Day: August 1, 2014

Trademarks and Meta-Tags – The match made in Court

Petitioner: People Interactive (I) Pvt. Ltd. Respondent: Gaurav Jerry & ors. Trademark: Shaadi.com Decision making Authority: Bombay High Court Facts: In 1996, Siddharth Mehta launched an online matchmaking, matrimonial and wedding services portal under the name and mark Shaadi.com. Four years…


OMG - 'WTF' is a registered trademark ?!

One of the main benefits of working as an intellectual property lawyer is that I get to know the latest in everything. Whether it is the latest technology through patents, products through brand names and designs or movies/songs/art etc through copyright, I get to live vicariously in the present…