The rules governing trade marks in India underwent a sea of change in March 2017 with the advent of the Trade Marks Rules, 2017 (“New...

In 2013, India’s Supreme Court in Shreya Singhal v. Union of India, (2013) 12 SCC 73 caused many online marketplaces in the country to...

It is now possible for trademark and design infringement to be alleged in a single lawsuit. A five-judge bench of the Delhi High Court...

For any brand owner, the accordance of well-known status to his brand is a “milestone.” The protection afforded to a well-known trade...

The Trump campaign’s use of Rihanna’s ‘Don’t Stop the Music’ at a political rally was, ironically, met with cease and desist demands....

With the rapid growth in the counterfeiting industry, law has to step in to prevent it. Indian law has approaches to check the...

The Geographical Indications Registry, Chennai, on Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018, issued a Certificate of Registration for “Alphonso”, in...

Typically, a trademark is conceived to be a static, two-dimensional term or a design, which is used to uniquely identify certain goods or...

On June 25, 2018, in a post titled “The Impact of Neuroscience on How Courts in India Typically Address Trademark Disputes”, Ryan Wilson,...

This post discusses the Delhi High Court’s recent orders in matters involving the Christian Louboutin red shoe sole (shown below), and...

This post is the second of the two-part series on certification marks in India. The previous post talked about the registration of...

This post is the first of a two-part series on certification trademarks in India. A certification trademark is “a mark capable of...

In 2012, the Delhi High Court recognized that actions against parallel importers were maintainable, albeit in a limited sense i.e. the...

While Indian trademark law looks at likelihood of confusion from the point of view of a consumer of average intelligence and imperfect...

This post discusses the registrability of letter marks in India, and provides helpful tips to overcome common objections against their...

The implementation of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regime (“GDPR”) is touted to bring sweeping changes in the data...

With the advent of superhero movies and comic book characters coming to life in cinema, cosplay has become a popular way for fans to...

For long, India suffered from an Intellectual Property office mired in inefficiency and inordinate delays in prosecution of trademarks...

Many multi-national companies have a complex corporate structure that often involves local Indian subsidiaries and a foreign parent, with...

Over the years, the Delhi High Court has come to be recognized as the most preferred court in India for filing trade mark suits,...