HC rejects Petition by CA seeking to direct Institute of Cost Accountants of India to use acronym ‘ICOAI’ instead of ‘ICAI’

V. Venkata Siva Kumar Vs Institute of Cost Accountants of India (Madras High Court) The issue under consideration is whether the petition filed by the CA for seeking to direct the Institute of Cost Accountants of India to use the acronym ‘ICOAI’ instead of ‘ICAI’ will be sustain by the High Court? High Court states that, the Trade Marks Act enables the registered proprietor of a trade mark to sue for infringement. Even with regard to an unregistered trade mark, it recognizes the right of the proprietor to initiate an action for passing off under common law. Needless to say, an action f...