ALG has submitted Comments in response to the invitation for feedback on the proposed ‘Delhi High Court Intellectual Property Rights Division Rules, 2021’ which were published on October 8, 2021. ALG’s officially tendered Firm Submission (FS) is available here.

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ALG’s Partner Ashwani Balayan recently wrote an article titled ‘Anti-Enforcement Injunction by Indian Court Follows Anti-Suit Injunction by Chinese Court’, which has been published in the August Newsletter of AIPPI. The article examines the Order dated May 3, 2021 in the matter of ‘Interdigital Technology Corporation and Ors. v. Xiaomi Corporation and Ors.’ [CS(COMM) 295/2020], which appears to be first ever example of an anti-enforcement injunction in India.

The article can be accessed here : https://aippi.org/news/newsletter-august-2021/#Section5

ALG Principal Manavi Jain reports in the INTA Bulletin the Delhi High Court’s Order in Red Bull AG v. Bakewell Biscuits Private Limited [CS(COM) 227/2021]. The Delhi High Court, vide its order dated May 18, 2021, granted an ex-parte ad-interim injunction to the plaintiff, Red Bull AG, in relation to its registered trademarks.

The INTA Bulletin tiled “INDIA: Case Made for Ex-Parte Ad-Interim Injunction and Exemptions; Published in INTA Bulletin” can be accessed here.

ALG’s Pranay Bali, Principal and Nayantara Malhotra, Senior Associate, recently wrote an article titled ‘To Block or Not to Block?: Analyzing the Efficacy of Website Blocking Orders and Dynamic Injunctions in Combating Digital Piracy’ which has been published in the National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR)’s ‘Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law’ (Vol. 11). In the article, they have examined the extent of digital piracy and its adverse economic impact, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic; the judicial enforcement measures to prevent or reduce digital piracy applied by Courts internationally and in India; the efficacy and proportionality of these measures and ways to improve the same.

The article can be accessed here.

On behalf of the Asian Practice Committee of the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO), ALG’s Ashwani Balayan contributed to IPO Daily News on the recent development regarding establishment of IP Division by Delhi High Court. The news item titled “High Court of Delhi Established Intellectual Property Division” is available here (IPO login needed).