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Well - Known or Merely Reputed? Unravelling the Legislative Confusion between Sections- 11 and 29(4) of the Trademarks Act, 1999

Introduction Are a 'well-known trademark' under Section 11 and a 'trademark having a reputation' under Section 29(4) of the Trade Marks Act, 1999 the same thing? If courts have treated them as equivalent, are they right to do so? Indian trademark law draws a critical but mostly overlooked distinction between a well-known mark under Section 11 and a mark with a reputation under Section 29(4). The former provides us with an absolute bar on registration of a conflicting mark, th

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