Corporate Law : The article explains that trademark registration protects the composite mark as a whole, while Section 17 restricts exclusive righ...
Corporate Law : The article explains the trademark filing and prosecution process in Bhutan, including examination, publication, opposition and re...
Corporate Law : Sensory judgement: A legislative comment on the expansion of the ‘mark’ and the scientific resolution of graphical representat...
Corporate Law : The court ruled that using a registered trademark as a keyword to divert online traffic can amount to trademark infringement. The ...
Company Law : Even after incorporation, a company name can be changed if it conflicts with a registered trademark. Section 16 empowers the Gover...
Corporate Law : Beware of fraudsters soliciting money for IP applications. Report any suspicious claims to the office. Applications processed lega...
CA, CS, CMA : Company Secretaries in Practice are allowed to be registered as Trade Marks Agent under Rule 144 of the Trade Marks Rules, 2017, r...
Corporate Law : A writ petition is filed before Hon’ble Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur while challenging the Circular dated 28.08.2020 being issu...
Corporate Law : The Union Cabinet in its meeting dated 15.09.2020 gave the approval for signing the MoU with Denmark in the field of IP Cooperatio...
Corporate Law : A trademark application is processed in accordance with The Trade Marks Act, 1999 and The Trade Marks Rules, 2017. 1. Application ...
Income Tax : The Delhi High Court held that Google could not use the registered trademark HINDWARE as advertising keywords and granted a perman...
Corporate Law : The Delhi High Court ruled that the use of registered trademarks as keywords in Google Ads amounts to use under the Trade Marks Ac...
Income Tax : High Court held that consideration received on transfer of self-generated trademarks before 1 April 2002 was not taxable as capita...
Corporate Law : The issue was whether the NCLT could declare ownership of a trademark during CIRP. The Supreme Court held that title disputes not ...
Corporate Law : Delhi High Court grants injunction against Franchise India Brands Ltd. and Ichakdana Food Services LLP for unauthorized use of 'Ra...
Corporate Law : Government proposes draft amendments to Trade Marks Rules 2017 introducing a Code of Conduct, disciplinary procedures, and complai...
Corporate Law : Calcutta High Court put on hold a public notice restricting online legal advertising for trademark registration, keeping the issue...
Corporate Law : Trade Marks (Holding Inquiry and Appeal) Rules 2024 now in effect. New procedures for complaints, inquiries, and appeals under the...
Corporate Law : Explore the proposed Trade Marks (1st Amendment) Rules, 2024 by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Learn about adjudication pr...
Corporate Law : The common or generic names of the commodity contained in the package and in case of packages with more than one product, the name...
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Settled legal position is that in order for a shape trademark to be registered, it has to be shown that the said shape is not the generic shape of the product. It has to be a distinctive shape that associates the mark with the source by itself without anything further like a name or logo appended on it.
Held that the expenditure incurred on mere registration of trade-mark is a revenue expenditure
IPRs, as the term suggests, accord legal protection to concepts and data that square measure wont to develop new inventions or processes. These rights modify the holder to exclude imitators from selling such inventions or processes for such that time;
Voltas Limited Vs Ashok Kumar (Delhi High Court) It has been submitted that the present suit has been filed seeking permanent injunction restraining Defendant No. 1 from infringing the plaintiff‟s registered trademark(s) through use of the registered and well-known trademarks VOLTAS and/or the VOLTAS Logo on the website www.myvoltascare.com, passing off the Impugned Website as […]
HC held that, there would be no difference in the use of trade marks as a keyword on search engines as opposed to use as a keyword on App store searches. So long as the key words are being used for promoting a business, using a competitor’s trade mark, the same would be violative of the rights of the trade mark owner.
HT Media Limited & Anr. Vs www.Hindustantimes.Tech & Anr. (Delhi High Court) HC directs blocking of website www.Hindustantimes.Tech is restrained from using the domain name hindustantimes.tech or any other mark, name or domain name, which consists of the word ‘Hindustan Times’ or is deceptively similar to the mark of the HT Media Limited. www.Hindustantimes.Tech is also […]
The Trademarks Act of 1999 allows for trademark registration online, which are markings capable of being expressed graphically and differentiating one person’s goods and services from those of another. Sections 9 and 11 of the Act make it abundantly plain that a mark must be sufficiently distinctive to be registered.
Restrained the defendants from offering or advertising any goods or services, using or registering corporate names, domain names or pages bearing the trademarks BURGER KING, BK and/ or any mark deceptively similar to the Plaintiff’s trademarks.
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