Trademarks
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…
Restrictions imposed by the Indian Trademark Office for amending your trademark applications.
The issue dates back to 2nd February, 2012 and 8th June, 2012 when the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademarks (CG) issued an Office Order No: 1 of 2012 and Office Order No:16 of 2012 respectively, that placed restrictions on amendments that can be made to a trademark application,…
Making the right Trademark “Choice”
Petitioner: Allied Blenders & Distillers Respondent: Shree Nath Heritage Liquor Pvt. Trademark: Officer’s Choice Decision making Authority: Delhi High Court Facts: The Plaintiff had filed a suit for permanent injunction restraining the defendant from selling, distributing, advertising or…
3 Things your Marketing Team needs to know about Trademarks
Lawyers in general are not the most loved people on the planet. There is always a sense of caution when we’re dealt with. It’s also probably why the legal profession has two patron saints St. Ives and St. Thomas Moore (must be twice as difficult for us to get into heaven). Anyway leaving God and…
Laws concerning Internet Memes: Not so funny?
A recent study conducted by ‘We Are Social’ found that despite these slow speeds, Internet users in India spend almost 5 hours on the net every day, with 40% of that time spent on social media. Going by these statistics, Indian users roughly spend about 2 hours on social media and which platform…
Intellectual Property made easy: Trademarks vs Geographical Indicators
Champagne, Puma, Darjeeling Tea and Ford are known all over the world. A common man would recognize the given names as famous brands. On looking closely it can be realized that the above mentioned names do not belong to the same category. Champagne and Darjeeling Tea can be categorized under…
Hiring distributors to sell your products in India? IPAB advises constant vigilance
The facts narrated in one of recent orders of the Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) send out one clear signal: constant vigilance! What is the case about? Pasco Sports (Pasco) traded in sports related goods and claimed to have adopted and used the trademark PAMA since 1994. Between 2002…
Trademark Examination Reports and their Replies – Trademark Law in India
The trademark registration process, which we have covered in an earlier post is fairly straightforward. A trademark application is filed, examined by the Trademark office, either refused or allowed subject to a hearing, advertised and registered if it is not opposed. In this post, I’ve decided to…
Trademark : One for all, all fight over one.
Petitioner: Mr. DarshanKumar Respondent: Mr. Ranjit Kumar Sharma (Respondent 1) and The Registrar of Trademarks (Respondent 2) Trademark: BAWA/BAWA FEED Decision making Authority: IPAB Facts: The Petitioner Sri Darshan Kumar started a partnership firm along with Sri Ranjit Kumar Sharma (Respondent)…