Regulatory & Judicial Updates
Latest regulatory and judicial updates under Indian IP Laws such as, the Copyright Act, 1957, the Trade Marks Act, 1999, the Patent Act, 1970 and the Designs Act, 2000 are outlined below.
The Trade Marks Act, 1999
Calcutta High Court restrains sale of deceptively similar products.
Moondust Paper Pvt. Ltd. V. Vinay Shaw and Others. [IP-COM/44/2024 ; dt. August 8, 2025]
The Trade Marks shall be compared as a whole without dissecting or excluding any part held Supreme Court.
Pernod Ricard India Private Limited & Another V. Karanveer Singh Chhabra [SLP(C ) No. 28489 of 2023; dt.August 14, 2025]
The Patent Act, 1970
The Delhi High Court set aside the patent office's rejection of an invention related to "zero-liquid-discharge" a process patent to recover Potassium Sulphate and other valuable products from distillery waste.
Tapas Chatterjee V. Assistant Controller Of Patents and Designs & Anr. [CM APPL. No: 66722 of 2023; dt. October 6, 2025]
A patentable invention should able to show technical advancement over prior art held Delhi HC.
Saint Gobain Glass France V. Assistant Controller of Patents and Designs & Anr. [IA 8261 of 2024; dt. September 11, 2025]
Controller is required to hear the objections, raised in first examination report (u/s 14) and pre-grant opposition (u/s 25(1)), separately held Calcutta HC.
UPI Limited vs Union Of India & Ors. [WPA-IPD No.3 of 2024; dt. September 16, 2025]
Delhi High Court grants interim relief to ‘Largan Precision’ in a patent related to Smart phone camera technology.
Largan Precision Co. Ltd V. Honor Device Co. Ltd. [CS (COMM) 793 of 2025; dt. August 5, 2025]
Inventions relate to ‘algorithm’ and ‘computer programme per se’ are not patentable under Indian law held Delhi High Court.
Kroll Information Assurance, LLC V. The Controller General of Patents, Designs, and Trademarks. [C.A.(COMM.IPD-PAT) 439 of 2022; dt. July 1, 2025]
Notifications: The Patent Act, 1970
Guidelines for examination of Ayush related inventions:
Office of the Controller General of patents, designs and Trade Marks, Government of India (“Regulatory Body”) notified the “guidelines for examination of Ayush related inventions” (in short “Guidelines”) on September 23, 2025.
Ayush is a traditional and non-conventional systems of healthcare and healing comprising medical systems such as Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Sowa-Rigpa, Homoeopathy and Yoga & Naturopathy. The Guidelines covers inventions related to Ayush systems of healthcare.
Ayush related inventions include:
a) Ayush products and equipments & devices;
b) Products related to food recipes and nutraceuticals based on Ayush systems.
According to the Guidelines, the Biodiversity Act, 2002, the Patent Act, 1970, rules framed thereunder and the procedures prescribed by the Regulatory Body are applicable to Ayush related inventions.
Further, while examining the inventions related to Ayush, the Indian Patent office conducts prior art search to evaluate the novelty and inventive step using the "Traditional Knowledge Digital Library" (TKDL) which allows search on above stated Indian systems of medicines. (list of some databases are provided in the Annexure-I to the Guidelines).