Feb 9, 20151 min readStanceMAKE IN INDIAThe new government has announced the “Make in India” initiative (http://www.makeinindia.com/). The objective of this initiative is to...
Jan 19, 20154 min readStanceRise of the #Hashtag on social media and related trademark issuesA hashtag is a word or an unspaced phrase prefixed with the hash character (or number sign), #, to form a label. A hashtag allows...
Nov 25, 20142 min readStanceSome recent “not-so-usual” judgments of High Courts!Burger King comes to India. The US-based fast food chain has finally arrived in India and has aggressive expansion plans! The chain’s...
Nov 14, 20144 min readStanceDelhi High Court Rules on Jurisdiction Where Plaintiffs Sell Goods via the Internet!On 15 October 2014, a division bench of the Delhi High Court held, in World Wrestling Entertainment v. M/S Reshma Collection & Ors,...
Nov 7, 20141 min readStanceIPHONE Vs. IFONApple faces yet another trademark dispute over its IPHONE mark. By way of background, in 2013, an Indian company, iVoice Enterprises,...
Nov 1, 20141 min readStanceAmendments to Use Information in ApplicationsIn 2012 the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks passed an order that prohibited requests for amending use information...