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Del HC | What is the scope of Court’s jurisdiction while examining application under S. 8, Arbitration and Conciliation Act. What is effect of ‘Chalk & Cheese’ case of non-arbitrability? HC examines in “Hero” electric bikes dispute

Delhi High Court: C. Hari Shankar, J., expressed while addressing a dispute that: “Where a valid arbitration agreement exists, the decision also

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“COVISHIELD” trade mark dispute: Cutis Biotech v. Serum Institute of India

by Yashvardhan Rana†

Cite as: 2021 SCC OnLine Blog Exp 11

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Del HC | WhiteHat Jr Defamation Case: Aniruddha Malpani restrained from posting, publishing, sharing any content which is defamatory, derogatory or deprecatory in nature to White Hat Jr, its management or employee

Delhi High Court: Mukta Gupta, J., grants ad-interim injunction while restraining defendant from posting, publishing, sharing any content which is defamatory, derogatory or

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Can a generic expression be granted registration and/or protection as a trade mark under trade mark laws? IPAB explains if “N 95” is capable of being registered or protected as a trade mark

Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB): The Bench of Justice Manmohan Singh (Chairman) and Lakshmidevi Somanath (Technical Member, Trademarks) and Makyam Vijay Kumar

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[Trademark Suit] Bom HC | Emami restrained from use of trademark “Glow & Handsome”; HUL prima facie prior adopter of the trademark

Bombay High Court: S.C. Gupte, J., granted an interim injunction to Hindustan Unilever Limited while restraining “Emami” from the use of trademark “Glow

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Bom HC | “ISKCON” declared as a well-known trade mark: Satisfies tests & requirements laid down in Trade Marks Act

Bombay High Court: B.P. Colabawalla, J., held that, “Trade Mark ISKCON has come to enjoy a personality that is beyond the mere products/services

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Del HC | Telegram directed to take down channels of its users infringing Dainik Jagran’s copyright and trademark rights

Delhi High Court: Mukta Gupta, J., directed “Telegram” to take down the channels that are infringing plaintiff’s rights and granted ad-interim injunction to

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Cal HC | “Acquiescence” only arises out of positive acts; to be differentiated from mere silence or inaction or from inordinate delay

Calcutta High Court: A Division Bench of I.P. Mukerji and Md. Nizamuddin, JJ., allowed an appeal filed against the order of the Single

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Del HC | Plea of Acquiescence rejected; Temporary injunction granted to “Make My Trip” against “Make My Travel” for trademark infringement

Delhi High Court: Sanjeev Narula, J. while addressing a matter in respect to trademark infringement and in lieu of that seeking a

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WIPO | Philip Morris USA wins right over disputed domain name registered with ‘GoDaddy.com’ as it was confusingly similar to their trademark and was being used in bad faith

World Intellectual Property Organization: M. Scott Donahey (Panelist) transferred the disputed domain names to Philip Morris USA Inc. as these were confusingly

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Del HC | Facebook, Instagram directed to pull down posts violating trademark ‘DA MILANO’ in terms of IT (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules, 2011

Delhi High Court: Pratibha M. Singh, J. while addressing a petition concerning the protection of the trademark ‘DA MILANO’, issued certain guidelines

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Del HC | Court rejects suit against movie “Khandani Shafakhana”, thinks it presents golden opportunity for sexologists to approach larger cross section of society

Delhi High Court: Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, J. dismissed a suit filed for refraining the makers of the movie Khandani Shafakhana from releasing the

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WIPO Launches State-of-the-Art Artificial Intelligence-Based Image Search Tool for Brands

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has launched a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered image search technology that makes it faster and easier to establish

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Keyword Advertisement and IPR Considerations

by Bhumesh Verma, Managing Partner and
Abhisar Vidyarthi, Student Researcher, Corp Comm Legal

Cite as: (2019) PL (CL) May 78

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Del HC | Ajanta Pharma injuncted from selling its nutraceutical product GLOTAB in passing off suit brought by Sun Pharma; principles reiterated

Delhi High Court: Pratibha Singh, J., while allowing the suit brought by Sun Pharma Laboratories Ltd., passed an order injuncting Ajanta Pharma Ltd.

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Bombay HC explains law regarding disparagment through TV commercials while deciding dispute between Kwality Walls and Amul

Bombay High Court: The Division Bench comprising of B.R. Gavai and Riyaz I. Chagla, JJ. partly allowed an appeal filed against the

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Use of AAJ TAK in name of fortnightly magazine held to be in violation of trademark; injunction granted thereagainst

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Jayant Nath, J. passed a permanent injunction decree against the defendants, restraining them

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‘DEVIN’ can be used as an EU trademark for mineral water: Court of Justice of the European Union

Court of Justice of the European Union: The General Court comprising of A.M. Collins, President, M. Kancheva (Rapporteur) and J. Passer, JJ.

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Court free to invoke provisions of Order 8 Rule 10 CPC if defendant fails to file WS; permanent injunction granted against use of trademark CBN NEWS

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Jayant Nath, J. decreed a suit for permanent injunction by invoking the provisions

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Packing and affixing brand names amount to manufacturing; appellants held liable to pay duty

Customs Excise & Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT): This appeal was filed before V. Padmanabhan, Member (Technical) against the decision of Commissioner