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
Trademark
[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
[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
Britannia and ITC in trade mark row: Packaging saga intensifies
by Yashvardhan Rana†
Cite as: 2021 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 29
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
Del HC | What is the scope of Court’s jurisdiction while examining application under S. 8, Arbitration and Conciliation Act. What is effect of ‘Chalk & Cheese’ case of non-arbitrability? HC examines in “Hero” electric bikes dispute
Delhi High Court: C. Hari Shankar, J., expressed while addressing a dispute that: “Where a valid arbitration agreement exists, the decision also
“COVISHIELD” trade mark dispute: Cutis Biotech v. Serum Institute of India
by Yashvardhan Rana†
Cite as: 2021 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 11
Del HC | WhiteHat Jr Defamation Case: Aniruddha Malpani restrained from posting, publishing, sharing any content which is defamatory, derogatory or deprecatory in nature to White Hat Jr, its management or employee
Delhi High Court: Mukta Gupta, J., grants ad-interim injunction while restraining defendant from posting, publishing, sharing any content which is defamatory, derogatory or
Can a generic expression be granted registration and/or protection as a trade mark under trade mark laws? IPAB explains if “N 95” is capable of being registered or protected as a trade mark
Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB): The Bench of Justice Manmohan Singh (Chairman) and Lakshmidevi Somanath (Technical Member, Trademarks) and Makyam Vijay Kumar
[Trademark Suit] Bom HC | Emami restrained from use of trademark “Glow & Handsome”; HUL prima facie prior adopter of the trademark
Bombay High Court: S.C. Gupte, J., granted an interim injunction to Hindustan Unilever Limited while restraining “Emami” from the use of trademark “Glow
Bom HC | “ISKCON” declared as a well-known trade mark: Satisfies tests & requirements laid down in Trade Marks Act
Bombay High Court: B.P. Colabawalla, J., held that, “Trade Mark ISKCON has come to enjoy a personality that is beyond the mere products/services
Del HC | Telegram directed to take down channels of its users infringing Dainik Jagran’s copyright and trademark rights
Delhi High Court: Mukta Gupta, J., directed “Telegram” to take down the channels that are infringing plaintiff’s rights and granted ad-interim injunction to
Cal HC | “Acquiescence” only arises out of positive acts; to be differentiated from mere silence or inaction or from inordinate delay
Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of I.P. Mukerji and Md. Nizamuddin, JJ., allowed an appeal filed against the order of the Single
Del HC | Plea of Acquiescence rejected; Temporary injunction granted to “Make My Trip” against “Make My Travel” for trademark infringement
Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Narula, J. while addressing a matter in respect to trademark infringement and in lieu of that seeking a
WIPO | Philip Morris USA wins right over disputed domain name registered with ‘GoDaddy.com’ as it was confusingly similar to their trademark and was being used in bad faith
World Intellectual Property Organization: M. Scott Donahey (Panelist) transferred the disputed domain names to Philip Morris USA Inc. as these were confusingly
Del HC | Facebook, Instagram directed to pull down posts violating trademark ‘DA MILANO’ in terms of IT (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules, 2011
Delhi High Court: Pratibha M. Singh, J. while addressing a petition concerning the protection of the trademark ‘DA MILANO’, issued certain guidelines
Del HC | Court rejects suit against movie “Khandani Shafakhana”, thinks it presents golden opportunity for sexologists to approach larger cross section of society
Delhi High Court: Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J. dismissed a suit filed for refraining the makers of the movie Khandani Shafakhana from releasing the
WIPO Launches State-of-the-Art Artificial Intelligence-Based Image Search Tool for Brands
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered image search technology that makes it faster and easier to establish
Keyword Advertisement and IPR Considerations
by Bhumesh Verma, Managing Partner and
Abhisar Vidyarthi, Student Researcher, Corp Comm Legal
Cite as: (2019) PL (CL) May 78
Del HC | Ajanta Pharma injuncted from selling its nutraceutical product GLOTAB in passing off suit brought by Sun Pharma; principles reiterated
Delhi High Court: Pratibha Singh, J., while allowing the suit brought by Sun Pharma Laboratories Ltd., passed an order injuncting Ajanta Pharma Ltd.