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No Bar On Filing Infringement Suit Against Registered Trademarks And For Passing Off
Recently, in the matter of Good Life Industries v. J R J Foods Pvt. Ltd. C/AO/10/2021 (Appeal), the Gujarat High Court vide order dated 22 […]
‘The Doctrine of Foreign Equivalents’ and its Limited Applicability
It is a primary requirement under trademark law that when determining if a trademark application is registrable, that the concerned mark is distinctive […]
Cybersquatters riskier to handle, harder to punish
In the recent case of Adobe Inc v Namase Patel and Ors, the Delhi High Court imposed hefty penalties in a cybersquatting case brought […]
Cybersquatters riskier to handle, harder to punish
In the recent case of Adobe Inc v Namase Patel and Ors, the Delhi High Court imposed hefty penalties in a cybersquatting case brought […]
Apple not falling far enough from the tree
In the recent case of Vinita Gupta v Amit Arora, the Delhi High Court considered the concept of semantic and conceptual similarity in […]
Descriptive terms cannot be styled protected trademarks
In the recent appeal of M/S Pornsricharoenpun Co Ltd & Anr v M/S L’Oreal India Private Limited against the grant of a court order, […]
A trend in appeals against decisions by the Indian Registrar of Trademarks
Manisha Singh and Ritika Agarwal of LexOrbis analyse several recent rulings by the High Court of Delhi in appeals against decisions by the […]
High court decodes shape marks and their registration
A product has established itself in the marketplace if an average consumer starts associating its shape as a brand denoting the proprietary source […]
Fake digital currency apps virtually coining it
The advent of digital currency trading has brought a new set of challenges. Fraudsters have begun to offer fake platforms and often use […]