an application seeking an ad-interim injunction against […]
Marc Jacobs’ design, left, with Nirvana’s original, right. Composite: Mac Jacobs/Getty ImagesImage Source: The Guardian In 2018, the company Nirvana LLC sued the famous designer Marc Jacobs -among others- for the use of the “Smiley Face” symbol, which is attributed to Kurt Cobain. This “Smiley Face” has been registered in the US Copyright Office in favor […]
Posted on November 12, 2020 Authored by Sarah Sanchez* Can emotions be copyrighted? The famous Sherlock Holmes would have never thought he would be involved in such a mystery. As it turns out, Arthur Conan Doyle’s family, the family of the creator of Sherlock Holmes, is making him the center of it all. Well, not […]
In June, the U.S Supreme Court ruled in United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) v. Booking.com B.V that a combination of a generic term and a generic top-level domain name (such as “.com”, “.biz”, “.org”), commonly referred to as a “generic.com” term, is not per se generic. Joseph critically analyses this decision here. As […]
Posted on November 4, 2020 Authored by Anunay Kumar Sharma* Introduction In 2019, Warner Music, the 3rd largest music label in the world with artists such as Led Zeppelin, Ed Sheeran, Madonna signed on – not an artist, but a bundle of code – Endel. Endel is the byproduct of a startup based out of […]
Posted on November 2, 2020 Authored by Aditya Krishna* Introduction In the previous blog in the series on ‘AI and Authorship’, the author explored the discourse taken forward by the Tencent case and deliberated on its contributions towards the concept of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and authorship. This article will constitute the second blog of the series on […]
Posted on October 22, 2020 Co-authored by Shobana Iyer* and Tanya Garg* Introduction On 26 August 2020, the UK Supreme Court (“Supreme Court”) delivered the much-awaited landmark decision in Unwired Planet International Ltd v Huawei Technologies (UK) Co Ltd; Huawei Technologies Co Ltd v Conversant Wireless Licensing SARL; ZTE Corporation v Conversant Wireless Licensing SARL[1] […]
The competition between Nike & Adidas – two of the most renowned names in the sports accessories business – has slowly spilled over from the market into the courtroom. It is not surprising that these two brands, responsible for changing the face of the sports industry through their products, have a clash of conceptual ingenuity. […]
Posted on October 21, 2020 Authored by Aditya Krishna* Introduction “AI” or Artificial intelligence has been developing in leaps and bounds over the past decades. With many applications emerging, and a multitude more on the horizon, it is inevitable that the legal field is bound to undergo drastic changes to cater for the changing technology […]
