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- Successive Interim Injunction Applications in Trademark Litigation: Insights from Imagine Marketing Pvt. Ltd. v. Exotic Mile
- Can the use of a registered trademark be justified if it is used only in a descriptive sense? Karnataka High Court clarifies in Tulasi vs Tulsi dispute
- The ‘WHISTLER’ Case: Reinforcing the Territoriality Principle in Transborder Reputation Claims
- Songs are publicly available but not free to use: Zee vs Nykaa Dispute
- The Supreme Court Resolves the Section 15(2) of the Copyright Act, 1957 Conundrum: Insights from Cryogas Equipment Pvt. Ltd. v. Inox India Ltd.
- Vodafone Idea Ltd. v. IPRS: Calcutta High Court reaffirms the royalty rights of Authors of Literary and Musical Works
- Delhi High Court clarifies: When both marks are proposed to be used, the first to file wins
- Madrid Protocol and India: Pitfalls, Provisional Refusals, and How to Respond
- The 7–Eleven “Big Bite” Dispute: Limits of Trans-Border Reputation
- No Automatic Abandonment for Delay in Filing Evidence: Madras High Court Brings Clarity to Rules 45 & 46 of the Trade Marks Rules, 2017
- Can trademark law be used to extend protection over product shapes after design rights expire? The Harpic bottle dispute raises important questions
- Well-Known Trademarks Are Not Absolute: Key Takeaways from the Vicks Judgment
- Recent DOI Trademark Notices in Nepal: What Applicants and Brand Owners Need to Know
- India’s Proposed Changes to Design Law: What You Should Know
- DPIIT’s proposed One Nation – One License – One Payment policy: What does it mean for the content creators & Artists?
- Procedural neglect at the Indian Trade Marks Office results in trademark cancellation
- 3D shape marks can now attain ‘Well-known’ status in India: Does your brand qualify for the enhanced protection?
- Protecting Identity in an Era of AI
- India Accepts Its First Smell Mark – Can Your Brand Register One?
- Maldives Enacts Modern Trademark Regime: What Rights Holders Need to Know About the New Trademarks Act
- FAQs – Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 & Rules, 2025
- Foreign Filing Licenses (FFL) in India: When do you need one and why it matters
- Madras High Court holds that not all inventions must yield physical products to be patentable
- Putting bad faith to bed: Wakefit reclaims its domain
- Turning down the noise: Bose reclaims its .co.in domain
- Intellectual Property and Caste-Based Atrocities
- Delhi High Court Orders Amazon to Pay Rs. 339 Crore Damages: A Wake-Up Call for E-Commerce Giants on Counterfeit Goods
- Trademark turbulence: Interglobe Aviation Vs Mahindra Electric Automobile Ltd
- Madras High Court quashes patent refusal: Upholds fairness and reasoned decision-making
- The Jiohotstar Domain saga
- Coexistence of Similar Pharmaceutical Names: An Analysis of Judicial Interpretation
- The Evolving Liability of Domain Name Registrars: Snapdeal Private Limited v. Godaddycom LLC and Ors.
- Madrid Applications: The Effective way to overcome objections by Indian TMO
- Understanding the Indian Biological Diversity law, and its implications for Patent Applications involving Biological Resources
- The Great Indian Copyright Conundrum: Goa’s Circular on Wedding Music and the Legal Tug-of-War
- Want to Remix a Song? Make sure not to get tangled with IP Infringement
- Court orders revival of opposition abandoned for not filing evidence in support on time when Counter Statement was not served
- Swift action on trademark name changes: Court directs Trademark Office to expedite applications
- Analysis of Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023 – An IPR Perspective
- Law and Disorder: IP Firms Targeted by Sneaky Impersonation Scams
- Deemed Protection under Indian Trademark law and the Madrid Protocol
- Statement of Working of Patents (Form 27) filing not required in 2024
- The Force Awakens – CGPDTM’s Recent actions on contractual staffs in Trade mark office
- Bombay High Court Upholds Celebrity Personality Rights Against AI Exploitation: An Analysis of Arijit Singh v. Codible Ventures LLP and Others
- Standard of Proof of Use: A Practical Guide To Win Over Hearing Officers
- Deciphering Trademark Priority Claims in India: Challenges with Multiple and Partial Priority Claims
- Statement of Working of Patents in India
- The Need for a Code of Conduct for Patent and Trademark Agents: Saurav Chaudhary vs. Union of India & Anr.
- UNABLE TO REGISTER YOR TRUE BRAND DUE TO PRIOR IDENTICAL REGISTRATIONS? HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN DO
- Defending Your Brand: How to Use Social Media and E-Commerce Takedown Requests for Effective Trademark Protection
- ‘Customer of Average Intelligence Test’ in the Digital Age: An Analysis of Mountain Valley Spring India Pvt Ltd v. Baby Forest Ayurveda Pvt Ltd
- As Good As New! – Refurbished Goods: Guidelines and Implications
- Email Service by the Trademark Registry: Effective or a Loophole for missed deadlines?
- Controller of Patents has the power to condone delay in filing responses to Examination Report – Madras High Court.
- Publication of the Cinematograph (Certification) Rules,2024
- Decoding the Ambiguity: Sun Pharma vs. Dabur India and the Uncertainty of Extensions of Time at the Opposition Evidence Stage under Trade Mark Rules, 2017
- Personality Rights – Is it enough to protect us from AI?
- Amended Indian Patent Rules 2024 comes into force from March 15, 2024
- Understanding well-known trademarks application in India
- Use of a trademark as keyword in Google’s Ad Programme amounts to Use and Constitutes Infringement – Delhi High Court
- Interpretation of Section 16(1) of the Indian Patents Act in Syngenta Limited vs. Controller of Patents and Designs
- Summary and Analysis of The Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2023
- Service of notice is completed when it is received by the party, not as soon as it is sent by the Trade mark office
- A judicial lens on controversial IP realities in India
- Can’t sue for trademark infringement, but passing off remains an option if trademarks of both parties are registered rules Kerala High Court
- Copyright Societies directed to refrain from collecting royalties for musical performances and sound recordings during marriage functions
- Trademark Infringement and Unfair Trade Practices: The Calvin Klein Case
- Restoring Patent Applications: Indian Courts’ Stance on missing of deadlines to request examination or respond to examination reports
- Delhi High Court declares Cult Streetwear Brand ‘Supreme’ red-box device mark as a Well-Known Trademark in India
- Affidavit Not Mandatory for Granting Well-Known Status to Trademarks in India
- The Establishment of the IP Division in Madras High Court: A Significant Step towards Efficient Resolution of IP Disputes
- Indian trademark office likely to abandon several thousand trademark applications
- The H Device of HERMES International has been declared a well-known trademark by the Delhi High Court
- Empire strikes again – Indian Trademark Office issues notice regarding non filing of reply to examination report & counter statement to oppositions
- The Importance of Timely Renewal for Trademark Registrations in India
- Steps for Renewing a Trademark Registration in India
- Trademark Prosecution in Bangladesh
- India: Losing rank in ease of Piracy
- Delhi High Court Rules in Favour of Microsoft Corporation in 12-Year Copyright Infringement Case, Grants Permanent Injunction and Awards Damages
- Indian Designs Office introduces e-filing of digitally signed forms & documents
- Court comes to the rescue of patent applicants – Extensions of deadlines in exceptional circumstances.
- Adobe wins permanent injunction and significant damages against cyber squatter
- Subsequent trade mark owner can claim ‘date of first use’ of its predecessor
- Delhi High Court grants interim protection to Amitabh Bachchan against unauthorised use of his voice, photos & likeness
- Practice what you preach, especially if you’re an IP Lawyer
- Who can file the request for examination of a patent application in India?
- Pre-Litigation mediation in Intellectual Property matters in India
- Delhi High Court decides on the appropriate jurisdiction (HC) for appeals against the orders of the Patent Office
- Pre-Litigation Mediation in Commercial Disputes in India
- Delay in filing Request for Examination due to negligence of legal counsel – Madras High Court orders restoration of the abandoned patent application – India
- FLY HIGH vs FLY HIGHER, Delhi High Court Decides Upon Infringement of a mark not being used as a Trademark
- Trademark renewal in Pakistan
- Maintaining a Trademark in Sri Lanka
- Moment Marketing and its legal implications
- Case Brief: Sun Pharmaceuticals v. Cipla Ltd – IP Infringement or Global Medical Crises?
- The much needed check: An order of the Delhi High Court
- Groundless threat of trademark infringement: Is Section 142 a means to combat trademark bullying?
- Fantasy Sports and Trademarks
- The Registrability of Alphabet or Number trademarks in India
- Requirements of a Sound Mark – An International Perspective
- Balancing IPR and Global Health: COVID-19 Vaccines
- Design Renewal in India
- Trademark Genericide
- Metso Outotec Corporation v. the Registrar of Trade Marks
- Britannia Industries v. ITC Ltd & Ors – Deceptively dissimilar?
- The dire need for a Post Registration Trademark Audit Program in India
- Seeking Injunction in a Suit of Infringement and Passing off – Trademarks
- Revisiting Copyright law and Artificial Intelligence – Part 2
- Keyword Advertising and Trademarks
- Recategorization of Patent Applicants and Implementation Barriers to Rule 7(3) of The Patents Rules
- Revisiting Copyright law and Artificial Intelligence – Part 1
- Delhi High Court creates Intellectual Property Division
- Trademark Clearance Searches for Devices & Shapes in India using Vienna Classification
- Prosecution history estoppel in India – A suit of armour or a double-edged sword?
- Branding Due Diligence – Make it or Break it
- Indian Copyright (Amendment) Rules, 2021
- Renewal of Customs Recordal in India
- News of the World – Tech platforms and the News industry
- Pakistan joins the Madrid Protocol
- Bigbasket v. Daily basket – the blurring line between trademark protection & bullying
- INDIA – Lifting of extension of deadlines due to COVID-19
- Indian Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2020: Simplifying Statement of Working of Patents – Form 27
- Summary of the Indian Designs (Amendment) Rules, 2021
- Rise of the Machines: An IP perspective
- Plex v. Zee – better never than too late?
- Claiming multiple priorities for your trademark application in India
- Legal Notices in Intellectual Property Right cases: A slippery slope?
- Morality & IP – How far is too far?
- Understanding the trademark distinctiveness spectrum
- Caught in the cross-hairs of the WIPO & Indian Trademark Office
- Amendments brought about to INDRP for .in domain disputes
- What’s in a Surname – Trademarking Surnames
- Statutory License, Royalties, Radio broadcasters and a Public Notice
- Public Performance of Music & Copyright Licenses. Time to Face the Music?
- Designating India in your IR trademark application with the ® Registered symbol
- Express & Expedited request for examination of patent applications in India
- Voluntary cancellation of trademark registration in India
- Understanding the Scrutiny Report or Discrepancy Notice issued by the Trademark Office in India
- Creating a Work? Know if you are indeed the Owner of the Copyright
- Magical tug of war for a descriptive mark – ITC Vs Nestle
- FAQ’s about USE of a trademark in India
- Improving the nuances of Patent Practice in India – One act of kindness is all that it takes
- Trading Trademarks – Assignments, Mergers, and Transmissions
- Trademark registration in Maldives – FAQ’s
- Sri Lanka’s accession to Madrid Protocol
- Court comes to the rescue of the IP holders in India – Extension of deadlines due to COVID-19
- Updates from the IP offices in the Indian Sub-Continent (COVID-19)
- Indian IP office notifications relating to the extension of deadlines at the time of COVID-19
- Pre-grant patent opposition in India
- The Bridge to India- The Guidelines bridging the gap
- The Bridge to India – The potential of the recent PPH agreement between Japan & India
- Trademarks- A sanctioned vent of cultural appropriation-II
- Nei Patent ; Nei Infringement
- Subtitle – Another Movie?
- Trademarks – A sanctioned vent for cultural appropriation?
- The Influence of the Influential
- Draft Model Guidelines on implementation of IPR policy for Academic Institutions
- The Trademark Office to the rescue; to rectify errors and issue fresh Trademark Registration Certificates.
- An Overview of Standard Essential Patents
- As Vistara Takes off –Legally
- Infringement & the Essential Feature of a Trademark
- Intellectual Property Rights & MSME- Bridging the Gap
- There’s no such thing as a free lunch (or is there?)
- The rewards of the commons – the Creative Commons licenses
- Trademark Pulse pulses the Deceptively similar Pulser
- The battle of the ‘JABARDASTH’ vs ‘BAND BAJA BAARAAT’
- Delhi HC rules against E-Commerce Platforms
- No Moral Rights over Destruction of a Work: Delhi High Court
- Who will guard the guards (Intellectual Property Appellate Board)?
- Conflicting ‘Ventures’ of Domain Names
- Guidelines for Permitted Use of Indian Geographical Indication (GI) Logo and Tagline
- The Case of Dynamic Injunction
- Customs Recordal in India – Averting the cross-border movement of infringing goods
- The Curious Case of ‘Legal Fakes’
- Privacy Law in India – The Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018
- Adidas Losses Battle Over its Three-Stripe Trademark
- Key Features of the GDPR
- Privacy in the 21st Century- An Introduction to the GDPR
- A Guide to registration of Copyrights- Cinematograph Films
- Cybersquatting and Fraud – Delhi HC Grants Injunctive Relief to Colgate Palmolive
- India and the GDPR
- Exploring the Not-Very-Common Provisions of Section 9
- No Removal of Registered Mark for Non-Renewal Without Notice; Delhi HC Rules… Yet Again
- India’s Accession to WIPO Agreements – A Step Towards Knowledge Driven Economy
- Protection of Hashtag Trademarks – #cautionwithtrademarks
- What’s in a Shape – Protection of a Shape as a Design v. Trademark
- Amendments to the Canadian Trademark Law – A Glimpse
- Statutory Licenses And Internet Broadcasting
- Cadbury and Purple – to be or not to be?
- Pakistan IP Office announces increase in the Official Fee for filing & prosecution of Trademarks
- India approves the proposal for accession to The Nice Agreement, The Vienna Agreement & The Locarno Agreement
- Significant changes brought about by the Indian Patent Amendment Rules, 2019
- Guide on trademark registration, renewal and trademark opposition in Qatar
- Understanding Domain Name Disputes and Dispute Resolution Mechanism
- Groundless/Baseless legal threat of infringement of trademarks in India
- MCA tightens the noose – Mandatory eKYC for all Directors with Form DIR-3 KYC
- Infringement of trademarks and its remedies in India
- Customs Recordal in India – Averting the cross-border movement of infringing goods
- How to register your brand with the Amazon Brand Registry
- A brief analysis of the Annual Report 2016-17 of the Indian Intellectual Property Office
- Acting in Dual Capacity- Barred by law?
- Intellectual Property protection in Maldives
- Delusion over Indian Performance Rights Society being a part of Copyright Society
- How Toyota turned the table for Trans-Border Reputation in India
- TN govt re-christens video piracy cell to IP Right Enforcement Cell
- Protection of Plant varieties in India: lack of choices?
- Protecting your brand/trademark with the Amazon Brand Registry
- Why Startups need to protect their Intellectual Property before disclosing it
- New initiatives from the copyright office for registration of copyrights in India
- Last Opportunity by the Indian Trademark Office to file Response to Examination Report not attended to
- Trademark Opposition proceeding in India
- Six things you need to know when you receive a provisional refusal from India
- Difference between filing a trademark as a word and as a logo
- Ownership of family trademarks
- Automation of generation and issuance of patent grant e-certificates in India
- Restoration of a lapsed patent in India
- There is more to your liquor than you know
- The case of Toyota Prius & trans-border reputation
- Ramification for the 11th hour complainants
- Indian TMO issues guidelines for recognizing well-known trademarks
- Registration of Trademarks in Foreign Languages: Indian Perspective
- The ‘Nation wants to know’ Conundrum
- Pitfalls to Avoid in Indemnification Clauses in Tech Licensing agreements
- The Mind-Boggling Rubik’s Cube
- Spring Board Doctrine: Protection of Trade Secrets
- Priority Trademark Application In India – All You Need To Know
- Copyright And Copyleft
- How to get a well-known trademark status for your mark in India
- Trademark Infringement and Counterfeiting
- Rental Rights Under Indian Copyright Laws
- Trade Marks Rules, 2017- Dissected, Scrutinized and Simplified
- Escalation in the Trademark Fee – Trade Mark Rules, 2017 comes into force
- Trademark Rules 2017- The Top Six Changes
- Trade Marks Rules, 2017 – What it means for Startups & SME’s
- The Trademark Rules 2017 – The online filing system version 3.0
- Memoirs of the Indian Trademark Office
- Copyright in the Digital World
- Celebrity Rights – Public, Private or Intellectual Property
- Sole Proprietorship or incorporate my LLP/Pvt Ltd company in India
- What You Need to Think About When Crafting a Non-Disclosure Agreement
- Copyright Protection for Photographers in India
- Bollywood and Copyright- “Infringement or Inspiration”
- “TATA” A Well-Known Trademark
- DU Copyright Case – Easy Access to education or yet another loop hole
- A Dig into Cakes – the IP Perspective
- Delhi High Court reverses arbitrator’s award on thoughtworks.in
- Trademark registration in Maldives
- What are the steps involved and the costs to register a trademark in India?
- The Case of the Innocent Domain Squatter
- 11th Edition of NICE Classification to come into force in 2017
- Punitive Damages denied for Trademark Infringement
- Confidentiality or Restraint of Trade
- ISRA wins yet another case at the Delhi High Court
- No Protection For Generic Domain Names
- Financial Times – The never ending trademark battle
- Infringement of a trademark also depends upon the similarity between the target customers
- A new occurrence in the Delhi University Copyright Case
- Trade dress – A powerful brand element
- Initiative by IPAB to expedite administrative proceedings
- Supreme Court re-affirms – No royalty for lyricists and music composers
- A breakthrough for Indian Copyright Law
- “Viewing pirated videos/films will not land you in jail” – Setting A wrong precedent?
- Indian Judiciary takes a stand on the concept of Trade Dress
- Online broadcasting now within the purview of the Copyright Act
- Version Recordings and Indian legislation
- No statutory protection for famous marks in terms of domain names
- The Intellectual Property Games – RIO 2016
- Recent developments at the Indian Trademarks Office and the road ahead
- Recognition of Performers’ Rights by the Indian Courts
- Software and Indian Patent Law, a good combination?
- Happy or Un-Happy Birthday – copyright over a famous song!
- Getting back your .com domain name through UDRP
- Choose between India and France before creating your work !
- Indian Trademarks Office initiates E-Registration Certificates
- “Plain Packaging” a Trademark infringement?
- Why copyright in India should be considered an important asset
- Indian Trademark Office strikes again- Default notice to 9000 applications
- Exclusive rights to use trademark as a whole and not in parts
- Significant changes brought about by the Patent Amendment Rules, 2016
- Mediation in cases pending before the Trade Marks Registry, Delhi
- Breaking the fourth wall – Virtual Property and Intellectual Property Rights in India
- IP Office appoints Facilitators under SIPP – Startups to get pro-bono services
- A ray of hope for the abandoned trademark applications in India
- Will the auctioning of trademarks bring back the good times for Kingfisher?
- Indian Trademark Office strikes back – Sets 25 day countdown to reinstate 1,66,771 abandoned applications
- Indian Trademark Office abandons 1,66,771 Trademark Applications
- Trans-border reputation spills over to India
- IPR and Blogging – A blog for the bloggers
- Trademark Search: The cornerstone for your brand’s success
- If the Indian Govt has its way, trademark fees to increase by 100%
- Freedom of Panorama
- What to do when an Injunction is not enough to stop the infringement
- Taxes and Intellectual Property – Royalty payments in India
- Software Piracy raids on Startups – Know your rights
- Disability Exceptions in Copyright
- The Case of the Early Bird and Trademark Squatting
- Guidelines for computer related inventions makes IT India happy
- Doing research with a patented product? Research Exemption under Patent Law
- Patentability of 3D Printed Human Organs
- Post-mortem rights of publicity in India. A matter of grave importance
- SPORTS – Intellectual Property has got your back!
- Freedom 251 phone icons – Ring any Bells?
- Ambush Marketing: Infringement in Disguise
- Think before you ink! Copyright and tattoos
- Plant Breeder’s Rights and Intellectual Property!
- Patenting Human Genes
- Let them eat cake? Did the Controller of Patents turn a blind eye to the poor in the recent refusal of Compulsory License?
- Indian Patent Office rejects compulsory license application for AstraZeneca’s Saxagliptin
- Outer Space and Intellectual Property Rights
- Public Domain Day – The Day that Copyright Endeth
- IP Office joins Startup India Campaign – Launches Scheme and Facilitators
- Trademark Infringement and Jurisdiction – What it means to carry on business
- Protecting business processes as Intellectual Property in India
- Copyright is no monkey business – According to U.S Court Judgement
- Trademark and Startups: 4 Frequently Asked Questions
- Parallel Imports – The Exhaustive World of Trademarks
- Whose Work is it Anyway? Orphan works in the time of file sharing
- Brainstorming to name your startup? Read on…
- Why should you register your Trademark?
- Curse of phantom trademarks
- “LABELS” excluded from the definition of Design
- Amul the well known taste of India
- 5 things every Software Developer should include in his Software Development Agreement/Contract
- Proof of Right for Indian Patent Applications
- Proposed Amendments to Trademark Law in India – Fee Hike and More.
- Announcing A.A.Selvam - IDIA Scholarship
- 4 things to know while filing a national phase application in India under PCT
- Filing a suit in Delhi could get 10 times more expensive
- Bata sho(e)s away Vitaflex – Delhi HC grants injunction against groundless threats
- 3D Printing and Intellectual Property
- Class of purchasers and trademark infringement
- Copyright protection for jokes – Not a joke anymore?
- Associated trademarks in India
- Of franchise agreements and trademark infringement suits
- Decoding software programmes and Copyrights in India
- Trademark Cocktails – The intellectual property blend
- Moral Rights vs Copyright, Everything you need to know
- University Patents – Can your project work be patented?
- Decoding the mystery of copyright ownership, source code and software in India
- Good Earth sues India Circus for passing-off their designs
- Introduction to protection of copyright in India
- Introduction to protection of designs in India
- Introduction to patent protection in India
- Introduction to domain dispute resolution in India
- Section 3(d) of the Indian Patent Act – Taking a blow at the WTO?
- Video games and trademarks – Play it right!
- Copyrights myths and facts
- Domain names and trademarks – What happens when there’s a dispute?
- Filing international trademark applications under the Madrid Protocol in India
- Video games and Intellectual Property – Making the smart move!
- Is the Make in India logo made by Americans, inspired in Switzerland?
- Delhi HC decodes the copyright and design conundrum
- Musical instruments and the law – The sound of IP
- Sizopin and syzopin – Acquiescence makes no sense?
- Board games and intellectual property – The way the law plays out
- Can you register signatures as trademarks in India?
- The Curious Case of Indian Startups and Trademarks
- ZARA trademark dispute – Cocktails and clothes causing confusion?
- Madrid Protocol vs National Applications for Trademarks in India – The problem of ‘use’
- Surnames and Trademarks in India
- Few things you need to know about E-commerce & Intellectual Property
- 5 common defenses I’ve heard domain squatters use during negotiation
- Calcutta High Court reaffirms well-established principles of Trademark law
- Financial restructuring schemes as a defence to trademark infringement – Delhi HC says NO
- MSD – Glenmark patent row – Court granted injunction against Glenmark
- Cricket and Patents – These inventions will bowl you over!
- Delhi High Court throws some "light" on comparative advertisement in India
- Intellectual property cross-overs in the real and fantasy worlds
- Kids nook by CGPDTM – Enlightenment about Intellectual Property for kids
- Of Intellectual Property and brand
- Bombay HC discusses trademark issues in modern times
- Trans-border reputation of global trademarks in India
- Tag Lines – Catchy Yet Elusive As A Trademark?
- Agreements on trade secrets and confidential information – Enforceable in India?
- Do I really need an IP/ Contract lawyer when I have Google
- Rectification of trademark in India on grounds of non-use
- Trademark Renewal – The Indian Scenario. Only A Single Chance?
- Rajnikanth’s personality rights – It’s only his. Mind it!
- Privacy policy-Why do I need it for my website?
- Can food recipes be protected under intellectual property?
- Intellectual Property Cases – restoring faith in the Indian Judiciary
- Trademark Infringement:U.S Cadbury Vs U.K Cadbury – Hershey’s not ready to melt!
- Fluid trademarks – Go with the flow?
- Usage Of Trademark In India – Literal or More To iT?
- How can I protect my intellectual property rights in mobile applications?
- Sony’s trademark infringement suit dismissed after 20 years for technical defects
- Don’t mess with the wrestlers! – WWE awarded an injunction and damages against unauthorised distributors in India
- Planning to attend the 141st INTA annual meeting in Boston? Read on.
- Planning To do Trademark Registration? This Is For You!
- Non Disclosure Agreements – Tell me what the secret is and I’ll tell you if it was a secret.
- Court rules on dispute relating to trademark assignment
- To do or not to do – Validity of the registration of a trademark at an interlocutory stage
- Amendment to the Design Rules in India
- First Draft of the National IPR Policy – What lies ahead for IP in India?
- India’s first Semi-Conductor Integrated Circuit Layout Design Application
- Trademark Application Status “Opposed” – Explained
- All I want for Christmas is ‘not’ Yu – Delhi High Court vacates the injunction against OnePlus
- Of Companies, Directors and Ownership of Patents
- The Micromax, Cyanogen and OnePlus dispute – ‘Nothing like anything’ we’ve seen, but they will ‘never settle’
- Vulgar Trademarks – How comfortable would the Indian Trademark Registry have been with ‘Comfyballs’
- Protection for colours under the Trademark Law in India
- The Curious Case of two Copied Patents and the Novelty of Transparency
- How to protect your music or art in India?
- Trademark Application Status “Marked for Exam” – Explained
- Assignment of Copyright in India
- What do you think about the IPR Think Tank in India or the National IP Policy?
- When can I use the ™ or the ® symbol on my brand/trademark?
- Copyright on Architectural Works in India – A weak foundation?
- Intellectual Property Law for Fashion designers
- Revocation of patents in India – High Court clarifies position on Section 8
- Copyright for script writers – Don’t copy, just write!
- The Khadi trademark story – From Gandhi to Germany
- Do I need a lawyer to file my trademark application?
- Copyright in Images – Myths Galore with the MODIfication of Bimal Nepal’s Photograph
- Celebrity Rights in India: SRK and his trademark move!
- Delhi HC allows amendments to trademark applications
- International Non-Proprietary Names as Trademarks in India – INN or OUT?
- Trademark Application Status “Advertised Before Acceptance or ABA” – Explained
- How to file a Design application in India?
- Radio Sa Ga – Record Label fined for Anti-Competitive practices in Licensing Music
- Magic and Intellectual Property: Very Tricky!
- An overview into licensing of trademarks in India
- Importance of disclosing status of foreign applications to the Indian Patent Office under Form 3
- 5 Trade Secrets I’d kill to know (or get killed if I found out)
- Can you lose your trademark even after registration?
- Character Merchandising in India – Licenses & Fan Art (Part Two)
- The law on acquiescence: Wake up before it’s too late!
- Character Merchandising in India – Part One
- Protecting Jewellery Designs in India – Intellectual Property Simplified
- Assignment of Trademarks in India
- Bombay HC rules on the issue of jurisdiction and cause of action in a Trademark case
- Madrid Protocol for the Indian Trademark Owner
- Comparative advertisement and Trademark Infringement
- Madrid Protocol Designation: India as the Origin Country
- Indian Patent Office extends deadline to submit comments on revised Guidelines for Examination of Pharmaceutical Patents
- Misspelt words as trademarks? NOT KOOL!
- Trademark Disclaimers – Use these words with caution!
- Blatant use of well-known trademarks – Acting on intention or ignorance?
- Exhaustion of trademark rights in India – The whole world is one market, or is it?
- Trademark for export trade – ‘use’ of the mark in India?
- Indian Trademark Filing Fee increased – Retrospective effect from August 1, 2014
- Six things that may be stalling your trademark application in India
- Trademarks and Meta-Tags – The match made in Court
- OMG – ‘WTF’ is a registered trademark ?!
- Images on the Internet: Who owns the copyright?
- Restrictions imposed by the Indian Trademark Office for amending your trademark applications.
- Copyright Licenses: Authorized Agents v. Copyright Societies
- Making the right Trademark “Choice”
- 3 Things your Marketing Team needs to know about Trademarks
- Laws concerning Internet Memes: Not so funny?
- Intellectual Property made easy: Trademarks vs Geographical Indicators
- Hiring distributors to sell your products in India? IPAB advises constant vigilance
- FIFA and Copyright: Online Piracy in India
- Trademark Examination Reports and their Replies – Trademark Law in India
- Trademark : One for all, all fight over one.
- Trademark Application Status “Exam Report Issued” – Explained
- Trademark application status ‘Objected’ Explained
- Indian Patent Office reiterates on biological material deposition before making patent application
- Trademark Injunctions and Damages in India – Part Three
- Copyright – Performers Rights in India
- Tirunelveli or Irruttukadai Halwa – GI or Trademark
- IPAB makes the Indian Patent Office see the importance of doing things right the first time
- Trademark Injunctions and Damages in India – Part Two
- Copyright and Music – 5 Things Bands need to keep in mind
- The Tea Board vs ITC Limited – Going overboard with GI
- Celebrity Rights in India: AMMA – The Mother of all Trademarks?
- Update: Anti-cancer drug Abraxane refused patent by the IPO
- Revocation of patents in India – A Fork in the road
- Trademark Injunctions and Damages in India – Part One
- Copyright and Music – Licenses in India
- Geographical Indicators Simplified
- Yet another trademark triumph for Pepsico’s Aquafina
- Statement of working for patents and confidentiality
- The Law of Designs and Passing-off in India
- Web Analytics and Website Visitor Statistics – Trademark Usage in India
- Types of Trademarks – The Super Mark
- Compulsory Licensing in India
- Trending: Hashtags as Trademarks
- Recording your Intellectual Property with Customs in India
- Dynamic trademark utility – yet another step towards transparency!
- Google Glass – The United States and Indian Scenario
- A Lowdown on the Indo-US Tensions due to India’s Patent Regime
- SICLD Registry awaits its first application
- The Politics of Indian Intellectual Property
- Start-up Tips – Integrated Circuit Layout Designs Simplified
- Trademark Application Status “Advertised as Accepted (AAA)” – Explained
- Old tactics but New game – Trademark Bullying
- No injuction based on ‘TODAY’ says the Delhi High Court
- Delhi High Court bowls out T20 ICC World Cup Copyright Infringement
- No monopoly over generally used words
- Trademark Crystal : Taking on Goliath and winning
- The Five Commandments of Networking for Indian Lawyers
- How Cadbury lost some of its trademarks in India
- Of animals and trademarks
- The Case of Choclairs
- Justice, naturally.
- After Trademarks, it is now time for Copyright to decide on Parallel Imports
- Personalising your attacks? Mudslinging gets everyone dirty
- Parodies and trademarks in India
- A truly comprehensive e-filing system by Indian Trademarks Office
- Intellectual Property Dispute: Brahmos ’ Head-On Collision With Fiit Jee Ltd!
- More facilities through e-filing system for Patents
- Things are looking “rosy” for Gulaab Gang… for now
- Copyright Office – Still in the game!
- After fee hike for Patent filings in India, Design Office to follow suit
- Official fees for Patent Filing in India goes up by 60 – 100%!
- Update! More facilities through Trademark E-filing system
- Expedited Examination of Trademarks in India – How fast is fast?
- How Smart would Dumb Starbucks be in India?
- Cyber Crimes and Domain Hosts – Where does the liability lie?
- Trademark Dispute : A Man of Average Intelligence and Imperfect Recollection
- Indian Trademarks Office goes the paperless way!
- Aural and olfactory marks – I heard that it smells good
- Importance of O-3 Notice – Trademark renewal reminder
- Yoga and IP: Stretched too far?
- Selvam & Selvam wins the 2014 Corporate Intl Magazine Global Award “IP Trademarks Law Firm of the Year in India”
- Trademark Application Status – “Sent back to EDP” or “Formality check pass/fail” in India – Explained
- Who owns the copyright in a movie? The director or the producer?
- Joint ownership of a trademark in India
- Indian Trademarks Registry publishes its list of Classification of Goods and Services
- How to file a trademark application in India?
- Shopping with a Trademark Lawyer
- Choosing the right brand name for your startup
- Indian Trademark Office re-initiates special drive to dispose post registration requests
- Indian Patent Law basics – Importance of filing the Statement of Working of Patents in India
- Copyright for Everyone
- Getting Back Your .IN Domain Name – The INDRP Way
- Indian Patent law basics – Patent Application procedure
- Indian Patent law basics – Disclosure requirements of Indian patent application’s foreign counterparts
- Trademark Application Status “Registered” – Explained
- Start-up tips – Identifying Intellectual Property – Simplified
- SNACKS will always be ‘some light food’ – IPAB denies Britannia the trademark SNAX
- Company gets an injunction against former employees for using internal client database.
- Start-up tips: Employment Agreements – Intellectual Property Clause Simplified
- Physical presence of your goods or services is not required to protect your trademark in India
- Retired Madras High Court Judge K.N.Basha to head Intellectual Property Appellate Board
- Inexcusable fiasco by the IPAB – What exactly is the point of Order no. 156/2013?
- Trademark filings in India to get a tad more expensive
- Amendments to the Indian Trademarks Law – What does this mean to you?
- IPAB hauls up the Trademark Registry for a ‘classic case of official indifference’
- Unauthorised use of trade mark – How would you remedy it in India?
- Injunction against infringement – Delay of 10 years by the trademark office in amending records results in Plaintiff losing it’s locus standi
- Single class or Multi Class trademark application in India?
- What does it mean when a TM-61 alert is issued for my trademark application by the Indian Trademark Office?
- Sugar and spice and everything NICE
- Filing a trademark application in India – Should it be filed on a proposed to be used basis or claiming usage?
- 4 Steps to Register a Trademark in India – The fast and cost effective way.
- Why is India not yet ready for the Madrid Protocol?
- And the Winners are…….
- Branding Neo India in Trademark Law
- Owning Your God – Trademark Protection for Deities
- Trademark Series, Concept and Position in India
- Trademark and Internet : Domain Name and Dispute Resolution
- Trademark Dilution – All Dolled Up
- Passing Off of Trademark in India: Looping the Loop Holes
- The Story Mark
- What is Smell Trademark or Scent Trademark? – With Examples
- Trademark & Quality Control – The Indian Perspective
- Trademark Dilution in India – Yes or No!
- Delhi High Court holds that a Trademark cannot be removed for non renewal without giving notice to the proprietor
- Vulgar Trademarks ; Suit up – It’s time for free love.
- Selvam and Selvam blogging competition on trademarks law
- How to Register a Trademark in India?
- How to Create & Protect Your Startup Name?
- What is a trademark?
- Effectiveness of RTI for your trademark applications
- Classification of Goods and Services for Registration of Trademarks
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Raja Selvam
Founder & Managing Attorney, Selvam & Selvam | Practice areas include Trademarks, Patents, Domain names & Business law. Visiting faculty, Department of Journalism, Madras University where I teach copyrights & trademarks law. Passionate about entrepreneurship, start-ups, stocks, farming, technology and law.
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Draft Model Guidelines on implementation of IPR policy for Academic Institutions
The Cell for IPR Promotion and Management, under the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DIPP) floated a 23 page model…