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Separating Trademark Infringement and Passing off

14th November, 2024 - 9:20 am Categories: Trademark

Introduction Brands in today’s environment are no longer just slogans, they are encompassing identity that represents quality, reputation, and trustworthiness. Any brand company must be very keen in protecting these brands. Two key areas of the Intellectual Property law, that of trademark infringement and passing off, are involved in this protection. Although these two terms … Continue reading Separating Trademark Infringement and Passing off

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Sipping on Legalities: Decoding the 2023 Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment in the Blenders Pride vs. London Pride Trademark Saga

17th October, 2024 - 9:45 am Categories: Trademark Trademark Infringement

INTRODUCTION Brand management and marketing are ever-evolving industries, which means there are bound to be challenges in the use of trademark elements, which turns into litigation battles. One such case that draws the attention of many is the matter of Pernod Ricard India Private Limited and Ors. Vs. Karanveer Singh Chhabra, more commonly known as … Continue reading Sipping on Legalities: Decoding the 2023 Madhya Pradesh High Court judgment in the Blenders Pride vs. London Pride Trademark Saga

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The Analysis of Quasi-Judicial Functions and Appointments in India’s Patent and Trademark Offices

16th October, 2024 - 6:34 am Categories: Patents Trademark

Introduction India’s Intellectual Property (IP) ecosystem faced many challenges in recent times because of technological advancements, new forms of inventions etc., one of the major challenges is the appointment of the employees in the Patent and Trademark Offices. These appointments are critical, as they affect the final grant of the intellectual property rights. The Indian … Continue reading The Analysis of Quasi-Judicial Functions and Appointments in India’s Patent and Trademark Offices

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From Congratulatory Posts to Legal Action: How the Manu Bhaker Case Redefines Personality Rights

27th September, 2024 - 9:56 am Categories: Celebrity Rights Judiciary

INTRODUCTION The recent controversy involving Indian Olympian shooter Manu Bhaker has reignited the debate over personality rights in India. After Bhaker secured two bronze medals at the Paris 2024 Olympics, several brands, including Bajaj Foods, LIC, and FIITJEE, used her images without her consent in congratulatory posts on social media. These posts, while seemingly celebratory, … Continue reading From Congratulatory Posts to Legal Action: How the Manu Bhaker Case Redefines Personality Rights

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Luckin Coffee’s Trade Mark Battle in Thailand: A Cautionary Tale For International Business Expansion

5th August, 2024 - 7:27 am Categories: Legal Case Trademark

Introduction In the ever changing environment of global business, trademarks become crucial assets to any organization as they help in identifying it in the market. Still, even such giants of the market can turn into participants of legal battles over the use of trademarks. An example that can still be seen today is the trademark … Continue reading Luckin Coffee’s Trade Mark Battle in Thailand: A Cautionary Tale For International Business Expansion

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Trademark Infringement by NFTs: International Scenario

5th July, 2024 - 6:55 am Categories: Intellectual Property Trademark

BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT An analysis of the opportunities offered by the use of NFTs (“Non-fungible Tokens”) illustrates that such use may be considered a trademark infringement. This was recently clarified by the IP Chamber of the Court of Rome (Tribunale di Roma, decision n. 37165/2022 dell’11 luglio 2022). 32072/2022).[i] An analysis of the opportunities offered … Continue reading Trademark Infringement by NFTs: International Scenario

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Infringement: A Thoughtful Mistake

26th June, 2024 - 7:56 am Categories: Trademark Infringement

INTRODUCTION As we have seen, this world is evolving with digitalization, industrialization and most importantly, intellectual property registration. If we see, we get to know that industrialization is the primary reason for the existence of intellectual property law because it gave the idea to register the idea and make it a secure way to protect … Continue reading Infringement: A Thoughtful Mistake

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Drawing a thin line between Passing off and Infringement: An important aspect in The Indian trademark law.

11th June, 2024 - 7:09 am Categories: Trademark

In our Daily life we see more than 100 brands in our day but how can we distinguished them is they are registered or not .This question arrises in many of us, Is this brand Really belong to that company or not so to solve this problem we got the right of trademark registration. Registering … Continue reading Drawing a thin line between Passing off and Infringement: An important aspect in The Indian trademark law.

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Copyright for Confidential Information

26th April, 2024 - 7:11 am Categories: Copyright Patent Filing

This article refers to copyright and patent to be granted in case of confidential information and the requirements with respect to the same in order to prove liability. It also refers to various obligations that arise once a party is exposed to some confidential information and the remedies that are available. However, there is a … Continue reading Copyright for Confidential Information

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ITC Ltd. v. Gold Step Tobacco (P) Ltd

26th March, 2024 - 12:05 pm Categories: Legal Case Trademark

Introduction With an enormous number of products available in the market, every brand has come up with their own identity to get recognised for their products. To get distinguished every brand seek to get their own trademark which can be used wholly and solely by them. The essence of trademark lies in amalgamation of such … Continue reading ITC Ltd. v. Gold Step Tobacco (P) Ltd

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