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Mars and Cadbury settle 25-year trademark feud

27 October 2025 by Anand and Anand - India

By this Application, the Defendants seeks substitution of Defendant No. 2 and recording of the change of name of Defendant No. 3. The request for recording the change of name of Defendant No. 3 already stands allowed by order dated 25th September, 2025, passed by the Joint Registrar. As regards the substitution of Defendant No. 2, counsel for the Plaintiff, on instructions, submits that there is no objection to the same, as such substitution is in fact necessary for the effective resolution of the dispute. A separate application to that effect has also been filed.

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Pharmacyclics Continues the Divisional Applications Debate in India

14 October 2025 by Obhan & Associates - India

Summary: The Calcutta High Court’s ruling in the Pharmacyclics case clarifies that a divisional patent application can be filed as long as the invention is disclosed in the full specification, even if it was not included in the original claims.

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Compliance with Section 21 is Mandatory before Commencing Arbitral Proceedings after Setting Aside of Arbitral Award

17 September 2025 by DSK Legal - India

The Bombay High Court in Harkisandas Tulsidas Pabari & Anr. v. Rajendra Anandrao Acharya & Ors[1]. exercised its jurisdiction under Section 37 of Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996 (“Act”) to dismiss the Arbitration Appeals filed by the Appellants and upheld the Order passed by the Single Judge under Section 34 of the Act which set aside Arbitral Award dated September 21, 2005 (“Impugned Award”) on the grounds that the (i) Arbitrator lacked authorisation to recommence the arbitral proceedings; (ii) Memorandum of Understanding dated July 20, 1994 (“MoU”) did not constitute a concluded contract between the parties and (iii) MoU was impossible of being specifically performed through execution of the Impugned Award.

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DEAL OF THE MONTH - SEPTEMBER 2025

17 September 2025 by asialaw

asialaw's Deal of the Month for September 2025 is...

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LAWYER OF THE MONTH - SEPTEMBER 2025

17 September 2025 by asialaw

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Phased Development and Deemed Conveyance: Ensuring Equity Between Flat Purchasers & Developers

15 September 2025 by Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co - India

The Bombay High Court recently decided a dispute concerning deemed conveyance under the Maharashtra Ownership Flats (Regulation of the Promotion of Constructions, Sale, Management and Transfer) Act, 1963 (“MOFA”). M/s. S & M Enterprises, the promoter of a housing project in Pune (“Promoter”), filed a writ petition No. 12297 of 2022 (“Writ Petition”) challenging the District Deputy Registrar’s order that granted deemed conveyance of the entire land in favour of The Palazzo Building No. 1 Co-operative Housing Society Limited (“Society”). The Court affirmed that deemed conveyance in phased development protects purchasers but cannot unjustly restrain promoters’ development rights.

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JSA Prism | Dispute Resolution | August 2025

21 August 2025 by JSA - India

India: Delhi High Court holds that a civil suit filed to set aside an arbitral award upheld by Supreme Court of India is an abuse of the process of law and is not maintainable.

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JSA Prism | Dispute Resolution | August 2025

21 August 2025 by JSA - India

India: Delhi High Court holds that a civil suit filed to set aside an arbitral award upheld by Supreme Court of India is an abuse of the process of law and is not maintainable.

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DEAL OF THE MONTH - AUGUST 2025

19 August 2025 by asialaw

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India: Universal Legal and IC Legal have gone independent post 7+ years of joint operations under the brand “IC Universal Legal”

07 August 2025 by Chugh Universal Legal - India

Post the separation, Universal Legal is now Rebranded as .