IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

However, what would happen if business houses wanted to trademark the name of the god they worshipped? As a result, the rise of hypersensitivity to religion, religious texts, and religious symbols determines the jurisprudence around the utilisation of such marks under Indian trademark law, even if they are not strictly prohibited.

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Trademark Law Trademark Law Service Mark 92

SpicyIP

MAY 30, 2024

from seeking rectification of FCB Garment Tex’s “IVANS” trademark. Inter alia, Vans Inc backed its arguments for rectification with its recent recognition as a well known trademark. For a well-known trademark, range of protection extends to dissimilar goods and services as well. The respondent, FCB Garment Ltd.

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Trademark Marketing Marketing Registration 45

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

JANUARY 17, 2022

Section 9(1)(a) 1 of the Indian Trademark Act, 1999 mentions lack of distinctiveness in the mark as one of the grounds for refusing registration of the mark. However, in India, there are numerous family enterprises where personal names and surnames have been registered as trademark. Personal Names As Trademark.

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Trademark Registering Trademarks Registration Licensing 52

Garrigues Blog

JULY 27, 2021

This time, we will take a look at other equally important branches of IP that are covered by the report: trademarks, industrial designs and creative industry (publishing). Trademarks. WIPO’s report revealed that trademark applications continued to grow worldwide in 2019 – this time by 5.8%.

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Intellectual Property Designs Design Trademark 52

SpicyIP

AUGUST 7, 2023

Trademark A Division Bench of the Delhi High Court clarifies that a Division Bench is not restricted by the limitations on intra-court appeals u/s 13 of the Commercial Courts Act while hearing a letter patents appeal against an order passed u/s 57. and held that a revocation petition cannot be regarded as a suit. Hero Investocorp Ltd. &

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Copyright Infringement Trademark Law Copyright 90

LexBlog IP

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Sections 32(1)(a) and 43(a)(1)(A) of the Lanham Act impose civil liability on any person who “use[s] in commerce” a trademark in a manner that “is likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive.” 3) whether there was a conflict with trademark rights established under the relevant foreign law.

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Trademark Law Branding Brands 52

SpicyIP

JULY 22, 2024

Here is our recap of last week’s top IP developments including summary of the posts on the “origin” of Khadi, an empirical study on the ways “scandalous” and “obscene” marks are prosecuted by the Trademark Registry, quia timet injunction in Roche v. This and much more in this SpicyIP Weekly Review. Anything we are missing out on?

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