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Prathiba M Singh, J., directed the Controller General of Patents, Designs &amp; Trademarks (CGPDTM) \/Trade Marks Registry to proceed in accordance with the law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">The letter stated that with respect to many Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani drug manufacturers not adhering to provisions for labelling and naming of the products in accordance with the drug license obtained, it was clarified that Raughan-EBadam Shireen\/ Badam Shireen to be mentioned as Unani Medicine and Vatama (&#2357;&#2366;&#2340;&#2366;&#2350;)\/ Vadama (&#2357;&#2366;&#2342;&#2366;&#2350;)\/ Vatada (&#2357;&#2366;&#2340;&#2366;&#2342;)\/ Vatada taila (&#2357;&#2366;&#2340;&#2342; &#2340;&#2376;&#2354;) mentioned as Ayurveda Medicine in their respective authoritative books in the First Schedule of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002852199\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940<\/a>. Thus, all State Licensing Authority were requested to ensure that Ayurvedic drug license should be issued for Vatada taila (&#2357;&#2366;&#2340;&#2366;&#2342; &#2340;&#2376;&#2354;) \/ Badam taila and Unani drug license should be issued for Raughan-E-Badam Shireen\/ Badam Shireen as defined under section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001541965\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3(a)<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002852199\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drugs &amp; Cosmetics Act, 1940<\/a> and in accordance with Rule 157 (1B) of Drug &amp; Cosmetics Rules 1945.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">As per the letter written to the Licensing Authority\/Drug Controller (Ayush) placed on record revealed that compliance has been made. The Court remarked that as the respondent has already communicated to the State licensing authorities that the use of the name Raughan-E-Badam Shireen and Badam Shireen would require a Unani Drug License, thus, the relief sought for in the instant petition stands satisfied.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">Further, a letter written to the Deputy Registrar of Trademarks and GI, Head- Trade Marks Registry stated that the CGPDTM is requested to review trade mark &#8220;HAMDARD ROGHAN BADAM SHIRIN&#8221; for using of the descriptive term of classical medicine &#8220;ROGHAN BADAM SHIRIN&#8221; and prefix &#8220;HAMDARD&#8221; as it is a contravention of Rule 157 (1B) of Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945. Thus, the Court directed the CGPDTM\/Trade Marks Registry to proceed in accordance with the law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 3%;\">[<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #632423;\">Hamdard National Foundation v Govt NCT of Delhi, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink\/GXxzI56B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 SCC OnLine Del 2842<\/a>, decided on 12-05-2023<\/span>]<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>Advocates who appeared in this case :<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\">Mr. Shivendra Pratap Singh and Mr. Navdeep Suhag, Advocates for the Petitioner;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 18pt;\">Mr. Karn Bhardwaj, ASC for R-1 and 3. Mr. Jivesh Tiwari, Sr P.C. with Ms. Samiksha, Advocate for the Respondent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><i>Under section <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0001541965\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3(a)<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002852199\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drugs &amp; Cosmetics Act, 1940<\/a>, Raughan-E-Badam Shireen\/ Badani Shireen is mentioned as Unani Medicine in the authoritative book of First Schedule of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/DocumentLink.aspx?q=JTXT-0002852199\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67516,"featured_media":290500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[57747,2543,57745,57744,3221,57746],"class_list":["post-292633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-casebriefs","category-highcourts","tag-ayurvedic-medicine","tag-Delhi_High_Court","tag-hamdard-roghan-badam","tag-roghan-badam-shirin","tag-Trademark","tag-unani-medicine"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.4 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Review of use of &#039;Hamdard&#039; 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