Za or Zo? Delhi High Court Untangles the Zara Zora Trademark Case
Industria de Diseno Textil (Inditex), owner of ZARA, challenged the Trade Marks Registry and Aggarwal Bag House before the Delhi High Court in the Zara Zora trademark dispute…
Trade Marks Act 1999
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The ‘Principal choice’ is Officer’s Choice!
Allied Blenders and Distillers Limited took on a rival bottler’s “Principal Choice” mark in a fight over its famous Officer’s Choice trademark. With the defendants silent and unrebutted,…
Who is the best POSTMAN?
A two-decade fight between the Oomerbhoy family's 'POSTMAN' groundnut oil brand and a rival's 'Super Postman' mark reached the Delhi High Court, testing abandonment, deceptive similarity, and rectification.…
One Letter Short of Original: A SUPREME Trademark infringement
The Supreme Industries Limited took on a PVC pipe maker’s registered “SUPREMES GOLD” mark before the Bombay High Court, testing whether a single added letter could defeat a…
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…
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…