Roadshow Films v. Telstra — Australian Court Extends Copyright Site-Blocking Orders for Five Years
Australia’s Federal Court extended copyright site-blocking orders for five years and refreshed the covered piracy-site addresses.
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ANI Media v. OpenAI — Delhi High Court Treats AI Training as Prima Facie Fair Dealing
The Delhi High Court denied ANI’s interim injunction, finding that OpenAI’s storage of news works for LLM training was prima facie fair dealing under Indian copyright law.
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Illiquidx Ltd v. Altana Wealth — UK Court of Appeal Upholds Trade Secret Protection for Venezuelan Debt Fund Strategy
The England and Wales Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by Altana Wealth and Brevent Advisory, upholding the High Court’s finding that they misused Illiquidx’s confidential information—a strategy for creating a sanctions-compliant Venezuelan debt fund—when they launched a competing fund after thei
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Preity Zinta v. Google LLC — Bombay High Court Orders Takedown of 275 AI Deepfakes and Chatbot Personas
India’s Bombay High Court ordered Google, Meta, and X to remove approximately 275 deepfake videos, AI-generated chatbot personas, and morphed images exploiting actress Preity Zinta’s name and likeness — marking one of India’s first significant judicial interventions against AI-generated personality-
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ITC Limited v. Adyar Gate Hotels — Delhi High Court Denies Injunction Over Dakshin Trademark After Operating Agreement Expired
The Delhi High Court Division Bench dismissed ITC Limited’s bid to block a former hotel licensee from continuing to use the Dakshin restaurant trademark, finding that the licensee had built independent goodwill through decades of use and that ITC’s prolonged silence amounted to acquiescence.
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Intas Pharmaceuticals v. Sun Pharma — Delhi High Court Vacates BEVETEX Trademark Injunction, Holds INN-Derived Prefixes Are in the Public Domain
India’s Delhi High Court Division Bench reversed a single-judge injunction against Intas Pharmaceuticals’ BEVATAS cancer drug, holding that the INN-derived prefix ‘BEV/BEVA’ is publici juris and that ten years of concurrent market use with no actual confusion disproved likeli
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On Clouds GmbH v. Cyclonic — Australian Federal Court Finds Deceptive Similarity Between Footwear Marks
The Federal Court of Australia reversed a trademark opposition decision, finding that On Clouds’ and Cyclonic’s footwear marks are deceptively similar based on combined visual, aural, and conceptual similarities relating to the shared idea of a ‘cyclone.’
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Hindware v. Google — Delhi High Court Holds Google Liable for Trademark Infringement Through Keyword Advertising Program
The Delhi High Court issued a permanent injunction against Google and awarded damages, holding that Google’s auction of the registered trademark ‘HINDWARE’ as a biddable keyword in its Ads program constitutes trademark infringement and that Google does not qualify for safe harbour
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Dabur India v. Emami — Delhi High Court Upholds Trade Dress Injunction Against ‘Cool King’ Hair Oil for Copying Navratna Oil’s Red Packaging
The Delhi High Court Division Bench upheld a temporary injunction restraining Dabur from selling its ‘Cool King Thanda Tael’ cooling hair oil, finding its trade dress deceptively similar to Emami’s Navratna Oil — holding that a distinctive ensemble of red packaging, hibiscus imager
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Philips v. Rajesh Bansal — Delhi High Court Sets Aside SEP Damages, Holds DVD Patent Not Proven Essential and Imports Exhausted Under Indian Law
The Delhi High Court Division Bench reversed a single judge’s infringement and damages decree against DVD importers, holding that Philips failed to prove its DVD decoding patent was essential to the standard and that the defendants’ imports from licensed manufacturers triggered patent exhaustion und
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MakeMyTrip v. EaseMyBiz — Delhi High Court Enjoins Launch of Deceptively Similar “EaseMyBiz” Brand
The Delhi High Court granted an interim injunction restraining EaseMyBiz Technologies from launching its app or website, finding the name deceptively similar to MakeMyTrip’s established “MyBiz” corporate travel brand.
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AI Announcer Trademark Case — Japan IP High Court Voids Registration as Descriptive for AI Services
Japan’s IP High Court voided a trademark registration for “AI Announcer,” ruling the term is merely descriptive of AI-powered automated news-reading software and cannot be monopolized.
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Taiwan v. Chen Li-ming (TSMC Trade Secret Case) — Taiwan Court Sentences Former Engineer to 10 Years for Leaking 2nm Chip Secrets to Tokyo Electron
Taiwan’s Intellectual Property and Commercial Court convicted four engineers and fined Tokyo Electron NT$150 million in the first-ever corporate conviction under Taiwan’s National Security Act, for theft of TSMC’s 2nm semiconductor process technology classified as a national core c
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Taiwan IP Court Convicts Engineers in TSMC 2nm Trade Secret Theft — Tokyo Electron Fined NT$150 Million in Landmark National Security Act Case
Taiwan’s Intellectual Property and Commercial Court convicted four engineers and fined Tokyo Electron NT$150 million for stealing TSMC’s advanced 2-nanometer chip manufacturing secrets, in the first corporate conviction under Taiwan’s amended National Security Act.
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Abbott v. Sinocare & Menarini — UPC Court of Appeal Grants Preliminary Injunction Over Glucose Monitor Patent
The Unified Patent Court’s Court of Appeal reversed a first-instance denial and granted Abbott a preliminary injunction against Sinocare’s GlucoMen iCan continuous glucose monitor, finding the first instance had interpreted the patent claims too narrowly.
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Riken Technos v. JPO — Japan IP High Court Revives Transparent Projection Screen Patent, Faults JPO’s Obviousness Logic
Japan’s IP High Court overturned the JPO’s rejection of a Riken Technos patent for transparent projection screen coatings, holding the patent office failed to explain why a skilled person would have selected the claimed resin from known alternatives.
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Broad Institute v. JPO — Japan IP High Court Revives CRISPR Patent, Upholds Priority Rights from U.S. Filings
Japan’s Intellectual Property High Court overturned the JPO’s invalidation of a key Broad Institute CRISPR patent, ruling that the institutions could validly claim priority from earlier U.S. filings despite a dispute over ownership of those priority rights.
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BGH “Moneypenny” — Bundesgerichtshof Holds That James Bond’s Moneypenny Has No Independent Work-Title Protection Under German Trademark Law
Germany’s Federal Court of Justice held that the name of the James Bond character “Miss Moneypenny” does not enjoy independent work-title protection under § 5(1) and (3) German Trademark Act, because the fictional figure lacks the visual individuality and standalone fame required t
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BGH “Testarossa” — Federal Court of Justice Affirms BPatG Ruling That Ferrari’s Bad-Faith Challenge to “Testa Rossa” Trademark Fails Without Proof of Damaging or Obstructing Intent
Germany’s Federal Court of Justice dismissed Ferrari’s appeal challenging the “Testa Rossa” trademark, leaving in place the BPatG’s January 2025 ruling that bad-faith trademark applications under § 8(2) No. 10 MarkenG require objective evidence of damaging or obstructin
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Japan IP High Court 令和3年(ネ)第10037号 (Remitch / 止痒剤) — Extended Pharmaceutical Use Patent Reaches Generic with Same Active Ingredient and Therapeutic Equivalence; ¥21.7 Billion Damages Award Affirmed
The Japan Intellectual Property High Court reversed the Tokyo District Court and held that a generic narlfrafen hydrochloride (nalfurafine) anti-itch product infringes Toray’s term-extended pharmaceutical use patent on Remitch, awarding the patentee approximately ¥21.7 billion (~US$140 million
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Korea Supreme Court 2025다202970 — Territoriality Defeats Indirect-Infringement Claim Against Korean Manufacturer of 13-Valent Pneumococcal Vaccine Components Exported for Foreign Assembly
Korea’s Supreme Court affirmed dismissal of indirect patent-infringement claims against a domestic manufacturer that produced 13 individual conjugate substrates in Korea but exported them for final mixing into a 13-valent pneumococcal vaccine abroad, holding that under the territoriality princ
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Cour de cassation, Chambre commerciale, 14 mai 2025 (n° 23-21.296) — Trademark Forfeiture for Non-Use Requires Court to Identify Autonomous Sub-Categories Within Registered Goods/Services
France’s Cour de cassation held that when assessing trademark forfeiture for non-use under Article L.714-5 CPI, courts must analyze whether the proven use covers an autonomous sub-category of goods or services narrower than the registered category — looking to the purpose or destination of the
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Supreme People’s Court of China — Chengdu Chip Co. v. Mao Tech (2023) 最高法知民终2903号 — Power-Management Chip Patent Infringement Reversed; SPC Tightens Doctrine of Equivalents for Logic-Circuit Patents
The Supreme People’s Court IP Tribunal reversed a first-instance finding of patent infringement in a power-management chip dispute, holding that pulse-signal generation circuit features in the accused chip differed from the patented features in means, function, and effect — and therefore neith
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Tribunal judiciaire de Paris, 10 avril 2025 (n° 22/10720) — Hermès v. Maison R&C — First French “Upcycling” Decision Holds Recombining Authentic Hermès Scarves Into Denim Jackets Constitutes Copyright and Trademark Infringement
The Paris Judicial Court issued France’s first major upcycling decision, holding that incorporating cut pieces of authentic Hermès silk scarves into Levi’s denim jackets — even when sold as commercial ‘upcycling’ — constitutes copyright infringement, trademark infringement, a