IPVarna Blogs
IPVarna is a devoted research organisation that focuses on the research and development of Intellectual Property Rights.
PROTECTED ON PAPER, POOR IN PRACTICE
Critically examines whether GI protection in India truly benefits farmers and artisans, analysing enforcement gaps, unequal value distribution, and limits of the GI Act 1999.
WHEN PROTECTION BECOMES A MONOPOLY
Explains trade dress protection in India, analysing Section 2(1)(zb), passing off principles, and growing concerns that packaging rights risk creating design monopolies.
WHEN YOUR FACE BECOMES MERCHANDISE
Explores India’s evolving personality rights framework amid deepfake misuse of celebrity likeness, analysing privacy, copyright, passing off, and urgent need for legislation.
FROM RICE PACKETS TO COURTROOMS
Analyses KRBL v Praveen Kumar Buyyani where the Delhi High Court held ‘Bharat Gate’ deceptively similar to ‘India Gate’, reinforcing idea infringement and initial interest
INDIA’S NOD TO A SCENT MARK: UNPACKING THE SUMITOMO BREAKTHROUGH
Explains India’s first accepted smell trademark filed by Sumitomo for rose-scented tyres, analysing graphical representation, distinctiveness, and sensory branding under trademark law.
OPENING THE DOOR, BUT NOT DEFINING THE PATH
Critically analyses Ferid Allani v Union of India, where the Delhi High Court clarified that software-based inventions showing technical effect may be patentable under Section