What Happens In Liechtenstein Doesn’t Stay In Liechtenstein!
Apple filed the iPhone Duo trademark in Liechtenstein months before launch. Explore the six-month priority rule, its Indian implications, and key lessons for innovators.
Indian trademark law
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Stitching Pattern Trademarks: Levi’s Has KILLER and INTEGRITI in Knots, LAWMAN Slips Through
Where two arcs meet on a jeans pocket became central to this trademark dispute. Reading the permitted and prohibited designs in a settlement agreement together, the Delhi High…
Trademarks and Company Names in the DNA Forensics Dispute
Can a company resist a name-change direction because another company’s complaint set the process in motion? In this dispute between two DNA testing companies, the Delhi High Court…
Doctors Without Borders, But Not Without an Acknowledgement: Dharma’s Jigra and Trade Mark Use
Dharma’s Jigra used “Doctors Without Borders” as part of a fictional prison escape. The Delhi High Court declined to restrain the references, but did not accept that the…
No Class Can Contain GHOSTBUSTERS? Delhi High Court on Well Known Marks and Bad Faith
In the case of Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. v. Registrar of Trade Marks & Anr., GHOSTBUSTERS encountered an unusual trademark rival outside the world of films, entertainment and…
D-TAN Gets De-Registered: Delhi High Court Says You Cannot Trademark the Tan Away
In the case of Honasa Consumer Ltd v. Visage Beauty and Health Care Pvt Ltd & Anr., a registered trademark that had remained on the Register for several…
Bimbo v. Bimbo: When Both Sides Waited Too Long
In the case of Bristol Bakery v. Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V., the fight was not merely about who used BIMBO first. It was also about who acted…
Dead Company Dead Mark: Trademark cannot survive a Non Existent Owner or unrecorded trademark assignment
In the case of Tibbs Food Private Limited vs D Lite Frankies and Foods Private Limited, the petitioner sought removal of a trademark registered for “D Lite Frankies…
Descriptiveness and Registrability of Composite Marks in Cancellation Proceedings
This post analyses a Delhi High Court decision on the registrability of composite marks in trademark cancellation proceedings. It underscores the importance of assessing marks as a whole…
The Bounce Trademark Dispute: Generic Marks in Salon Services
The Bounce trademark dispute highlights the complexities of enforcing rights over generic marks in the salon industry. The Madras High Court’s interim order underscores the importance of trial…