Doctrine of Deceptive Similarity under Trademark
DOCTRINE OF DECEPTIVE SIMILARITY Traditionally, likelihood of confusion as to the origin of a good or service was the only ground that resulted in infringement of the trademark. But as gradually the businesses evolved, there were some other grounds or factors also that caused infringement of one’s trademark and so a need was felt to […]
Geographical Indications in India
Geographical Indications in India GI tag is the abbreviation of Geographical Indications.The concept of GI tag came into force with effect from 15th September 2003. Darjeeling Tea was the first product in India which got a GI tag. The Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration & Protection) Act, 1999 came into effect from […]
Intellectual Property Law- Nature and Scope- Our Legal World
Intellectual Property Law- Nature and Scope Introduction Intellectual Property (IP) deals with any primary production of human intelligence along with inventive, literary, technical or clinical structures. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) refers back to the legal rights granted to the inventor or producer to guard their invention or manufacture product. These legal rights confer an extraordinary […]
Patentability of Biotech Innovation in India and World- Critical Analysis
Patentability of Biotech Innovation in India and World- Critical Analysis Introduction India is a number of the top 12 biotechnology destinations inside the world and has the third-biggest biotechnology enterprise in Asia-Pacific. India’s biotechnology industry is evolving hastily and growing at a compound annual boom rate of 20%. As in step with Bio spectrum’s 11th […]
Badshah’s & Jacqueline, track Genda Phool track lands in trouble for copyright violation
Badshah’s & Jacqueline, track Genda Phool track lands in trouble for copyright violation Rappeer Badshah’s, Payal Dev’s and Jacqueline Fernandez new song Genda Phool faces an allegation of plagiarism for not giving credit to the original Bengali folk song’s writer. In the music video of the song, Jacqueline Fernandez is seen in a Bengali look, […]
No license required for Playing songs during marriage function, religious ceremonies not Copyright violation;
No license required for Playing songs in marriage Copyright Central Government has clarify use of any sound recording during the course of a religious ceremony including marriage procession and any other social festivities associated with marriage does not amount to copyright violation. Hence, no license is required to be obtained for the same. Copyright Office […]
Band Baaja Baarat rescued from copyright infringement : Delhi HC
Band Baaja Baarat rescued from copyright infringement : Delhi HC It was a case between Yash Raj Films and Sri Sai Ganesh Productions. In the instant case the petitioner brought a suit against the defendants for copyright infringement. The plaintiff who was the original maker of the film named Band Baaja Baraat alleged that the […]
Scope of moral rights under Indian Copyrights Law is limited.
A building named Hall Of Nation was erected at Pragati Maidian, Delhi by architect Raj Rewal and structural designer Mahinder Raj. The building stood as a symbol of modern Indian Architecture. Few years back in 2016, the Indian Trade Promotion Organisation proposed an idea to destroy this building and replace it with Integrated Exhibition Cum […]
Trademark of DISH in danger “Doordarshan” : Our Legal World
Trademark of DISH in danger : Our Legal World In the instant case the plaintiff i.e DISH TV filed a suit for permanent injunction against the defendant i.e Doordarshan from infringing the trademark of ‘DISH’ of the plaintiff and by passing on its services as that of plaintiff by adoption of name or symbol of […]
HUL: Doesn’t matter whether you are black or white
Market is filled up with tons of beauty products that guarantee fairness, in the hoard of being the best companies usually have a bad blood with each other every other day. In the present case Hindustan Unilever Limited brought a suit against Emami praying for injunction against a commercial which allegedly disparaged HUL’s product named […]