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The passing off action is a well-established legal weapon in the armory of business establishments in their fight against trademark pirates.

Asia Pacific Breweries Ltd, an incorporation in Singapore manufactures beer under the trademark ‘TIGER Beer’. Asia Pacific Breweries claims to be the owner and user of the mark since 1932. The company owns 14 Breweries in eight countries round the world.

The Trademark law provides that a mark shall not be registered if it is identical with or similar to the earlier trademark even though it is to be registered for goods or services, which are not similar to those for which the earlier mark is registered, if this earlier trademark is a well known mark and the registration of the mark would be detrimental to the reputation of this well known mark.

Tata Sons (Plaintiff) in the case of "Tata Sons v. Greenpeace International" claimed a decree for permanent injunction and damages against Greenpeace International (Defendant No.1) for it’s alleged use of the Plaintiff’s "TATA" trademark.

Unlike Patents or Designs, the law of Trademarks mandates the rule of use - the more you use a mark and make it distinctive, the better chances you have in securing and ultimately defending your registration

A trademark is a visual symbol often created to distinguish ones own product in respect of visual appeal or efficacy from host of other identical and similar products to build up reputation and profits by skill, effort and enterprise in the course of time The whole concept of Trademark law is based upon business practice and competition.

The division bench of Delhi High Court, in its judgment dated 24 January 2019, upheld the single judge's order refusing interim injunctions against the use of similar designs of Crocs footwear.

It is well settled general proposition of law that mandatory injunction at the interlocutory stage should not normally be granted which has the effect of granting the final relief.

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The Delhi High Court has held that a duly probated Will by a Foreign Court of competent jurisdiction is a conclusive proof of the legal character throughout the world.

Traditionally, the statutory defence of ‘concurrent use’, in suits relating to infringement of trademarks, has been carried too far because of its banal use.

In composite trademarks, the elements of the mark may not be distinctive individually, but the distinctive value may arise from the specific combination of each element.

While, "Imitation is the best form of flattery", would the same hold true for the case of Intellectual Property as well?

In a recent case of Haldiram India Pvt. Ltd vs. M/S Nandipat Enterprises & Anr. an order was passed by the Delhi High Court keeping in mind the reputation and goodwill of the popular brand...

In Unichem Lab v Ipca Lab, the Plaintiffs, Unichem Laboratories Ltd, a Company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956, and carrying on business in pharmaceutical preparations, approached the Court with a plea that the Trade Mark of Ipca Lab (the Defendant) was deceptively similar to their own mark ‘LORAM’.

Software patents are one of the most contentious issues in Intellectual Property Rights. The growing economic significance of computers and computer programs gives software patents this controversial status.

Jurisdiction being the most vital consideration while instituting a suit, the Lack of Jurisdiction is one of the first and vital contentions raised, as a ground for suits to be dismissed.