Day: January 28, 2015

Sony’s trademark infringement suit dismissed after 20 years for technical defects

In trademark infringement suits involving well-known trademarks, one always expects the big corporation to win for obvious reasons – the trademark is well-known, goodwill and reputation acquired over the years and of course because they were able to make out a prima facie case. It wasn’t that easy…


Don’t mess with the wrestlers! – WWE awarded an injunction and damages against unauthorised distributors in India

If you are a wrestling fan, you would have definitely heard of John Cena, Randy Orton, The Rock, Cm Punk, Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, The Great Khali, Rey Mysterio, HHH, Edge etc. As a fan of these mega stars, you would have purchased many merchandise to be more like them and also would have made…


Planning to attend the 141st INTA annual meeting in Boston? Read on.

I originally wrote this post before the 136th INTA annual meeting in Hong Kong (1st INTA annual meeting in Asia and my 8th INTA annual meeting). Folks who have been attending the INTA meetings will agree as to how awesome it can be and yet tiring, which requires careful planning. I thought of…