The Delhi High Court, in a civil suit between Plaintiff GSK Consumer Healthcare S.A and Defendants, EG Pharmaceuticals, Zydus Healthcare Ltd. and Biochem […]
GSK’s Win in Otrivin
Trademark
Amending use claims in trademark cases
The Delhi High Court recently heard, in the case of D&H India v Superon Schweisstechnik India, an appeal from the order of a […]
Registered designs don’t imply novelty
Can a registered design serve as a proof of novelty? The Delhi High Court said no! In a latest case where the parties […]
Composite Trade Marks & the Odds of Registration
The well-established principle of entirety which states that a trademark is to be seen and/or read as a whole at times may be […]
DETTOL obtains favourable decision against DEVTOL in India
Manisha Singh and Omesh Puri bring news of an important decision in a lookalike case, following a hearing held by video conference by the […]
Restaurant fined with Social Work for Mocking ‘HERMES’
The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) enshrined in the Companies Act, 2013 mandates the companies earning more than the threshold set out […]
The Curious Case of ‘Frappuccino’
A trade mark holds immense value for a business owner. Irrespective of the nature of the business or the products and services it […]
Using A Prominent Word In A Logo Amounts To Trade Mark Infringement
A question of deceptive similarity of a prominent part of a trade mark cropped up before the Delhi High Court in the case […]
Vistara Trademark Case- Winning with flying colors
In February 2019, Tata SIA Airlines Limited found M/s Pilot18 Aviation Book Store to be selling products such as badges, name tags and […]
Opportunity given to seek Invalidity of registration in Infringement Suit
In trademark infringement suits, the plaintiff is often faced with the challenge to overturn the defence of an existing registration in the defendant’s […]