Does registration of the individual components of your composite mark, alone, confer effective protection to your composite mark taken as...

Filing a trade mark application in India should be simple, right? Wrong. Consulting with a specialist is a good idea because there are...

Despite gradual improvements over the years, the time frame from filing to decision in civil suits in India tends to be very long, only...

Under the Trade Marks Act, 1999 (hereinafter “the Act”), a trade mark includes a trade name. The Act states that a registered trade mark...

Recently Apple Inc. (“Apple”) was sued by Rohit Singh, a local software developer, in the Delhi High Court for passing-off. The suit...

The law on trade marks requires all trade mark applicants to state whether their applications are based on proposed use or use. If an...

IP owners have long preferred the High Court in Delhi for filing lawsuits involving their property.  This preference is based on a number...

In recent times the Trade Marks Registry has introduced an e-filing portal through which most documents, including trade mark...

Nestle’s recall of the iconic MAGGI noodle brand continues to make news in India! India’s food regulator, The Food Safety and Standards...

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...

A recent judgement pronounced by the Delhi High Court on May 19, 2015, would have come as a huge relief for international fashion brand...

India witnessed its first ever food recall last week when Nestle S.A.’s famed MAGGI noodles were recalled from store shelves on the...

On 11 May 2015, the Delhi High Court pronounced a judgment on the relatively long drawn battle between two brothers involving use of the...

India has a well-developed system of oppositions to registrations of trade marks.  All oppositions must be filed at one of the five (5)...

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...

The Delhi High Court rendered its preliminary opinion on 31st October, 2014 on a rather unique trademark and copyright dispute. The...

The office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDT) has introduced the e-filing of design applications. This...

As a lawyer trained primarily in the United States, the approach that Indian courts have taken on the issue of trans-border reputation...

The introduction of the new law governing companies in India, namely, The Companies Act, 2013, has brought about the issue of Corporate...

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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