IP and Legal Filings

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

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. Gebi Products [10] , The Gala Company used the label mark “LAXMI” to market brooms.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

MARCH 7, 2022

Supreme Court held 6-3 that the Ninth Circuit erred in invalidating a copyright registration for failure to comply with the Copyright Office’s “single unit of publication” regulation, where the copyright owner had knowledge of the facts but arguably misunderstood the legal standard. b)(4)(i)(A) (2011). Unicolors, Inc. b)(4) (2021).]

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 11, 2023

This is primarily because of the clash between the traditional concept of trademarks and the ever-growing need to find newer ways to differentiate one’s product and services from competitors. [1] 4] Second, the qualification for registering a trademark, both traditional and non-traditional, essentially remains the same.

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IP and Legal Filings

AUGUST 4, 2023

In ancient times the name of Kings and Queens were used to make the products prevalent in the market, this technique has worked in the past and that is why companies do not fail to sponsor a celebrity to launch their products to make them prevalent in the market. Meta Title- Celebrity Trademark first appeared on IPLF.

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SpicyIP

JULY 28, 2023

Indian Trademark Law and Twitter’s Rebranding Decision But a much more thought-provoking discussion and research for IP enthusiasts like us is the scope of protection that can be given to Twitter for this ‘X’ logo in the Indian trademark regime.

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IP and Legal Filings

OCTOBER 31, 2023

However, using a generic term as a trademark is a tricky play, SUN is a good example of an arbitrary trademark reason being as it is used for computer products and its extensive use has acquired distinctiveness. Indian Trademarks Act of 1999 prohibits the registration of generic trademarks under section 9(1).

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MAY 30, 2024

In this post, I have briefly discussed the judgement and analyzed what it could mean for the proprietors of well-known trademarks and other proprietors. The petitioner, Vans Inc, USA, filed for registration of their mark- VANS in 1992, on a ‘proposed to be used basis’. The petitioner then entered the Indian market in 2011.

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