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In recent years, India has made robust progress not only in implementing its obligations under various international treaties but also in developing its own IP regime.

Dealing with an appeal challenging the order of a Single Judge granting an interim injunction is the case of “Micolube India Ltd. v. Maggon Auto Centre” 2008 (38)PTC 271 (Del.)(DB).

It is interesting to note that the essence of ‘trademarking' is to create an inherent association between the product and the brand.

In a recent suit filed against Netflix and Warner Bros. at the US District Court of New York, the Plaintiff, the Satanic Temple group ...

Dispute was over a registered trademark "AUM" in respect of jewellery items for which Goldgem Overseas sued Flawless Diamonds claiming infringement and passing off, came before the Bombay High Court in Goldgem Overseas vs. Flawless Diamonds 2009 (39) PTC 420 (Bom.).

Trademarks in serving the purpose of “identification” and “brand-establishment” often become the bone of contention as regards attainment of the status of a generic word. While the issue of deceptive similarity may also cloud such a matter, rival impress upon holders of trademarks opposition and cancellation applications.

India is a cricket loving nation, the sport has its fair share of aficionados in India and the organization basking in all this adulation is the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

"My Other Bag" (hereinafter referred to as "MOB") is a US brand which manufactures and sells eco-friendly cotton tote bags. On these bags of MOB,

Post a stakeholders meeting held with the new Controller General (CGPDTM) where the legal community had raised concerns on the backlog at the Trade Marks Office (TMO) ...

The Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CGPDTM) has issued a public notice dated October 31, 2022, inviting all the aggrieved stakeholders to lodge...

Two recent decisions from the Delhi High Court highlight the risks of building brands around common or laudatory terms.

Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trademarks, via circular No. 1 of 2015 dated 18.08.2015 declared a clarification on Section 5(3) of the Designs Act, 2000.

The Bombay High Court has passed an unprecedented order in Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation Vs Kishor D Jain & Anr (Notice of Motion (L) No 810 of 2019 in COMIP (L) No 383 of 2019) imposing costs ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc globally and has deeply penetrated in all our lives, thereby compelling us to bring about a paradigm...

In another twist to the ‘parallel imports’ saga, the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has issued a circular dated May 8 2012 that aimed to dispel the uncertainty resulting from the conflicting views that emerged from the Samsung and Dell cases in relation to the import of genuine goods procured without the consent of the registered trademark owner.

In Law, Deceptive similarity indicates confusion caused either deliberately or inadvertently over two similar products enough to mislead an ordinary prudent man that he is likely to choose the deceptive product over the original product.

Trademarks and design rights, both play a prominent role in helping a brand establish its presence in its market. While marks help consumers develop association with products, designs registered may themselves differentiate one product form the other.

In the matter of DR. REDDYS LABORATORIES LIMITED V. CONTROLLER GENERAL OF PATENTS DESIGNS AND TRADEMARKS (W.P.(C)-IPD-4/2022) the Delhi High Court vide its order dated 21.03.2022...