The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, through the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), has published a Gazette notification proposing draft amendments to the Patents Rules, 2003. The draft rules have been issued in exercise of the power conferred under Section 159(3) of the Patents Act, 1970, and are published for the […]

The Madras High Court recently dismissed an application filed by Reckitt Benckiser (India) Pvt. Ltd. seeking revocation of leave granted to Hindustan Unilever Ltd. (HUL) to institute a suit against the company for alleged misleading advertisements. HUL had approached the Court alleging that certain nationwide advertisements issued by Reckitt contained misleading claims, and sought injunctive […]

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has released the Draft Trade Mark (Amendment) Rules, 2025 proposing significant changes to the professional framework governing trade mark agents. The draft introduces a formal Code of Conduct and a structured disciplinary mechanism aimed at enhancing accountability, transparency, and ethical practice in trade mark prosecution. […]

Recently, the Supreme Court of India, in Novenco Building and Industry A/S v. Xero Energy Engineering Solutions Pvt. Ltd. & Anr.  set aside the Himachal Pradesh High Court’s dismissal of the appellant’s suit for patent and design infringement and restored the case for adjudication on merits underscoring the principle that substantive rights cannot be denied […]

Justice Prathiba M. Singh of the Delhi High Court has been appointed as the Chair of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Advisory Board of Judges for the 2025–2027 term. The Advisory Board comprises judges from various jurisdictions and plays a central role in supporting WIPO’s judicial dialogue initiatives, capacity-building programmes, and efforts to promote […]

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) notified the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2025. The amendment specifically strengthens the due diligence obligations on intermediaries as well as introduce obligations for ‘synthetically generated information’. Under the previous 2021 framework, Rule 3(1)(d) required intermediaries to remove unlawful information upon […]