infringement

Case BriefsHigh Courts

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

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Causing impairment to product constitutes infringement under Sections 29 & 30 TM Act; missing price tags from ARMANI products lend credence to claim of counterfeiting: Del HC

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Pratibha M. Singh, J. decreed a suit in terms of granting a permanent

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Permanent injunction granted for infringement of trademark on satisfaction of ‘triple identity test’

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Manmohan, J. decreed a suit for grant of a permanent injunction against the

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Copyright in ‘Lightning McQueen’ from ‘Cars’ protected in India under the International Copyright Order

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Pratibha M. Singh,  J. allowed a suit filed by Disney Enterprises Inc. Against

Case BriefsSupreme Court

SC restores trademark holding it not to be detrimental to the purported distinctive character of respondent’s mark

Supreme Court: The Bench comprising of A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, JJ., allowed a civil appeal filed against the judgment of Karnataka

Case BriefsSupreme Court

No exclusive right in the label mark ‘MALABAR’ for selling biryani rice: SC

Supreme Court: R. Banumathi, J. while delivering the Judgment for herself and Ranjan Gogoi, J. dismissed an appeal filed against the Judgment

Case BriefsHigh Courts

‘John Doe’ order prayed in light of copyright and trademark infringement

Calcutta High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Soumen Sen, J., addressed the grievance of the petitioner who has prayed for

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Injunction against the use of trademark vacated in light of bona fide use of surname

Karnataka High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of L. Narayana Swamy, J. dismissed a miscellaneous first appeal while vacating the injunction

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Hashtag Trade Marks—An Unpleasant Reality of IP Protection

by Hetvi Trivedi

Case BriefsHigh Courts

Delhi High Court proceeds ex parte against party infringing KINLEY trademark

Delhi High Court: A Single Judge Bench comprising of Jayant Nath, JJ., disposed of a suit before it. The suit was filed

Case BriefsForeign Courts

Samsung-Apple design patent infringement battle remanded back to Federal Circuit

Supreme Court of the United States: The Supreme Court of the United States on hearing a matter regarding infringement on designs matters

High Courts

Restraining order passed in Loreal trade mark infringement case

Delhi High Court: In a recent case a major international cosmetic brand, namely, Loreal had filed a suit for permanent injunction on

Intellectual Property

Broadcasting of TV shows over Internet at the same time as on-air broadcasting is an infringement of copyright

Supreme Court of United States: In an appeal regarding the infringement of copyright of the television programs by an internet broadcaster which