Our Associate, Aishwarya Pande discusses “Battle Over GLOW & HANDSOME: The ‘Un’fair Saga Continues” On July 6, 2020, a single judge of the Bombay High Court had granted ad-interim relief to Hindustan Unilever Limited (“HUL”) by directing Emami Limited (“Emami”) to give seven (7) days’ prior notice to HUL before initiating legal proceedings against HUL’s […]

Our Associate, Aishwarya Pande discusses “An Un ‘Fair’ Battle Over GLOW & HANDSOME” Two of India’s cosmetics giants, Hindustan Unilever Limited (“HUL”) and Emami Limited (“Emami”), are engaged in a trade mark tussle over the names of their men’s cream brands, GLOW & HANDSOME and EMAMI GLOW & HANDSOME. Emami took objection over HUL’s announcement […]

Our Associate Aishwarya Pande discusses “Long Arm Jurisdiction in India” The recent decision of the Delhi High Court in the case of HT Media Ltd & Anr. v. Brainlink Ltd. & Ors. [CS(COMM)119/2020] [Read here: https://sc-ip.in/2020/05/15/anti-suit-injunctions/%5D has raised a question whether the Hon’ble Court might have exceeded its jurisdiction in passing an anti-suit injunction.   […]

Our Associate Aishwarya Pande dissscuss “Anti-Suit Injunctions“ Recently the Delhi High Court, in HT Media Ltd. & Anr. v. Brainlink International Inc. & Anr., granted an anti-suit injunction, restraining Brainlink International Inc. (the “Defendant”) from prosecuting a legal proceeding initiated by it against HT Media Ltd. (the “Plaintiff”) before the Eastern District of New York […]

A Legal Proceedings Certificate or LPC is prima facie evidence of any entry made in the Trade Marks Register. As is the case in most countries, intellectual property offices (the Registrar of Trade Marks in case of India) issue a certificate of registration of a trademark. However, as per the rules governing trade mark practice […]