Editorial Staff

Indian Trademark Office strikes again- Default notice to 9000 applications

Let’s brush our memories and remember the infamous order of the Indian Trademark Office abandoning more than one lakh trademark applications by end of March, 2016. The dreadful saga saw a lot of oppositions from trademark attorneys/agents across the country, a stay order from the Delhi High Court…


Exclusive rights to use trademark as a whole and not in parts

One of the well-established principles in Trademarks law has been the concept of comparing and considering a trademark in its totality. Many a times a trademark can be a composite trademark having various elements in it, and when the same is registered, the protection is provided to the mark as a…


Significant changes brought about by the Patent Amendment Rules, 2016

Following the publishing of the Draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2015 on October 26, 2015 for public comment and consideration, the Office of the CGPDTM has on May 14, 2016 issued a public notice on the publication of amended Patent Rules, 2003. Accordingly, the Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2016 were…


Mediation in cases pending before the Trade Marks Registry, Delhi

With the amount of pending matters piling up across the five Trade Marks Registry offices, desperate measures have been taken by the Registry to reduce the burden and for speedy disposal of all pending matters. As a welcome attempt to deal with the issue of pendency, the Controller General of…


Breaking the fourth wall – Virtual Property and Intellectual Property Rights in India

The Big Bang theory fans, would remember the episode where Sheldon’s Ostrich from the game World of Warcraft was stolen and Penny and the boys had to go and get it from the person who stole it. Cutting the long story short, in this age of virtual reality what we create online is something that we…


IP Office appoints Facilitators under SIPP - Startups to get pro-bono services

With the Government’s recent proactive steps in improving Intellectual Property protection with a focus on Startups through the  “STARTUP INDIA” drive, Selvam and Selvam is pleased to announce the appointment of the Managing Attorney, Raja Selvam, as a “Facilitator” under the “Scheme for…


A ray of hope for the abandoned trademark applications in India

If you have been following our blogs lately, you might remember the one dated April 1, 2016, reporting the rampant abandonment of marks by the Indian Trademarks Registry, and the events that followed on April 4, 2016 where the Trademark Office issued a public notice in order to bring order to the…


Will the auctioning of trademarks bring back the good times for Kingfisher?

The abandonment of trademarks by the Registry and the events that ensued did steal the spotlight from another trademark issue that has come out at the same time. Right after the (for the lack of a better word) flight of Kingfisher’s Vijay Mallya, the banks have been in a fix trying to recover the…


Indian Trademark Office strikes back - Sets 25 day countdown to reinstate 1,66,771 abandoned applications

In furtherance to the recent commotion caused by the Trade Marks Office abandoning more than 1,60,000 trademark applications overnight, the Office of the Controller General Patents, Designs and Trademarks has issued a Public Notice dated April 04, 2016 to apparently tranquilize the situation. As…


Indian Trademark Office abandons 1,66,771 Trademark Applications

Note: At the outset, please note that this is not an April Fool's joke! This is very real, though the timing of it is unfortunate. The end of the financial year in India, generally has companies on edge. Accounts teams rushing to make sure all amounts are tallied, outstanding bills are sought after…