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Khurana & Khurana, Advocates and IP Attorneys has been established precisely to help corporate leverage anticipated business and economic value from its efficient creation, protection and enforcement of their Intellectual Properties. Khurana & Khurana has created a unique and strategic position for itself by giving End-to-End IP services to its clients from the inception stage of creation of IP to successful commercialization of the IP for fulfillment of desired business objectives. The role and importance of patent professionals in IP (intellectual property) portfolio management (IPM) are increasing becoming significant within business, academic, and legal entities.
View moreKhurana & Khurana has a legacy of over ten years in Patent Litigation and serves some of the leading Corporates for IP infringement matters. Our experience includes finding the potential infringers for the IP owners through due diligence and assessing the market for the same. For doing this, our firm has Patent/Trade Mark Attorneys/Practitioners who have advanced qualifications in varied technology domains and understand complete nuances of claim mapping and provisions of enforcement under different IP Laws.
View moreKhurana & Khurana assists Corporates in maximizing opportunities from their IP portfolios through accurate legal opinions that ensure that all possible ways to solve a problem are identified and due-diligence of each way is put across in the right manner such that the client can take a judicious call on the way to proceed forward. K&K renders Prior art, Freedom to Operate, Validity, and Non-infringement opinions relating to a client’s products and technologies. K&K also prepares a comprehensive IP Litigation Strategy before initiating with a legal suit to ensure that the clients understands the next steps clearly, sets its expectations, and is cognizant of the costs involved in the process.
View moreCommercial law governs the broad areas of business, commerce and consumer transactions. Commercial law in India has developed rapidly over the years with the opening up approach towards FDI and WTO. It allows, so far as it can, Corporate or person to do business in the way they want and not require them to stick to forms that they may think to be outmoded. Thus, Commercial Law Practice is recognized as a very important and integral element of any corporate operation, and is gaining more and more importance.In this era of globalisation, sweeping changes in business strategies require Corporates to meet challenge of complying with commercial contract law for the smooth functioning of its business and commerce.
View moreThe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is responsible for the administration of Top Level Domain Names. The Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy provides for the settlement of domain name disputes for the Generic Top Level Domains Name (GTLD) such as .com, .edu, .net, among others. The UDRP complaints may be filed with any of the ICANN accredited arbitration centres. UDRP also allows for the filing of the complaints at the jurisdictional civil court where the Registrant or the Registrar is located. Where the Registrar or the Registrant is located in India, the dispute may be resolved through legal action at the civil court.
View moreAttorneys at Khurana & Khurana have developed significant experience in the area of anti-counterfeiting, especially in FMCG, Pharmaceuticals, Apparels, Footwear, and Medical Devices product verticals, and can assist in devising a comprehensive strategy for curbing counterfeit products by outlining all possible risks and assumptions and mapping them with costs involved in each step taken so that a judicious and objective step can be taken by the client..
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Published on 2nd June, 2023
Introduction The dispute over software patents focuses on two issues: first, whether computer software is patentable, and if so, what should be the boundaries of patent protection. There are variances on both of these fronts, but in the interim, major patent offices throughout the world have granted several software patents, leading to the development of … Continue reading A Comparative Analysis Of Patenting Software Related Inventions
Read MorePublished on 31st May, 2023
Introduction Models are an integral part of the fashion industry. They commercialize the fashion business in a variety of ways, from having an outstanding walk on the runway to posing with creative and artistic incentives. Model’s rights, on the other hand, have not been made explicit. The purpose of this article is to examine model’s … Continue reading Can Runway Models Claim Performer’s Rights Under Copyright Laws?
Read MorePublished on 29th May, 2023
Introduction In the case of Mankind Pharma Limited v. Arvind Kumar and Anr.[1], the Delhi High Court directed the removal of the ‘Nikind’ mark from the trade marks registry, for being identical and deceptively similar to the mark ‘Nimekind’ owned by the Indian pharmaceutical & healthcare company, Mankind Pharma Limited. The Petitioner was engaged in … Continue reading Delhi High Court Orders Removal of ‘Nikind’ Mark from Trade Marks Register for being Deceptively Similar to ‘Nimekind’ Mark
Read MorePublished on 26th May, 2023
Introduction “Prior user right” refers to the “legal right of a third party to continue using an invention that was already in use before a patent application for the same invention was filed”. This right is intended to balance the impact of the “first-to-file” principle with the interests of third parties as “prior use prevails … Continue reading Analysing Prior User Defence Mechanism Against Patent Infringement In India
Read MorePublished on 25th May, 2023
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, as amended (“Code”) regulations claim that countless cases of failing real estate businesses, including significant players like Jaypee Infratech, and Supertech, have been stalled at various stages of insolvency procedures over the past few years. It is being estimated that 344 corporate debtors involved in construction and real estate operations … Continue reading Proposed Amendments To The Insolvency And Bankruptcy Code
Read MorePublished on 24th May, 2023
LT Foods, a leading food manufacturing and processing company known for its rice products, including for its popular brands Daawat, Daawat Devaya, Daawat Bestow and Chef’s Secret, filed a suit against the Defendant, Saraswati Trading Company, for trademark infringement. In August 2021, the Plaintiff discovered the Defendant’s activities of selling, storing, and distributing counterfeit “Daawat” … Continue reading LT Foods Limited v. Saraswati Trading Company [2022 SCC OnLine Del 3694]
Read MorePublished on 22nd May, 2023
Introduction Copyright law is built on the foundation of originality, and several doctrinal approaches have been developed to define and apply it. Two such approaches are the sweat of the brow and modicum of creativity doctrines. In Indian copyright case law, DB Modak sought to reconcile these standards by adopting a middle ground. The sweat … Continue reading The NSE Case
Read MorePublished on 19th May, 2023
Introduction The High Court of Delhi (“the Court”) on 18th April 2023, in Louis Vuitton Malletier vs Santosh & Ors.[1], issued a permanent injunction restraining the Defendants from infringing and selling counterfeit products under the Plaintiff’s luxury brand “Louis Vuitton”. The Court also ordered the Defendants to pay INR 9.59 Lakhs as damages and costs … Continue reading The High Court of Delhi Grants Permanent Injunction in Favour of Louis Vuitton
Read MorePublished on 18th May, 2023
Introduction Dabur claimed that Dhruv Rathee’s video unfairly compared carbonated drinks with ready-to-serve (RTS) fruit beverages, causing a generic disparagement of all packaged drinking fruit juices. Dabur also alleged that the video specifically targeted its Real fruit juices by using partially blurred Real logos and promotional advertising clips. The court recognized that while dissemination of … Continue reading Dabur vs. Dhruv Rathee
Read MorePublished on 17th May, 2023
Introduction The gaming industry in India has multiplied itself in size and content in recent years and is expected to grow as big as ₹400 billion by 2025. Multiple reasons like inexpensive internet, a critical mass of young population, high disposable income etc.[1] are rendered for this massive growth of online gaming apart from the … Continue reading Regulating Online Gaming in India: Analysing the Gaming Draft Bill and MeitY Report
Read MorePublished on 16th May, 2023
Introduction to Predatory Pricing “Predatory Pricing has been explained to mean that the sale of goods or provision of services at a price which is below the cost of production of the goods or provision of services.”[1] In layman’s language, “predatory pricing” refers to lowering the prices of a particular good or commodity so low … Continue reading Abuse of Dominant Position & Predatory Pricing
Read MorePublished on 15th May, 2023
Introduction During the discussion of the key concepts, the defendant raised an argument that the plaintiff had suppressed material facts. According to the defendant, since the plaintiff had not disclosed its reply to the FER when seeking registration, it should not be allowed to take a contrary position in the current trademark infringement litigation. The … Continue reading Under Armour decision on FERs
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