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Cabinet approves Accession of India to the Nice, Vienna and Locarno Agreements(13.03.2019)
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister has approved the proposal for accession of India to (i) The Nice Agreement concerning the Internation.....
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International Cases
There must be a representation, omission or practice that was likely to mislead consumers in case of deception(24.09.2018)
In facts of present case, SCN was issued to Respondent pursuant to Enquiry Report concluded by Commission. Enquiry was authorized on complaint filed b.....
Tags : Trademark, Infringement, Deceptive marketing
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The degree of similarity of the goods should be considered in relation to the degree of similarity of the marks(29.01.2021)
The Respondent, Apple Inc. (‘Apple’) applied to register its IWATCH trade mark. The Appellant, Swatch AG (Swatch SA) (‘Swatch’), opposed these applica.....
Tags : Trademark, Registration, Legality
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Judgments
Damages have to be actual and not superfluous, Courts are not supposed to do guess work and grant damages(23.05.2017)
Present suit has been filed by Plaintiff seeking permanent injunction against Defendants, restraining them from infringing its trademark, copyright an.....
Tags : Trademark, Infringement, Injunction
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Release of goods for free circulation under a duty suspension arrangement can constitute unauthorised use of trademark(16.07.2015)
The European Court of Justice held in a preliminary ruling that goods placed under a duty suspension arrangement are regarded as imported and the trad.....
Tags : Trademark, duty suspension, use, in trade
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Defendants cannot gain from a wrong committed by a third party(08.10.2018)
Present is an application for restraining the Defendants from misappropriating Plaintiffs registered and well known Trade mark MILLENNIUM and logo (.....
Tags : Trademark, Injunction, Grant
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Courts have to adopt a stricter approach regarding trademarks in the case of medicinal products as it may have adverse consequences on the health and life of the individual(05.06.2020)
Present suit is filed by the Plaintiff seeking a decree of permanent injunction to restrain the Defendants etc. from manufacturing, marketing, selling.....
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Registrations of the Plaintiff in multiple jurisdictions creates a stronger presumption that the Plaintiff's trademark has reputation in the market(06.03.2023)
The present suit has been filed on behalf of the Plaintiff seeking relief of permanent injunction restraining the Defendants from infringing Plaintiff.....
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Registered proprietor of trademark has exclusive right to use said trademark in relation to goods or services in respect of which trade mark is registered(17.05.2017)
Case of Plaintiff is that, it is a registered Trust and is engaged in field of providing educational services and running various Senior Secondary Sch.....
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Court grants injunction against use of trademark 'Honeywell' by bakery(24.08.2015)
The Court, noting that Honeywell, a multi-national with revenues of $39 billion, and employing 13,000 persons in India alone, could suffer aggravated .....
Tags : Trademark, honeywell, bakery
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Bombay High Court lends a helping hand to ‘Sumeet’(28.10.2015)
The Bombay High Court held that the Defendant’s use of the mark ‘Sumeet’ was in infringement of the trade mark registered by the Plaintiff. Defendant’.....
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News
U.S. PTO Rules in Favour of Mylan(29.08.2016)
U.S.Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has ruled in the favour of Natco Pharma’s marketing partner Mylan, with regard to patent claims pertaining to mu.....
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Use of Similar/Deceptively Similar Trade Name is Not Infringement: Delhi High Court(17.07.2018)
Delhi High Court has held that to make out a case of infringement by use of ‘trade name’, mere similarity or deceptive similarity with the registered .....
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EU Court: KitKat Does Not Merit Trademark Protection(26.07.2018)
European Court of Justice has ruled that KitKat’s four-fingered chocolate bar did not merit protected status(trademark) in the EU.
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Supreme Court: Similar Trademarks for Different Items Not Breach of Law(27.07.2018)
Supreme Court has ruled that it was no infringement of law if two distinctly different products were marketed by two different companies with "decept.....
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Delhi HC Restrains 2 Indian Firms from Infringing Toyota Trademarks(15.07.2016)
Delhi HC has restrained two Indian auto spare parts manufacturers from infringing on trademarks like Prius and Innova of Japanese car-maker Toyota and.....
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Delhi High Court Grants Ex-Parte Injunction in Favour of ADOBE in Trademark Infringement Suit(16.03.2022)
Delhi High Court has granted ex-parte injunction in favour of ADOBE in a trademark infringement suit against one Namase Patel, who had registered the .....
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Delhi HC Grants Ex-Parte Injunction in Trademark Infringement Suit by VOLVO(14.03.2022)
Delhi High Court has granted interim relief to owners of registered trademarks VOLVO and FMX, restraining Lamina Suspension Products Limited from usi.....
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Delhi HC: Trademark Disputes that Arises Out of Contractual Rights and Obligations are Arbitrable(06.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that all the disputes arising out of the Trade Marks Agreement are not outside the scope of arbitration. The Court opined th.....
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Delhi HC Grants Ex-Parte Ad-Interim Injunction Against Satta Dream 11(06.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has granted ex-parte ad-interim injunction in a suit against trademark infringement filed by Dream 11, a fantasy sports platform, aga.....
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Delhi HC: Continuing Cause of Action in Trademark Suits No Defence to Multiple Proceedings(11.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that a trademark owner cannot drag a Defendant to multiple fora, being a higher court or before a court of coordinate jurisd.....
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Delhi HC Stops Indian Firm from Using ‘Yahoo’ Trademark(14.09.2016)
Delhi HC has restrained an Indian firm from using ‘Yahoo’ trademark or any other deceptively similar mark as its product names and said that said it a.....
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Swatch Wins “iWatch” Trademark Case Against Apple(14.09.2016)
UK's Intellectual Property Office (IPO), while taking Swiss watchmaker ‘Swatch’ opposition against Apple's registration of the trademark "iWatch" in t.....
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USTPO Cancels Chennai Restaurant Chain, Aappakadai's Trademark 'Aachi'(16.09.2016)
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO), has cancelled Aappakadai's registration of trademark 'Aachi' in t.....
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Delhi HC Grants Permanent Injunction Against Now Banned Club Factory Website(29.03.2022)
Delhi High Court has decided permanent injunction against a China based portal, Club Factory, that was banned amid pandemic by the Indian Government, .....
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Delhi HC Grants Permanent Injunction In Trademark Infringement Suit Against ANINEWSINDIA(30.03.2022)
Delhi High Court has granted permanent injunction against ANINEWSINDIA in a trademark infringement suit filed by news agency ANI. The Court has injun.....
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Delhi High Court: Exact Use of Trademark Must to Constitute Infringement(23.08.2018)
Delhi High Court has held that to constitute trademark infringement, it is required to have the same or identical trade name and merely having a simil.....
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Delhi HC Grants Ex-Parte Ad-Interim Injunction Against AAJ TAK GURGAON in Trademark Suit(19.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has granted ex-parte ad-interim injunction in a trademark infringement suit filed by news channel AAJ TAK, a part of India Today Grou.....
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Bombay HC Denies Interim Relief to Fashion Magazine 'Vogue' in Trademark Dispute(26.09.2016)
Bombay HC has denied to grant interim relief to fashion magazine 'Vogue', which sought an injunction against a Just Life Styles, which has retail shop.....
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Use of Trade Mark Includes Its Use for Inviting Franchisee Queries: Delhi HC(07.09.2018)
Delhi High Court has held that in a trade mark action, use of mark includes not just actual physical use but also its use for inviting franchisee quer.....
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Trademark Infringer to Undertake Social Service in Kerala Flood Relief Camps: Delhi High Court(17.09.2018)
Delhi High Court has proposed to a trademark infringer to undertake community service in the flood relief camp in Wayanad district of Kerala, after un.....
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Madras High Court Restrains Patanjali from Using 'Coronil' Trademark(21.07.2020)
Madras High Court has restrained Patanjali Ayurveda from using the trademark 'Coronil'- the controversial drug that the company initially claimed to b.....
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Delhi HC: Nominative Fair Use Permissible If it Does Not Depict Sponsorship by Trademark(26.04.2022)
Delhi High Court has ruled that the nominative fair use is permitted in so far as the use is such that it does not illustrate sponsorship by the trade.....
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ECJ: Rubik's Cube Shape Not a Trademark(11.11.2016)
European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the shape of multicoloured three-dimensional puzzle Rubik's Cube is not a trademark.
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Delhi HC States Sale of Counterfeit Products Has Become Prolific on Internet(05.05.2022)
The Delhi High Court has observed that the sale of counterfeit or knock-off products has become prolific on the internet and needs to be arrested in o.....
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Delhi HC Awards ?10 Lakh Damages to Blue Heaven Cosmetics for Trademark Infringement(25.05.2022)
Delhi High Court has awarded damages of Rs. 10 lakh to M/s Blue Heaven Cosmetics Pvt. Ltd. in the case of competing trademarks of a cosmetic range. Th.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Trademark, Dishonest Conduct, Cosmetic
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Delhi HC: Film Titles Can be Registered Under Trademark Law(27.05.2022)
Delhi High Court while rejecting a contention that titles of films cannot be registered under Trademark Law, has held that the word 'SHOLAY' being the.....
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Delhi HC: Use of Competitor's Trademark for Promoting Business Violates Rights of Trademark Owner(30.05.2022)
Delhi High Court has observed that the use of keywords for promoting a business using competitor's trademark would be violative of the rights of the t.....
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Delhi HC Grants Interim Injunction Against Faces Cosmetics in Trademark Infringement Suit(31.05.2022)
Delhi High Court has restrained a Canada based, Faces Cosmetics from selling and manufacturing its products under the mark 'Velvette Matte' in the tra.....
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Madras High Court Restrains Use of Trademark ‘Coronil’(07.08.2020)
Madras High Court has passed an absolute injunction order, restraining Patanjali Ayurved from using the trademark 'Coronil'.
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Delhi HC: Where Trademark Infringement Is Established, Injunction is Required(18.05.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that once a case of trademark infringement is established, an injunction has to be necessarily followed and that it is no de.....
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Delhi HC Grants Permanent Injunction Along With ?3 Lacs Compensation in Trademark Infringement Suit(23.05.2022)
Delhi High Court while dealing with a trademark infringement suit filed by Cable News Network (CNN) news channel has granted a permanent injunction ag.....
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Delhi HC Reserves Verdict over Toyota’s Trademarks Infringement Case(19.12.2016)
Delhi High Court has reserved its verdict on an appeal by Prius Auto Industries, challenging an order that held that the firm had infringed some of Ja.....
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SC Refuses Plea Against Order Restraining Patanjali Ayurved from Using 'Coronil' Trademark(27.08.2020)
Supreme Court has refused to entertain the Petition challenging the order of Madras High Court which stayed the single bench direction restraining Pat.....
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Delhi HC Awards Cost in Favour of Hungarian Company 'Hell Energy' in Suit for Trademark Infringement(08.06.2022)
Delhi High Court, in a trademark infringement suit has awarded a cost of Rs. 5 lakhs in favour of a Hungarian Company engaged in the business of produ.....
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Chennai Based Aachi Spices & Foods Wins Trademark Case in United States(29.09.2016)
Trademark Trial and Appellate Board of United States Patent & Trademark Office has upheld claims of Chennai-based Aachi Spices and Foods in a trademar.....
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Fraud Not Necessary Element for Passing Off if Defendant Has Adopted Plaintiff’s Trademark: SC(24.09.2018)
Supreme Court has observed that though passing off is an action based on deceit but fraud is not a necessary element of a right of action, if otherwis.....
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Delhi HC: Difference in Layout is of No Consequence if Essential Feature of Trademark Infringed(05.07.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that in an action for infringement of a trademark once it is shown that essential features of the trademark are adopted by t.....
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Delhi HC Restrains Use of 'Facebake' And Other Facebook Formative Trademarks(12.07.2022)
Delhi High Court has permanently restrained the use of marks namely 'facebake' and 'facecake', Facebook marks, Facebook Visual Presentation and any ot.....
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Delhi HC Restrains Career Launcher’s Competitor from Using its Trademark(24.10.2016)
Delhi High Court, while granting an exparte injunction, has restrained a competing Institute from using name of Coaching centre Career Launcher or 'CL.....
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Delhi HC: Create Mechanism for TM Owners to Seek Cancellation/Transfer of Objectionable Domain Names(15.07.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that the Domain Name Registrars (DNRs) must create a mechanism by which any trademark (TM) owner who has an objection to the.....
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Delhi HC: Threshold for Extending Exclusive Rights to Shape of Product is High in Trademark Law(20.07.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that in the law of trademarks, the threshold for extending exclusive rights to the shape of a product is quite high. The Cou.....
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IPAB Stays Operation of Registration of N95 Trademark(07.12.2020)
Intellectual Property Appellate Board has stayed the operation of registration of 'N95' as trademark, stating that the term N95 is a generic term in t.....
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Delhi HC: Not Open for Court to Question Validity of TM Registration if Not Disputed by Defendant(10.10.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that it is not open for a court to suo motu question the validity of the registration of a trademark if the same is not disp.....
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Delhi HC Grants Rs. 10 Lakh Costs to CrossFit in Trademark Infringement Suit(08.09.2022)
Delhi High Court has granted ?10 lakh costs to US-based fitness company CrossFit in a trademark infringement suit filed against a Gurugram-based gym a.....
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Delhi HC Grants Interim Relief to 'SOCIAL' Restaurant Chain, Against 'SOCIAL 75' From Using Its TM(09.09.2022)
Delhi High Court while granting ex-parte ad-interim injunction in favour of famous restaurant and bar chain 'SOCIAL', has restrained a Jharkhand based.....
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Delhi HC: Beer Bottles And Cans Are Not Bought With Minute Scrutiny(19.09.2022)
Delhi High Court while passing ad interim injunction against Tensberg Breweries Industries Private Limited and other companies, for using mark similar.....
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Government Eases Trademark Filings Rules, Halves Registration Charges(07.03.2017)
Government has brought down number of forms required for filing an application for registration of trademarks from 74 to 8 and almost halved applicati.....
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Del HC: Mere Geographical Presence of Website Sufficient for Granting Injunction for TM Infringement(20.09.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that mere looming presence of a website in a geography and ability of the customers to access the same is sufficient while g.....
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Delhi HC: Sale of Refurbished Hard Disks at Nehru Place Amounts to Trademark Infringement(22.09.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that passing off old and used hard-disk drives, after tampering with their labels and printed circuit board, as new product .....
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Delhi HC: Trademark's Value Can Be Estimated in Monetary Terms as Proprietor Invests in Publicity(31.10.2022)
Delhi High Court has held that trademark has an investment function which is to preserve the investments made by a proprietor of a trademark in public.....
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Delhi HC Restrains Intex from Selling Aqua Smartphone, Accessories in Local Market(28.12.2016)
Delhi High Court has barred mobile phone maker 'Intex' from selling its Aqua brand handsets and its accessories in local market, taking note of a trad.....
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Delhi High Court Grants Permanent Injunction Against Manufacturer From Using Cadbury's Trademark(27.07.2022)
Delhi High Court has passed permanent injunction against Neeraj Food Products for infringement of Cadbury's trademark 'GEMS' by using deceptively simi.....
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Del. HC Restrains Websites from Offering Digital Currencies Under Microblogging Platform's Trademark(05.08.2022)
Delhi High Court while restraining 3 websites and applications from offering digital coins and currencies consisting of the trademark owned by micro-b.....
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Delhi HC: E-Commerce Platforms Can't Permit Third-Party Sellers to Latch on Bestseller's Trademark(08.08.2022)
Delhi High Court while passing interim injunction against flipkart, has held that permitting third-party seller to latch on to Best-Seller's trademark.....
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Delhi HC: E-Commerce Platforms Can't Permit Third-Party Sellers to Latch on Bestseller's Trademark(08.08.2022)
Delhi High Court while passing interim injunction against flipkart, has held that permitting third-party seller to latch on to Best-Seller's trademark.....
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Delhi HC: 'Rooh Afza' Trademark has Acquired Immense Goodwill(22.12.2022)
Delhi High Court has observed that mark "Rooh Afza" has acquired immense goodwill and therefore the mark requires a high degree of protection, and it .....
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Bombay HC Grants Relief To Yoko Sizzlers In An Intellectual Property Rights Suit(24.01.2023)
Bombay High Court granted interim relief to Yoko Sizzlers in an IPR suit filed by it against Yokoso Sizzlers and has restrained a Pune-based restauran.....
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Bom. HC Refuses To Stop GoDaddy From Registering Future Domain Names Infringing Swiggy’s Trademark(25.01.2023)
Bombay High Court while refusing to stop GoDaddy, a Domain Name Registrar from registering future domain names infringing Swiggy’s trademark has dire.....
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Delhi High Court: Trademark's Proprietor Not Expected To Make Litigation A Business(21.04.2017)
Delhi High Court has held that merely because proprietor of trade mark have not felt need to take action against some for using his trade name, as acc.....
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U.K. Court Rejects Nestle’s Trademark Claims Regarding Kit Kat Bar’s Shape(18.05.2017)
Court of Appeal in London have stuck two fingers up to Nestle's attempts to trademark the shape of its famous four-fingered KitKat bar.
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Delhi HC Restrains Use of ‘Ilmcampus.com’ for Infringing IILM’s Trade Mark(19.05.2017)
Delhi High Court has ordered ILM Consulting Pvt Ltd not to use ILM as its trade name and also restrained it from using website with domain name www.il.....
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Bom. HC Restrains Regal Footwear from Using 'Regal' Trademark(06.01.2023)
Bombay High Court has temporarily restrained Pune’s Regal Footwear from using the mark ‘Regal’ in a trademark infringement suit filed by owners of Mum.....
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Del HC: Can Refer to Arbitration Dispute Regarding Use of TM by Partner for His Sole Proprietorship(13.01.2023)
Delhi High Court while observing that disputes relating to subordinate rights in personam arising from rights in rem are arbitrable has held that disp.....
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Delhi HC Rejects Britannia's Plea of Trademark Infringement Against ITC'S Sunfeast(06.04.2021)
Delhi High Court has dismissed the petition by Britannia Industries Ltd against ITC Ltd for alleged trademark infringement and has opined that the pa.....
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Bombay HC Rejects Plea to Restrain SII from Using 'COVISHIELD' Trademark(22.04.2021)
Bombay High Court has refused to grant interim relief to pharmaceutical company Cutis Biotech and restrain Serum Institute of India (SII) from using t.....
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Bombay HC Quashes FIR Against Newslaundry Journalist Accused of Falsely Applying Trademark(22.04.2021)
Bombay High Court has quashed a First Information report lodged by Sakal Times against a Newslaundry journalist Prateek Chandragupt Goyal for using it.....
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Madras HC Sets Aside Order Restraining Patanjali Ayurveda from Using Trademark 'Coronil'(08.02.2021)
Madras High Court has set aside a Single Bench order restraining Patanjali Ayurveda from using the trademark 'Coronil'- the controversial drug that th.....
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Gujarat High Court Provides Relief to Wagh Bakri in Trademark War(19.08.2015)
Gujarat High Court has restrained Rajasthan-based tea manufacturer from using trademark 'Sher Bakri' after Ahmedabad-based 'Wagh Bakri' tea producer .....
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Irish Times Settles Trademark Dispute with London Times(14.10.2015)
Irish Times has settled trademark dispute with London Times over alleged infringement of its trademark through use of words “The Times Irish Edition” .....
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Cal. HC Orders YouTuber Dhruv Rathee to Remove References to 'Real Fruit Juice' from His Video(16.03.2023)
Calcutta High Court while granting interim relief to Dabur, has directed Dhruv Rathee to remove the offending portions from the video wherein he speci.....
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United States Supreme Court Explains Trademark Registration(11.07.2017)
United States Supreme Court, while explaining trademark registration has observed that principle underlying trademark protection is that distinctive m.....
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Delhi HC Restrains Marketing or Selling of Items under Royal Enfield Trademarks on eBay.in(23.10.2015)
Delhi HC has restrained two people from marketing or selling on eBay, products under name of 'Royal Enfield', 'Bullet' or any other trademark deceptiv.....
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EU Court Refuses Barcelona FC Badge Trademark(14.12.2015)
European Court of Justice has ruled that football club Barcelona cannot use outline of its badge as a trademark because it does not make clear to cons.....
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Delhi HC Grants Ex-Parte Ad-Interim Injunction in Trademark Infringement Suit Filed By 'Amul'(23.08.2021)
Delhi High Court has granted ex-parte ad-interim injunction to Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd, popularly known as 'Amul', in a trad.....
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Delhi HC Says Misuse of Trademark ‘Miss India’ Not Allowed(07.09.2015)
Delhi HC has passed an interim injunction against misuse of registered trademark ‘Miss India’ of Times Group, in a case instituted by them against or.....
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Bombay HC Issues Restrain Order against FMCG Company for Infringing Realtor Kalpataru’s Trademark(10.09.2015)
Bombay High Court has granted realty developer Kalpataru Properties‘ request for a preliminary injunction restraining fast moving consumer goods (FMCG.....
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Nestle Losses Trademark Bid over Kitkat’s Shape(21.01.2016)
Nestle has lost a long-running court battle to trademark the four-finger shape of its KitKat chocolate bar in Britain. Britain's High Court ruled that.....
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Delhi High Court Grants Iconic ‘Tunday Kababi’ Shop Exclusive Right to Trademark(08.01.2018)
Delhi High Court has ruled that the ‘Tunday Kababi’ name belongs exclusively to Mohammad Usman, the grandson of Haji Murad Ali ‘Tunday’ in Lucknow.
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Del. HC: Proprietor of TM Must Establish Valid Registration to Claim Relief Against Infringement(18.08.2023)
Delhi High Court has held that as per Section 28(1) of Trade Marks Act, in order to enjoy the fruits of registration, whether in the form of a right t.....
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Supreme Court: No Trademark Allowed on Gods, Religious Texts(25.11.2015)
SC has ruled that names of gods or holy books cannot be trademarked to sell goods and services, as allowing such a thing could offend people’s sensibi.....
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IKEA Loses Trademark in Indonesia(08.02.2016)
IKEA, the furniture giant founded in Sweden in 1943, has lost a trademark dispute in Indonesia after the country's highest court agreed the IKEA name .....
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Global Brand Must Establish Goodwill In India To Sustain Action For Trademark Infringement: SC(18.12.2017)
Supreme Court has held that an international brand should establish that it had enjoyed goodwill and reputation within Indian jurisdiction to sustain .....
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Delhi High Court: ‘BOOKMY’ In ‘BOOKMYSHOW’ Has No Trademark Protection(19.12.2017)
Delhi High Court has refused to grant interim injunction restraining the use of prefix “BOOKMY” by “BOOKMYSPORT” and dismissed the suit filed on the g.....
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Delhi High Court: ‘BOOKMY’ In ‘BOOKMYSHOW’ Has No Trademark Protection(19.12.2017)
Delhi High Court has refused to grant interim injunction restraining the use of prefix “BOOKMY” by “BOOKMYSPORT” and dismissed the suit filed on the g.....
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Delhi High Court Awards Damages To Christian Louboutin for Infringement of Trademark(20.12.2017)
Delhi High Court has awarded damages to famous French fashion designer Christian Louboutin for infringement of trademark of luxury footwear ‘Red Sole’.....
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Delhi HC Directs Google, Facebook to Block Websites, Domain Names Infringing 'AAJ TAK' Trademark(08.09.2021)
Delhi High Court has directed Google and Facebook to block or suspend certain websites and domain names for infringing trademark 'AAJ TAK'. The Court .....
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Local Chinese Firm Wins Trademark Case For 'iPhone'(06.05.2016)
Apple Inc has lost a battle for use of "iPhone" trademark on leather goods in China after a Beijing court ruled against the world's biggest technology.....
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Trademark Holders Cannot Be Penalized For Non-Compliance of Rules By Registrar: Delhi HC(12.03.2018)
Delhi High Court has held that registered proprietor of a trademark cannot be penalized for non-compliance of rules by the Registrar of Trademarks.
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Apple Books Patent on Two Techniques, Tip Self-Healing Tech, Dual Rear Cameras in Future iPhone(11.01.2016)
Apple has been granted two new patents by United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for "Automated Maintenance of an Electronic Device" and fo.....
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EU Court Grants Trademark Protection to Red Soles(13.06.2018)
European Court of Justice has granted trademark protection to Christian Louboutin's signature red-soled high-heeled shoes.
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Trademark Holders Must Pay for UK Web Blocking Orders: UK Supreme Court(14.06.2018)
UK Supreme Court has ruled that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) do not have to pay the costs for blocking access to websites selling counterfeit pro.....
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Delhi HC: Defence of Prior Use Not Allowed When Use of Mark Was Intermittent and Not Voluminous(23.03.2020)
Delhi High Court has held that when the use of mark has been intermittent and not voluminous, the defence of prior-use under the Trade Marks Act, 1999.....
Tags : Delhi High Court, Prior Use of Trademark
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Delhi HC Put Stay on 193,908 Orders Issued by Trademarks Registry(06.04.2016)
Delhi HC has stayed a staggering 193,908 orders issued by the Comptroller General of Patents, Design and Trademarks between 28 and 31 March, scrapping.....
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Madras High Court Extends Stay on Kaleesuwari Refinery Pvt Ltd for Using Trademark by One Year(28.03.2018)
Madras HC has extended by one year the interim stay restraining Kaleesuwari Refinery Pvt. Ltd. from using the words ‘Gold Winner’ or any other word th.....
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Delhi HC Restrains Rogue Websites from Unauthorized Use of Hindustan Time’s Trademark SHINE(17.01.2022)
Delhi High Court has restrained certain rogue websites/ entities from unauthorized use of Hindustan Times Media's brand and trademark SHINE, shine lea.....
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Delhi HC Grants Interim Relief In Trademark & Copyright Infringement Suit Against Fake Kajaria Tiles(24.01.2022)
Delhi High Court has issued a temporary injunction under Order 39 of Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, restraining the Defendant from infringing the tile.....
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Bombay HC Grants Interim Injunction Against Andaman Big Bro for Infringement of Endemol's Trademark(26.02.2020)
Bombay High Court has granted relief to Endemol Shine Group, which owns the trademark Big Brother, and directed Andaman Xtasea Private Limited to stop.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Infringement of Endemol's Trademark
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Indian Patent Office Denies to Software Patents(23.02.2016)
India's patent office, administered by Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDT), has issued an order excluding software patents i.....
Tags : Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks , Software Patents
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Delhi High Court Restrains Developer from Using Burj Trademark in Upcoming Projects(10.11.2021)
Delhi High Court has restrained a real estate developer from using the trademark Burj in the upcoming projects in a plea filed by Dubai's internationa.....
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Facebook Wins Trademark Case in China(10.05.2016)
Facebook has won its trademark in China with a Beijing Court ruling against a Chinese firm to use the famous name for its beverage, providing a rare t.....
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Motorola Books Moto Z Trademark with USPTO(25.05.2016)
Motorola has registered Moto Z trademark with the US Patent and Trademarks Office (USPTO).
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Del. HC: In Trademark Plea by ‘Fevikwik’, Court Refuses to Cancel Registration of ‘Kwikheal’(27.03.2024)
Delhi High Court while refusing to cancel registration of ‘Kwikheal’ in a trademark plea by Pidilite Industries Limited, has held that since there is .....
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‘Haldiram’ Declared As A Well Known Trademark by Delhi High Court(03.04.2024)
Delhi High Court while declaring Haldiram as a well-known trademark, has observed that the brand, with its origins deeply rooted in India's rich culin.....
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Del. HC: Nation-Wide Reputation Gained by ‘Amul’, Protection of Its TM Would Transcend All Classes(10.04.2024)
Delhi High Court has held that the mark 'AMUL' has acquired huge, undiluted, enduring significance and nation-wide reputation and its protection would.....
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Bom. HC: Trampoline Park in Lonavla Restrained from Using Trademark or Character of Mr. Bean(18.04.2024)
Bom HC has restrained a trampoline park in Lonavla from using trademark or character of series Mr. Bean and has observed that it is a case of false en.....
Tags : Bombay High Court, Trampoline Park, Trademark, Mr. Bean
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