‘Fair and Handsome’ v. ‘Glow and Handsome’; Calcutta HC rules in favour of Emami in Passing Off Dispute Against Hindustan Unilever
Unfair advantage through conscious adoption of a competitor’s mark leads to potential confusion and deception”
Deception
[INIMOX v IMOX] Madras High Court directs mark “INIMOX” to be registered only for products intended for veterinary use and not for human use
“Be it in infringement or passing off actions, or in the context of an application for registration and objections being raised on relative grounds – the visual, phonetic and structural similarity between the later and earlier marks will, as in all cases, play a significant role.”
Woman’s consent to man’s company cannot be inferred as a consent to sexual liaison: Delhi High Court dismisses bail application of a spiritual guru
The Delhi High Court denies bail to a spiritual guru who on the pretext of helping a woman perform the last rites of her husband, was alleged of having sexual liaison with her.
Delhi High Court grants permanent injunction to Lifelong Online Retail (P) Ltd for its mark ‘Lifelong’ in a trade mark infringement suit
The Delhi High Court restrained the defendant from dealing in any goods, under the impugned trade mark ‘Lifelong’ or any other mark as may be identical to or deceptively similar with the plaintiff’s (Lifelong Online Retail (P) Ltd.) registered trade mark ‘Lifelong’, to cause infringement of the plaintiff’s trade marks.
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by Ankoosh Mehta*, Maitrayi Jain** and Anushka Shah***