Gujarat HC Holds Counterfeit Hardware Sales Are Not Copyright Offences
For more intellectual property updates follow our WHATSAPP CHANNEL and SUNS LEGAL | LinkedIn Introduction In Jitendrabhai Mohanbhai Kriplani v. State of Gujarat & Anr. (R/Criminal Misc. Application No. 21846 of 2022), the Gujarat High Court, on 7 September 2026, quashed an FIR under the Copyright Act, 1957, against a shopkeeper accused of selling counterfeit […]
Delhi High Court Holds Pre-Grant Opposition Hearing Cannot Replace Mandatory Patent Hearing, Revives Sugammadex Patent
For more intellectual property updates follow our WHATSAPP CHANNEL and SUNS LEGAL | LinkedIn Introduction In Fresenius Kabi Ipsum SRL v. The Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs & Anr. (C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 7/2025), the Delhi High Court, on 31st August 2026, set aside an order refusing a patent for an improved process of preparing Sugammadex, a […]
Telangana High Court Holds That Common Words in a Composite Label Mark Cannot Be Monopolised
For more intellectual property updates follow our WHATSAPP CHANNEL and SUNS LEGAL | LinkedIn Introduction In M/s Sai Silks (Kalamandir) Limited v. SKP B Gopinath Private Limited and 2 Others, C.M.A. No. 441 of 2025, a Division Bench of the High Court for the State of Telangana at Hyderabad, by judgment pronounced on 8 September […]
Delhi High Court Refers Territorial Jurisdiction Over Online Ads to Larger Bench in HUL v. Kwick Living Case
For more intellectual property updates follow our WHATSAPP CHANNEL and SUNS LEGAL | LinkedIn Introduction In Hindustan Unilever Limited v. Kwick Living (I) Private Limited, CS(COMM) 904/2026, the Delhi High Court on 25th August 2026 examined whether it had territorial jurisdiction over a suit by HUL against Kwick Living over an advertisement campaign HUL claimed […]
AI Authorship Under the Copyright Act: What the Thaler-DABUS Order Actually Holds
For more intellectual property updates follow our WHATSAPP CHANNEL and SUNS LEGAL | LinkedIn Introduction In the matter concerning Diary No. 9356/2022-CO/A, the Registrar of Copyrights, New Delhi, on 31st August 2026 rejected an application by Dr. Stephen L. Thaler to register an artistic work titled “A Recent Entrance to Paradise,” in which he sought […]
Bombay High Court Clarifies Essential Feature Protection for Composite Trademarks in Jyothy Labs v. Dabur “NEEM” Case
For more intellectual property updates follow our WHATSAPP CHANNEL and SUNS LEGAL | LinkedIn Introduction Can a company own the word “NEEM” in the toothpaste market? This question came before the Bombay High Court when Jyothy Labs Ltd., maker of “Neem Active Toothpaste,” accused Dabur India Ltd. of copying “NEEM” as the central feature of […]
Hotel Cable TV and Copyright Society Licensing: The Unsettled Question in the IPRS v. Hotel Appolo Case
For more intellectual property updates follow our WHATSAPP CHANNEL and SUNS LEGAL | LinkedIn Introduction The Supreme Court has stayed a Calcutta High Court ruling that required hotels supplying cable television to guest rooms to obtain a separate copyright licence, reopening a question that had appeared settled only weeks earlier. In The Indian Performing Right […]
Madras High Court Extends “CYCLE” Trademark Protection Beyond Agarbathies in Edible Oil Infringement Case
For more intellectual property updates follow our WHATSAPP CHANNEL and SUNS LEGAL | LinkedIn Introduction In N.Ranga Rao & Sons Private Ltd. v. Sree Annapoorna Agro Foods (O.S.A.(CAD) No.3 of 2022), the Madras High Court, on 28 July 2026, held that a trademark with strong reputation in one line of business can be protected even […]
Delhi High Court Strikes a Balance Between Rights Holders and Intermediaries in HBO v. Streamzy.to Case
For more intellectual property updates follow our WHATSAPP CHANNEL and SUNS LEGAL | LinkedIn Introduction Online piracy poses a persistent enforcement challenge: rogue websites blocked by court order routinely resurface through mirror, redirect, or alphanumeric domains, forcing rights holders back to court, while unrestrained self-help risks handing intermediaries or plaintiffs powers they are not authorised […]
Delhi High Court Clarifies Distinctiveness Standard for Trademark Registration in ADS Spirits ‘OFFER’ Case
For more intellectual property updates follow our WHATSAPP CHANNEL and SUNS LEGAL | LinkedIn Introduction On 21 July 2026, the Delhi High Court delivered an important ruling in ADS Spirits Pvt. Ltd. v. Registrar of Trade Marks (C.A.(COMM.IPD-TM) 8/2026), clarifying the correct standard for trademark registration under the Trade Marks Act, 1999. The Court held […]