SpicyIP Tidbit: Supreme Court Grants Booking.com Permission to Use ‘MakeMyTrip’ as Google Adword – Looking Beyond the 3-Line Order

Image from here [This post is authored by SpicyIP intern Aarav Gupta. Aarav is a third-year law student at National Law University, Delhi. He is passionate about geopolitics, foreign policy, international trade, and intellectual property and spends his time reading and watching sports.]  The very anticipated Google AdWords case has reached a significant juncture in the Supreme

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(SpicyIP Tidbit)Nokia- Oppo SEP Litigation: The Dust (Dispute) Finally Settles!

Template from Nokia’s timeless “hands” commercial (see here) In a major development, all the patent disputes (including the 5G SEP dispute) between Oppo and Nokia stand settled as both parties enter into a cross-licensing agreement. Though the terms of the agreement have not been made public, as reported by Sukanya Sarkar here (paywalled) the agreement

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SpicyIP Tidbit: Acquiesce, Copyright Infringement, and Pending Suits in Trial Courts: Highlighting SC’s Recent Remarks

Image source – here The Supreme Court in Brihan Karan Sugar Syndicate Private Limited vs Yashwantrao Mohite Krushna Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana dealing with issues of passing off, acquiescence, underscored the pendency of suits in the Trial Courts in the State of Maharashtra and urged the Bar members’ cooperation with the Trial Courts. The case contains

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Writ Petition Under Article 226 Cannot Be Entertained When Alternative Statutory Remedy Is Available By Way Of Appeal Under Section 17 Of The Sarfaesi Act, 2002–Supreme Court

Tuesday May 30, 2023. BY Shradha Patil, Malavika Sachin, Abdullah Qureshi | Debt Recovery The Hon’ble Division Bench of Supreme Court comprising of Justice M.R. Shah and CT Ravikumar in G Vikram Kumar V State Bank of Hyderabad & Ors. vide order dated 02.05.2023[i] held that for any action taken by the Bank in accordance

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In Operational Claims Arising Out Of Several Invoices, Those Invoices Falling Within The Three-Year Period Preceding The Date Of Filing Should To Be Considered For The Purposes Of Limitation: Supreme Court

Monday May 8, 2023. BY | Bankruptcy Code – Public Announcements The Hon’ble Division Bench, Supreme Court of India, comprising of Justice Shri. Mukesh Kumar Rasikbhai Shah and Justice Shri C.T Ravikumar in the matter of M/s. Next Education India Pvt. Ltd. Vs. M/s. K12 Techno Services Pvt. Ltd (Civil Appeal No. 1775 of 2021), vide

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