Trademark Registration Process & Procedure for Brands in India Trademarks play a crucial role in protecting the unique identity of a business, product, or service in the marketplace. Trademark registration can be obtained for words, logo, numerals, slogan, device and more in India. Trademark registration provides legal right of exclusivity for use of the mark … Read more
PROTECTION OF ICONS OF MOBILE APPLICATIONS UNDER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAWS IN CONTEXT TO ITS RELEVANCE IN THE DIGITAL AGE Written by Utkarsh Singh Kachhawaha INTRODUCTION What are application icons? In simpler words these are visuals that represent any application or software and help people recognize them. So, we can say that they work in a … Read more
TRADEMARK DISTINCTIVENESS AS A FOUNDATIONAL STONE FOR THE REGISTRATION OF A TRADEMARK Written by Aayushi Aman [St. Xavier’s University Kolkata} Introduction In this global economy with cutthroat competition between enterprises, every enterprise wishes to strive for excellence. There are thousands of producers producing a particular product and this is when a consumer has difficulty of … Read more
Protecting Intellectual Property in the Age of ChatGPT: Navigating IPR Issues:- IPR Club Introduction As Artificial Intelligence continues to advance, it presents new concerns for the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR). One prominent example of this is the growing usage of ChatGPT, a highly advanced language model created by OpenAI. Although ChatGPT and other … Read more
ONLINE MARKETING PLACES AND TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT IN INDIA: IPR Club Introduction Trademark refers to any logo, symbol, or mark used by a company or organisation for its specific identification. In simple terms, it may be called an identifying mark or symbol. These symbols may be used by companies or organisations so that they may stand … Read more
Royal Orchid Hotels Ltd. v. Kamat Hotels (India) Ltd: Case Study Court: Supreme Court of India Case No: SLP (C) No. 6131 of 2017 Order dated: 14th December, 2017 Bench: RANJAN GOGOI, J. and R. BANUMATHI, J. FACT The Petitioner in present case, ‘Royal Orchid Hotels Ltd.’ has obtained registration of its trademarks ‘Royal Orchid’ … Read more
Clinique Laboratories LLC and Anr. Vs. Gufic Limited and Anr. MANU/DE/0797/2009: IPR (Trademark): Case Analysis Case Name: Clinique Laboratories LLC and Anr. Vs. Gufic Limited and Anr Court:Supreme Court of India Year: 2009 Citation: Civil Appeal No. 4109 of 2009 Introduction Whenever someone thinks of start up, the first thing that comes to the mind … Read more
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Delhi HC refuses BookMyShow an injunction against BookMyEvent Delhi High Court has refused to grant a temporary injunction Stating that ‘BOOKMY’ is a common English term, the in favour of online booking platform ‘BOOKMYSHOW’ against its competitor, ‘BOOKMYEVENT’. Women Army Officers Case: Clarified by SG on Gender Disparity in the Indian Army The order … Read more
