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Critique: ABD Maestro v. Great Galleon — 15 Reasons the Judgment Is Erroneous
An Hon'ble Single Judge of the Delhi High Court declined to follow at least 13 Hon'ble Division Bench rulings, mostly because a point “was not pointed out”, while a larger Bench was already considering the same questions. A respectful critique: fifteen errors, each explained in plain words, with the Maestro judgment's own words beside the record.
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Justice C. Hari Shankar's Division Bench, Delhi High Court (IP Appeals): Compilation of Findings (2025–26)
What Justice C. Hari Shankar's Division Bench of the Delhi High Court laid down in 103 IP judgments (March 2025 – May 2026), arranged by question of law: 116 topics, 1,303 propositions and 2,433 verbatim extracts, marks compared, decisions not followed and an index of every case.
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Justice Tejas Karia, Delhi High Court (IP Division): Compilation of Findings on Questions of IP Law (July–December 2025)
Every finding from Justice Tejas Karia's 79 Delhi High Court IP Division judgments (July–December 2025), arranged by question of law, with verbatim paras, marks compared, patent matters and submissions not accepted.
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How to use YIP Note: a quick tour
From your first Case File to marked pages and linked notes: everything YIP Note does, step by step, with a picture of each step.
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IP roundup, September 2026: AI training, personality rights, patents and hotel music
The month's notable intellectual property developments for Indian practice, in brief: AI training and fair dealing, the limits of personality rights, a test for "mental act" patent objections, music in hotel rooms, and new draft manuals.
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AI and copyright: early answers from Delhi and a US appeals court
An Indian court has said training an AI model on news is prima facie fair dealing; a US appeals court has refused fair use to an AI tool built to compete with its source. What the two reported decisions mean for practice.
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Your case files stay on your iPad
Advocates handle confidential material. Here is exactly what YIP Note keeps on your device, what its account knows, and what never leaves your hands.
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Five habits for reading a long case file on a tablet
A thousand-page paper book is easier to manage on a tablet with a few small habits: colours that mean something, bookmarks for annexures, and notes that point back to the page.