START-UP’S and their Intellectual Property Investments
Start-up’s seem to be springing all over India. Our busy schedules combined with growth and the spread of the internet has added impetus...
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Jun 9, 20154 min read
ZARA – the clothing brand v. the restaurant!
A recent judgement pronounced by the Delhi High Court on May 19, 2015, would have come as a huge relief for international fashion brand...
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Jun 9, 20152 min read
2Minute Noodles but a 20 year Damage
India witnessed its first ever food recall last week when Nestle S.A.’s famed MAGGI noodles were recalled from store shelves on the...
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Jun 9, 20153 min read
The Shri Ram Schools Trade Mark Saga!
On 11 May 2015, the Delhi High Court pronounced a judgment on the relatively long drawn battle between two brothers involving use of the...
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May 29, 20152 min read
Trade Mark Oppositions
India has a well-developed system of oppositions to registrations of trade marks. All oppositions must be filed at one of the five (5)...
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May 26, 20153 min read
The Merger Doctrine: Dispelling the most common myth about copyright
In my career as an IP professional so far, the myth that I have heard most from unwary clients is that an idea is protectable by way of...
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Apr 25, 20152 min read
Firefighters and antacids: An off-beat trade mark dispute
The Delhi High Court rendered its preliminary opinion on 31st October, 2014 on a rather unique trademark and copyright dispute. The...
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Mar 11, 20151 min read
E- filing Designs
The office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDT) has introduced the e-filing of design applications. This...
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Feb 27, 20152 min read
TRANSBORDER REPUTATION
As a lawyer trained primarily in the United States, the approach that Indian courts have taken on the issue of trans-border reputation...
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Feb 23, 20152 min read
Strategic CSR and Intellectual Property
The introduction of the new law governing companies in India, namely, The Companies Act, 2013, has brought about the issue of Corporate...
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Feb 9, 20151 min read
MAKE IN INDIA
The new government has announced the “Make in India” initiative (http://www.makeinindia.com/). The objective of this initiative is to...
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Jan 19, 20154 min read
Rise of the #Hashtag on social media and related trademark issues
A hashtag is a word or an unspaced phrase prefixed with the hash character (or number sign), #, to form a label. A hashtag allows...
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Nov 25, 20142 min read
Some 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...
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Nov 14, 20144 min read
Delhi 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,...
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Nov 7, 20141 min read
IPHONE Vs. IFON
Apple faces yet another trademark dispute over its IPHONE mark. By way of background, in 2013, an Indian company, iVoice Enterprises,...
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Nov 1, 20141 min read
Amendments to Use Information in Applications
In 2012 the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks passed an order that prohibited requests for amending use information...
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