Trademark

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Delhi High Court refuses blanket injunction against GODADDY from registering SNAPDEAL trademark; Every infringement must be petitioned separately

Delhi High Court: Pratibha M Singh, J. rejected to pass a permanent injunction order restraining GODADDY and other Domain Name Registrars (‘DNR’)

Case BriefsInternational Courts

HEITEC v/s HEITECH| ECJ rules a warning letter for trademark infringement isn’t sufficient to end acquiescence

    European Court of Justice (ECJ): In a far-reaching decision, the Bench of C. Lycourgos (Rapporteur), President of the Chamber, S.

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Delhi High Court grants permanent injunction against Facebake or Facecake from using the well known trademark Facebook

    Delhi High Court: Navin Chawla J. restrains Facebake and Facecake based in Bangalore which sells confectionary items like cakes etc.

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Delhi High Court restrains Voltas Care from using VOLTAS trademark/Logo; Ex-parte injunction granted

Delhi High Court: Dinesh Kumar Sharma J. granted an ex parte injunction to Voltas Limited restraining a website from using their registered

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Del HC | Faces cosmetics restrained from selling products under the trademark “Velvet Matte”

Delhi High Court: Prathiba M. Singh, J. granted an ad interim ex parte injunction in favour of Colorbar cosmetics Private Limited by

Case BriefsHigh Courts

[Trademark Battle] Karim’s v. Kareem’s | Kareem’s related to or associated with Delhi’s iconic Karim’s restaurant? Del HC issues directions

Delhi High Court: Prathiba M. Singh, J., has restrained Kareem Dhanani from opening any further restaurants under the marks “KARIM/KARIM’S/KAREEM/KAREEM’S” or any

Experts CornerMurali Neelakantan

Trade Mark Infringement, Spurious Drugs or Misbranded Drugs?

by Murali Neelakantan†
Cite as: 2022 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 28

High Court Round UpLegal RoundUp

82 Reports from 21 High Courts: Hijab Row, Uphaar Case, Child Custody Battles, Drug Menace and more | February RoundUp 2022

82 reports on High Court Judgments to read from February 2022. Allahabad High Court  Bail  22-year-old woman, burnt and buried due to

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Cal HC | Disparagement or mere puffery? Court decides in matter of offending/misleading advertisements [Dabur India v. Baidyanath Ayurved]

Calcutta High Court: Shekhar B. Saraf, J. decided on a petition which was filed seeking remedy against impugned advertisements disparaging the goodwill

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Supreme Court January 2022 Roundup: Probe in PM Modi’s Security Lapse; NEET UG/PG Reservation; Suspension of BJP MLAs; and more 

“Merit is not solely of one‘s own making. The rhetoric surrounding merit obscures the way in which family, schooling, fortune and a

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Baazi v. WinZo| Trademark is used by a manufacturer or service provider to distinguish products from those of competitors: Here’s how Winzo appeared dishonest and unfair in adopting Baazi

Delhi High Court: Explaining the significance of a trademark, Asha Menon, J., observed that, When people are satisfied with the products supplied

Case BriefsSupreme Court

Trademark| RENAISSANCE and SAI RENAISSANCE phonetically and visually similar; Twin conditions must be fulfilled to get benefit of Section 30(1) of the Trademarks Act: SC

Supreme Court: In a Trademark infringement case, the bench of L. Nageswara Rao, BR Gavai* and BV Nagarathna, JJ has ordered in

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Trade Mark | “Mark is to be taken as a whole”: Bom HC reminds PhonePe while conditionally allowing withdrawal application

Bombay High Court: G.S. Patel, J., granted ‘conditional’ liberty to Phonepe (P) Ltd. to withdraw its suit and an interim application filed

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Kar HC│ What is Yipee Magic Masala Noodles and Wai Wai Majedaar Masala Noodles copyright infringement battle all about? Read on

“Principles laid down for Courts to deal with injunction applications, in a pending suit, seeking relief against passing off”  Karnataka High Court: 

Op EdsOP. ED.

“K” SRTCs Trade Mark Row: Paving the Right Path

by Yashvardhan Rana†

Case BriefsForeign Courts

Amul Dairy secures major win in a trademark infringement case in Federal Court of Canada 

Federal Court of Ontario (Canada): In an Intellectual Property battle the Bench of Alan S. Diner,  J., had granted major win to

Case BriefsHigh Courts

[Name-Logo Dispute] Telangana HC | ‘GSK’ being widely known mark: GSK Life Sciences (P) Ltd. ordered to suitably delete word ‘GSK’; No violation of S. 35, TM Act found

Telangana High Court: Abhinand Kumar Shavili, J., addressed a matter wherein the name and logo of a company were in dispute. Instant

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[Trademark] Ker HC| No question of confusion as the products fall in different classes; HC directs Registrar of the Companies to register LLP by proposed name

Kerala High Court: N. Nagresh, J., heard the instant petition wherein the petitioner had approached this Court seeking to set aside rejection

Op EdsOP. ED.

Britannia and ITC in trade mark row: Packaging saga intensifies

by Yashvardhan Rana†
Cite as: 2021 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 29

Op EdsOP. ED.

Big Basket and Daily Basket in trade mark row: Bullying, consumer confusion or justified?

by Yashvardhan Rana†

Cite as : 2021 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 18