INTRODUCTION
While the world continues to grapple with the coronavirus
pandemic and its impact, we continued to witness some interesting
case updates that took place in the field of intellectual property,
particularly trademarks and copyrights, in the second quarter of
this year. This newsletter brings to you the key intellectual
property related updates in India for the second quarter of the
year.
In an interesting case, the Bombay High Court, in a suit for
trademark infringement declared ISKCON the registered trademark of
International Society for Krishna Consciousness to be a
"well-known trademark" in India.
In another significant case, the Madras High Court had to answer
the question as to whether trademark protection can be extended to
words which are laudatory and common to trade as in the case of ITC
Limited's brand "Magic Masala".
