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Bharat Glass Tube Limited v. Gopal Glass Works Limited
A design's novelty and originality under the Designs Act must be assessed by comparing it, as applied to the specific article for which registration is sought, against prior art shown to have been applied to the same or a similar …
CancellationDesign RegistrationNoveltyOriginalityDesignsMohan Lal, Proprietor of Mourya Industries v. Sona Paint & Hardwares
Design infringement under the Designs Act, 2000 and passing off are separate causes of action resting on different rights, standards and defences; since a registered design is a time-bound statutory monopoly that enters the public…
Composite SuitCopyright Design OverlapDesign InfringementDesign RegistrationDesignsNEC Corporation & Ors. v. The Controller of Patents and Designs & Anr.
A graphical user interface is not per se excluded from registration as a design under Sections 2(a) and 2(d) of the Designs Act, 2000; the requirement that a design be applied to an article by an industrial process must be constru…
Copyright Design OverlapDesign RegistrationDigital PlatformsNoveltyDesignsReckitt Benckiser (India) Ltd. v. Wyeth Ltd.
Prior publication of a design under Section 4(b) of the Designs Act, 2000 requires that the design, as applied to a specific article, be disclosed to the public with sufficient visual clarity to enable a person to perceive its sha…
CancellationDesign RegistrationNoveltyPrior PublicationDesignsSteelbird Hi-Tech India Ltd. v. S.P.S. Gambhir & Ors.
An ex parte interim injunction restraining an alleged infringer of a registered design must be vacated where the defendant demonstrates a credible prima facie case that the design feature relied upon was already common to the trad…
CancellationDesign InfringementDesign RegistrationNoveltyDesignsWhirlpool of India Ltd. v. Videocon Industries Ltd.
In an action for design piracy under the Designs Act, 2000, infringement is tested by comparing the overall visual impression of the two articles judged solely by the eye; a defendant's own subsequent design registration for a sim…
Deceptive SimilarityDesign InfringementDesign PiracyPassing Off