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Determination of the distinctiveness of marks, despite the standard set by the Trade Marks Act, 1999 under provisions such as Section 9...

A trademark is an essential component of a brand’s image. In a broad sense, trademarks are symbols, words, logos, domain names, or shapes...

“India is a multilingual country, which can make brand management difficult. The fact that one word may have many synonyms in another...

In a country like India where religion is of paramount importance for the majority of its population, the usage of names of Gods,...

“ Humans looking for similarities in trademarks is an awful, inefficient, error-prone job, and one that computers can do much better than...

Introduction Once you have chosen your mark that you want to protect, the next step is the registration of that mark. In the U.S. the...

“ The degree of distinctiveness, and, therefore, the possibility of registration as a trade mark, is inversely proportional to the degree...

Introduction Section 47 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 deals with the removal of the trade mark from the trade mark register on the...

INTRODUCTION Domain name is defined by Merriam-Webster as a sequence of usually alphanumeric characters that specifies a group of online...

Well-known Trademark plays an important role in global markets and in identifying symbols and sign that are widely known to the...

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"- Shakespeare In many countries, getting trademark...

INTRODUCTION The Lanham Act, also known as the Trademark Act of 1946 is a US Federal statute that governs the trademarks, service marks...

Kim Kardashian West, the popular American media personality, described by her critics and admirers as being ‘famous for being famous’ was...

Introduction of  Companies involved in the dispute  Shoe Branding Europe BVBA is a Belgian footwear company and wants to register it’s 2...

Background The Bombay High Court has passed an order in Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation Vs Kishor D Jain & Anr imposing costs...

Awareness about intellectual property in India is on the rise, so is the number of trademark registration and therefore the infringement...

NATURE AND SCOPE OF NON-CONVENTIONAL TRADEMARKS The Non-Conventional marks are those marks which do not fall under the category of...

INTRODUCTION As of late, the field of intellectual property has seen immense improvement, particularly with respect to trademarks. The...

Background Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Plaintiff/ Respondent) owned a trademark a trade mark called “CHYMORAL” and “CHYMORAL FORTE”,...

Much like the trends on a ramp evolve every season, in the same way legal strategies of the industry’s leading fashion brands,...