Search Results for Tag : Trade Mark

Blast from the Past

Trading godly good will(23.08.1967)

Being able to exploit financially intellectual property has been recognised as vital to any country’s success and prosperity. And what prosperity must.....

Tags : Trade mark, ganesh, publici juris, religious

Judgments

High Court restrains use of fraudulently claimed mark(07.12.2015)

The Delhi High Court issued an interim injunction against the Defendant restraining it from using in any manner the Plaintiff’s mark, ‘Senge’. The Pla.....

Tags : Trade mark, logo, prior use, false documents

International Cases

Olympus’ ‘3D’ mark rejected(17.12.2015)

The General Court of the European Court of Justice News

Bombay High Court: ‘GIRNAR’ a Well Known Trademark in India(25.10.2024)

Bombay High Court has held that the popular food and beverage mark 'GIRNAR' is a well know trademark in India which has surpassed the scope of merely .....

Tags : Bombay High Court, GIRNAR, Trade Mark

Del HC: No Ex-Parte Injunction in TM Infringement Suit if Defendant Has Been in Market for Some Time(01.09.2023)

Delhi High Court has held that in trade mark (TM) infringement suits, where the mark has been used by defendant for any length of time, that sole fact.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Trade Mark Infringement, Injunction

Passing ice cream off as biscuits and other ways to test court patience(11.04.2016)

The Bombay High Court rejected an application alleging trade mark infringement by Parle for use of the mark, ‘Londonderry’.

Putting aside .....

Tags : trade mark, phonetic, vendibility, class of goods

Del. HC: Use of TM by Ex-Licensee After Revocation of Licence Amounts to Infringement(08.11.2023)

Delhi High Court has held that once the Licence has been revoked, it is impermissible for ex-licence to use the Trade Mark (TM), and the same would am.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Trade Mark, Infringement

Delhi HC: Office of Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks is Industry u/s 2(j) ID Act(21.01.2020)

Delhi High Court has held that the office of a Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks is an industry under Section 2(j) of the Industr.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks

Delhi HC: Using Another's Registered Trademark as Trade Name Constitutes Infringement(29.09.2025)

Delhi High Court clarified that under Section 29(5) of the Trade Marks Act, using a registered trademark as a trade name constitutes infringement, emp.....

Tags : Trademark, Infringement, Trade Marks Act

Levi Strauss denied use of ‘Live In’ for promotional material(02.03.2016)

The Bombay High Court prohibited Levi Strauss from using the words ‘Live In’ in connection with its clothing line, ‘Levi’s’.

The Plaintif.....

Tags : Levi strauss, live in, trade mark, deceptive

Court declines exclusive use of ‘Eagle’ in trade mark(23.09.2015)

In a case where Pantaloons was found to be riding on the goodwill of the Plaintiff in respect of its trade mark ‘American Eagle Outfitters’ and ‘Ameri.....

Tags : Pantaloons, eagle, trade mark, american

Court rules in favour of ITC in ‘Gold Flake’ dispute(29.09.2015)

Noting that NTC’s use of the trademark ‘NATIONAL GOLD FLAKE’ was either insufficient or kept clandestinely low to not attract the Petitioner’s attenti.....

Tags : Cigarette, gold flake, trade mark, copyright

Coca Cola’s bottles not recognisable enough(24.02.2016)

The G.....

Tags : Coca cola, bottle, trade mark, relevant public

Commercial matters to not be kept lingering in no-contest(07.09.2015)

The Delhi High Court allowed a trade mark suit in favour of international food chain, ‘Burger King’ despite the Defendant’s non-cooperation. Arising f.....

Tags : Trade mark, summons, written statement, ex parte

Injunction granted against title phonetically similar to ‘Indian Express’(23.10.2015)

The Bombay High Court accepted arguments that the Defendant’s use of the title ‘Indian Express’ in Devnagari script for its newspaper infringed the tr.....

Tags : Indian express, title, trade mark

Trade mark ruling eases Lupin’s pressure(23.12.2015)

Bombay High Court granted a motion in favour of Lupin Limited, maker of ‘Nebistar’ line of medicines. It determined Lupin’s registered mark and ‘Nebis.....

Tags : Trade mark, divisibility, comparison, pronunciation

Delhi HC: Can Apply 'Family of Marks' Concept to Injunct Specific Marks(04.07.2025)

Delhi High Court has held that even though the concept of a 'family of marks' is not expressly mentioned under the Trade Marks Act, 1999 but the same .....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Family of Marks, Trade Marks Act

Chelsea still owns ‘José Mourinho’(30.05.2016)

Feel like you’re leaving a part of yourself behind when you leave your job? José Mourinho may be experiencing that a little too literally for his own .....

Tags : football, jose mourinho, trade mark

Del HC: Evidence by Affidavit Not Required if Documentary Evidence Sufficient to Decide WellKnown TM(10.07.2023)

Delhi High Court has held that evidence by affidavit would not be mandatory, so long as there is sufficient documentary evidence to determining the we.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Documentary Evidence, Well-Known Trade Mark

Del. HC: Mere Global Reputation Not Sufficient to Answer Claim of Transborder Reputation(01.12.2023)

Delhi High Court while observing that mere global reputation/asserted goodwill of Trade Mark is not sufficient to answer a claim of transborder reputa.....

Tags : Delhi High Court, Transborder Reputation, Trade Mark

Top Story

Title of religious text not ordinarily registrable as trade mark(27.10.2015)

The Supreme Court left little room for interpretation in its ruling against registration of a trade mark in ‘Ramayan’ to be used on packaging for ince.....

Tags : Trade mark, religious text , title, public juris

When an iPhone is not an iPhone(04.05.2016)

The Beijing Higher People’s Court handed an inconveniently timed verdict rejecting Apple’s application for striking out the trade mark ‘iPhone’ grante.....

Tags : Apple, iphone, trade mark, china

Diageo and United Spirits Settles Trademark War over Black Label(29.10.2015)

Trademark tussle between Diageo Brands BV and United Spirits' McDowell & Co Ltd over “Black Label” in the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB).....

Tags : Diageo , United Spirits ,Trade mark lack Label

Calcutta High Court Rules Dunlop’s Second Appeal Not Maintainable under the Trade Marks Act(06.11.2025)

Calcutta High Court reaffirmed that a second appeal against a Single Judge’s order is not maintainable under the Trade Marks Act, 1999. It held that o.....

Tags : Trade Marks Act, Dunlop, Appeal

Hurtful or not, free speech is free(22.12.2015)