Sound Board

Our thoughts and views on the practice of Intellectual Property in India and around the world.

One of the primary questions that arise when a business/startup decides to protect their brand or trademark is – whether a business should protect its trademark as a word or a logo?

Family trademarks are marks which are used by a person for his family business, where the trademark ownership lies with each member of the family.

Toyota failed to establish the trans-border reputation of the mark PRIUS.

It is true that the holders of well-known trademarks can now easily get their mark recognized as well-known with the simple procedure set through Form TM –M. However, we cannot ignore the fact that this form paves way for any entity to apply for its mark to be declared as a well-known trademark.