As you may be aware, the Trade Marks Rules, 2017, have come into force on March 6, 2017. While there have been […]
Trademark
Taking the divisional route – a trademark perspective
The increasingly crucial role played by intellectual property in the success of a business has compelled individuals and enterprises to take proactive steps […]
Protecting Translations of Descriptive Words as Trademark
In law of trademarks, words that are distinctive enough to distinguish goods or services of one person from those of others, qualify to […]
Goodwill trumps prior use: AZ Tech vs. Intex
A trademark can easily be touted as one of the most important intellectual properties. Considerable mental faculties are expended (by most) to come […]
Bombay High Court Limits The Purview Of A Well-Known Trademark
A trade mark with the status of a “well-known” significantly improves the extent of protection as it provides the proprietor, the exclusive right […]
Arbitration in Intellectual Property / Trademark Disputes And Further Remedies
Arbitration is a mode of alternate dispute resolution which can more often than not be fruitfully resorted to by IP litigants in India. […]
NEW TRADE MARK RULES, 2017 NOTIFIED
With the objective of achieving a more robust, streamlined, efficient and user friendly processing framework in the working of the Trade Marks Office, […]
Clarification on Invoking of Jurisdiction under Section 134 of the Trade Marks Act –revisiting the strategy
Recently, a Division Bench of Delhi High Court clarified the scope of section 134 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (Act). In the […]
Trade Mark Holders rejoice as IPO revamps practice and procedure in 2016
Authored by Raashi Jain Further to our blog, dated November 25, 2016, available at https://www.lexorbis.com/initiatives-by-tm-registry/, we would like to wrap up 2016 with a […]
Initiatives by TM Registry
Infrastructure and capacity building at Indian Trademark Office Burdened with a huge back log and long pendency in processing of trademark applications and […]