START-UP’S and their Intellectual Property Investments
Start-up’s seem to be springing all over India. Our busy schedules combined with growth and the spread of the internet has added impetus...
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- Jun 9, 2015
- 4 min
ZARA – the clothing brand v. the restaurant!
A recent judgement pronounced by the Delhi High Court on May 19, 2015, would have come as a huge relief for international fashion brand...
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- Jun 9, 2015
- 2 min
2Minute Noodles but a 20 year Damage
India witnessed its first ever food recall last week when Nestle S.A.’s famed MAGGI noodles were recalled from store shelves on the...
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- Jun 9, 2015
- 3 min
The Shri Ram Schools Trade Mark Saga!
On 11 May 2015, the Delhi High Court pronounced a judgment on the relatively long drawn battle between two brothers involving use of the...
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- May 29, 2015
- 2 min
Trade Mark Oppositions
India has a well-developed system of oppositions to registrations of trade marks. All oppositions must be filed at one of the five (5)...
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- May 26, 2015
- 3 min
The Merger Doctrine: Dispelling the most common myth about copyright
In my career as an IP professional so far, the myth that I have heard most from unwary clients is that an idea is protectable by way of...
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- Apr 25, 2015
- 2 min
Firefighters and antacids: An off-beat trade mark dispute
The Delhi High Court rendered its preliminary opinion on 31st October, 2014 on a rather unique trademark and copyright dispute. The...
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- Mar 11, 2015
- 1 min
E- filing Designs
The office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDT) has introduced the e-filing of design applications. This...
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- Feb 27, 2015
- 2 min
TRANSBORDER REPUTATION
As a lawyer trained primarily in the United States, the approach that Indian courts have taken on the issue of trans-border reputation...
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- Feb 23, 2015
- 2 min
Strategic CSR and Intellectual Property
The introduction of the new law governing companies in India, namely, The Companies Act, 2013, has brought about the issue of Corporate...
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- Feb 9, 2015
- 1 min
MAKE IN INDIA
The new government has announced the “Make in India” initiative (http://www.makeinindia.com/). The objective of this initiative is to...
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- Jan 19, 2015
- 4 min
Rise of the #Hashtag on social media and related trademark issues
A hashtag is a word or an unspaced phrase prefixed with the hash character (or number sign), #, to form a label. A hashtag allows...
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- Nov 25, 2014
- 2 min
Some recent “not-so-usual” judgments of High Courts!
Burger King comes to India. The US-based fast food chain has finally arrived in India and has aggressive expansion plans! The chain’s...
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- Nov 14, 2014
- 4 min
Delhi High Court Rules on Jurisdiction Where Plaintiffs Sell Goods via the Internet!
On 15 October 2014, a division bench of the Delhi High Court held, in World Wrestling Entertainment v. M/S Reshma Collection & Ors,...
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- Nov 7, 2014
- 1 min
IPHONE Vs. IFON
Apple faces yet another trademark dispute over its IPHONE mark. By way of background, in 2013, an Indian company, iVoice Enterprises,...
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- Nov 1, 2014
- 1 min
Amendments to Use Information in Applications
In 2012 the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks passed an order that prohibited requests for amending use information...
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