The Impact of India’s ‘Trans-Border Reputation’ Doctrine on International Trademark Bullying Cases
Introduction Trademarks at the crossroads: the Indian style of setting up the trademarks In the constantly developing world of the intellectual property rights protection, India has established its position as a specific player in the sphere due to its individual approach in the trademarks matter. The basis of this approach is the “’trans-border’ reputation” legal … Continue reading The Impact of India’s ‘Trans-Border Reputation’ Doctrine on International Trademark Bullying Cases
Read more »Protection of Well-Known Marks: WIPO Joint Recommendation
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet”- Shakespeare In many countries, getting trademark registered is the only apparatus to obtain statutory rights. As an essential element to registration, some countries requires the owner of the trademark to use or make evident its intent to … Continue reading Protection of Well-Known Marks: WIPO Joint Recommendation
Read more »Passing Off Action by Mid-Size Foreign Companies Having Unregistered Marks in India
There are often cases that we undertake for representation, wherein the cases relate to enforcement of trademarks by/of mid-sized foreign corporations that have not been filed and/or used in India against Indian companies that have deceptively used their marks thereby constituting misrepresentation, which might amount to passing off. Rupkatha and Poorva, interns at Khurana & … Continue reading Passing Off Action by Mid-Size Foreign Companies Having Unregistered Marks in India
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