Don’t Mess with the Don: Delhi HC Protects the GODFATHER Trademark
When Cartel Bros launched a Sanjay Dutt-endorsed whisky carrying the GODFATHER trademark, Devans Modern Breweries, owner of the mark for 40 years, went to court. The Delhi High…
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Flying Under False Colours: Trademark Passing Off between Registered Mark Owners
When both Reckitt Benckiser India and Sauss Home Products hold registered "Flying Bird" device marks for cleaning products, infringement claims cancel out, making trademark passing off the only…
Rule 45 Evidence Gets Breathing Time in Trademark Proceedings
In the case of Black Diamond Motors Pvt. Ltd. v. Registrar of Trade Marks, Mumbai, the Bombay High Court answered a practical question that often arises in trademark…
Old Invoices, New Trouble: Prior Use Trumps Registration in ATHERMAL Case
In a dispute over the mark ATHERMAL used on welding safety goods, the Delhi High Court set aside a trial court interim injunction against Amit Bansal, finding that…
Chacha in Sarees: Delhi HC on Trademark Distinctiveness
The Delhi High Court's Division Bench has reversed a Commercial Court order that dismissed Chacha Saree Bazar Pvt. Ltd.'s interim injunction application on the ground that "Chacha" is…
The P-C Problem: Something that a Trademark Registry Search in 2001 could have prevented
The Delhi High Court has held that Intas Pharmaceuticals' mark CLAVIX constitutes pharmaceutical trademark infringement of Sanofi's blockbuster heart drug mark PLAVIX, differing by just one letter. The…
What’s in a God’s Name? Siyaram Wins Trademark Battle in Bombay
Siyaram Silk Mills and Stanford Siyaram Fashion Private Limited clashed before the Bombay High Court in a trademark infringement and passing off dispute over the "Siyaram" mark. Can…
Caught without a Helmet: The false pleadings that sank RYNOX’s Trademark suit
Rynox Gears and Steelite India both hold registered trademarks for motorcycle-related products - RYNOX and RHYNOX respectively. When Rynox sued Steelite for trademark infringement and passing off before…
Senior Trademark Associate Opening for Professionals with 5+ Years of Trademark Experience
BananaIP is hiring a Senior Trademark Associate for its Bengaluru office. The position is intended for professionals with at least 5 years of direct trademark experience who can…
No Passport for Trademark Exhaustion – Delhi HC Resets the Rules
When a Chinese manufacturer's Indian agent registers the STELLADEXIN trademark and the manufacturer later authorises a rival to sell the same cookers in India, who can claim infringement?…