What’s in a Geographical Name?: Understanding use of Geographical Names as Trade Marks
The names of cities, states and countries are often used by businesses to refer to their goods and services. Some well-known examples are...
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- Feb 15
Preserving Brand Integrity: The Banes of Naked Licensing
The goodwill and reputation of a brand is built, in large measure, on the quality of the goods and services in relation to which it is...
- Oct 4, 2023
Summary and analysis- The Draft Patents (Amendment) Rules, 2023
Recently, the Indian Patent Office published "The Draft Patent (Amendment) Rules, 2023”. In recent years, with the increase in the number...
- Aug 23, 2023
Meat Substitutes: Protecting Innovations and Strategies for Building a Patent Portfolio
In the first part [P1] of this two-part article, we compiled the global innovation landscape and market trends in the meat substitute...
- Aug 8, 2023
The Bombay High Court Steps In!
Recently, the Bombay High Court has pronounced a series of decisions in matters in which parties appealed decisions of the Trade Marks...
- Aug 3, 2023
Meat Substitutes: Market Trends and Patent Insights
With the global population surpassing 8 billion, raising health and environmental consciousness, and the need to meet the United Nations...
- Jun 21, 2023
Who owns the Copyright in the Screenplay of Film? – An analysis of the Nayak Saga
Nayak, an award-winning Bengali language film released in the year 1996, is regarded as one of the finest works of Bharat Ratna winner,...
- Jun 3, 2023
Laudatory Trademarks: Descriptive or Suggestive in Nature?
The question about the distinctiveness of laudatory trade marks is a recurring one in Indian trade mark jurisprudence. It has been...
- May 18, 2023
Prosecution History Estoppel and Trade Mark Infringement: Recent Developments
Recently, the doctrine of prosecution history estoppel, which finds its roots in patent infringement proceedings, has been seeing...
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