Certificate Course on Trade mark Law and Advocacy
After huge demand for us to start specialised courses on IP, we are here to bring our first-ever certificate course on trademark law and advocacy. […]
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Understanding the scope behind the use of trademark protection in the Indian film industry
India is a place that offers a diversity of things and one thing which plays a major role in glorifying India at world cinema is […]
‘GOODYEAR’ Declared As A Prima Facie Well-known Mark: The Concept Explained
Recently, the Delhi High Court had restrained a person from using the trademark Goodyear which is associated with and is a registered trademark of the […]
Do you know why “Market Survey” is important in trademark?
UNDERSTANDING DISTINCTIVENESS The distinctiveness of a trademark is of utmost importance as it makes the trademark unique and allows to differentiate the goods and/or services […]
Amazon facilitates the process of filing trademark for its sellers!!!
On 4th July 2021, amazon announced to launch an IP Accelerator Program which will help sellers to secure trademarks. Here, sellers are those individuals and […]
Trademark war in the Wadia Group: Who gets the rights in ‘Go Air’?
The Wadia Group, one of the oldest business conglomerates in India is caught in an internal trademark tussle between two of its companies over the […]
Ambush marketing and trademark law in India
The word “Ambush Marketing” was first coined by marketing guru Jerry Welsh while he was working as a manager for American Express in the 1980s. […]
DPS Belt or Gucci Belt: A Strip of Confusion; -a Trademark Infringement Perspective
It will not be an exaggeration if we say the world has shrunk due to social media. We never know what will grab people’s attention […]
PhonePe Vs. BharatPe: Anti Dissection vs Dominant Mark Test
When it comes to the success of a particular brand, Trademarks play an essential role. Trademarks of a brand are its unique identification captured in […]
Trademark valid only for personal use: High court curtails the right to license!
Introduction Can a person, who uses his own name or surname as a trademark, be held liable for trademark infringement of a registered trademark? Does […]
Analysis of effect of acquiescence in Senior-Junior User Relationship in use of a mark
Introduction The general idea surrounding use of trademarks is that only a single entity, that is the registered owner of the trademark or any other […]
Cutis Biotech V Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd.: The case of “passing off” in Trademark
The Serum Institute of India, the world’s largest manufacturer of vaccines by volume, has recently launched its antibiotic vaccine ‘Covishield’ to overcome the on-going global […]
HEXO Corp. v. Assi Project Management LLC Case Highlights and Settlement
Hexo Corp. is a consumer-packaged goods Cannabis Company that creates unique products to serve the global cannabis market[i]. It was incorporated in 2013 and the […]
INSTAGRAM VERSUS THRIFTAGRAM
Thinking of desirable commercial social media business platforms, Instagram has risen to be one of the most sought-after social media companies with over 600 million […]
Happy moments for ‘Magic Moments’ as court rules against ‘Vintage Moments’
An interim injunction was passed by the Hon’ble Delhi High Court against Vintage Distilleries Ltd. in the case of Radico Khaitan Ltd. v. Vintage Distilleries […]
Budweiser says cheers after Delhi High Court Rules in its favour
In today’s world of technology, a major part of our lives are lives are spent virtually via social media. Social media is no longer just […]
Report on the workshop on trade marks by Ms. Shumi Wasandi
The workshop session on Trade Marks (Applications and Oppositions): practice and procedures started at 4:45 pm IST on the 31st October, 2020. The meeting was […]
Counterfeits to Burberry’s Haymarket Check Trademark under Legal Scanner- yet again!
In its 164 years of existence, Burberry has time and again defended its “haymarket check” trademark from counterfeiters across the globe. If the description did […]
Mahindra’s Roxor Versus Fiat Chrysler’s Jeep: US Trade Dress Infringement Case
Are you a car addict?? Want to read something about cars?? Then you are at the right place…This post covers the Trade dress infringement suit […]
Madras High Court stays single bench order restraining Patanjali from using term ‘Coronil’
The controversy surrounding Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurveda Ltd. attempt to trademark the word ‘Coronil’ for the controversial drug ‘Coronil’ which is promoted as a cure […]