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 confusion.
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 3(k).
PATENTABILITY OF COMPUTER-RELATED INVENTIONS IN INDIA
Explains how Indian law evolved from restricting software patents under Section 3(k) to recognising computer-related inventions demonstrating technical effect or contribution.
AN INTERNET CASE THAT REFUSED TO BE TREATED AS SPECIAL
Examines how the Delhi High Court applied traditional trademark and passing off principles to domain names, holding that internet disputes follow established confusion standards.
WHEN A COLOUR BECAME A LEGAL BATTLEFIELD
Analyses the Christian Louboutin v Abu Baker ruling where the Delhi High Court examined whether a red sole can function as a trademark through acquired distinctiveness and passing off.
WHEN MACHINES CREATE, COPYRIGHT FALTERS
Explores how AI-generated works challenge originality and human authorship under copyright law, analysing Indian and global legal positions on machine creativity.