{"id":41072,"date":"2017-12-06T09:55:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-06T04:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/one\/?p=41072"},"modified":"2025-06-16T15:21:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T09:51:33","slug":"bourbon-whiskey-trade-mark-magahi-paan-gi-bubble-wrap-siemens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bananaip.com\/intellepedia\/bourbon-whiskey-trade-mark-magahi-paan-gi-bubble-wrap-siemens\/","title":{"rendered":"Bourbon Whiskey Battle, Magahi Paan GI, Bubble Wrap Trade Mark, Siemens Trade Mark Infringement, The Dravidian Trade Mark and other Weekly Trade Mark News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIndian Trade Mark Statistics for December (First Week) 2017, Bourbon Whiskey Trade Mark Settlement, Rubik\u2019s Apparel license, Fruit of the Loom Launched in India, Magahi Paan GI and more Weekly Trade Mark News\u201d brought to you by the Trade Mark Attorneys at BananaIP (BIP) Counsels.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>TRADE MARK QUOTE OF THE WEEK<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\u2018A great brand evolves from building a good reputation\u2019 \u2013 Abiodun A. Abioudin<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><strong>INDIAN TRADE MARK STATISTICS <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Indian Trade Mark Office had a slow week in comparison to the previous week. The total number of applications published in the trade mark journal has decreased by fifty-six percent (56%). There has also been a decrease in the total number of renewal notices issued with a decrease of forty-four percent (44%).<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Weekly Indian Trade Mark Statistics<\/strong><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\"><strong>Particulars<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"122\"><strong>Last Week<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"153\"><strong>This Week<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"169\"><strong>Change in %<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Total Trade Mark Applications Examined by Trade Mark Office<\/td>\n<td width=\"122\">5715<\/td>\n<td width=\"153\">4654<\/td>\n<td width=\"169\">A decrease of 18%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Total Applications Disposed through Show Cause Hearings<\/td>\n<td width=\"122\">4233<\/td>\n<td width=\"153\">3084<\/td>\n<td width=\"169\">A decrease of 27%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Total Applications Published in the Trade Mark Journal<\/td>\n<td width=\"122\">17166<\/td>\n<td width=\"153\">7514<\/td>\n<td width=\"169\">A decrease of 56%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Total Registrations Granted<\/td>\n<td width=\"122\">4389<\/td>\n<td width=\"153\">3221<\/td>\n<td width=\"169\">A decrease of 26%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Total Hearing Notices Issued<\/td>\n<td width=\"122\">2380<\/td>\n<td width=\"153\">2241<\/td>\n<td width=\"169\">A decrease of 5%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"180\">Total Renewals Notices Issued<\/td>\n<td width=\"122\">3944<\/td>\n<td width=\"153\">2173<\/td>\n<td width=\"169\">A decrease of 44%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><strong>Trade Mark Statistics by Office<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Total Number of New Applications Received from November 29<sup>th<\/sup>, 2017 to December 05<sup>th<\/sup>, 2017<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"10%\"><strong>Sr. No<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"19%\"><strong>Jurisdiction<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\"><strong>New Applications<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\"><strong>Examined<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\"><strong>Published<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\"><strong>Registered<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"10%\">1<\/td>\n<td width=\"19%\">AHMEDABAD<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">541<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\">220<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\">782<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\">299<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"10%\">2<\/td>\n<td width=\"19%\">CHENNAI<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">966<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\">391<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\">1117<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\">442<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"10%\">3<\/td>\n<td width=\"19%\">DELHI<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">1754<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\">722<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\">2271<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\">1128<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"10%\">4<\/td>\n<td width=\"19%\">KOLKATA<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">298<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\">120<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\">369<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\">115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"10%\">5<\/td>\n<td width=\"19%\">MUMBAI<\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\">1153<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\">438<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\">1828<\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\">386<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"10%\"><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"19%\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"18%\"><strong>4712<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\"><strong>1891<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\"><strong>6367<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"17%\"><strong>2370<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><strong>Yearly Trade Mark Statistics<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><u>Trade Mark Statistics from January 01<sup>st<\/sup>, 2017 to December 05<sup>th<\/sup>, 2017 <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Total Number of Trade Mark Applications Filed \u2013 233118<\/li>\n<li>Total Number of Trade Mark Applications Examined \u2013 151054<\/li>\n<li>Total Number of Trade Mark Applications Published \u2013 140570<\/li>\n<li>Total Number of Trade Mark Applications Registered <strong>&#8211;<\/strong> 281557<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>INTERESTING TRADE MARKS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Bubble Wrap a Trade Mark ?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Bubble Wrap is a registered trade mark brand of Sealed Air Corporation that includes numerous cushioning products made from bubble wrap. Both the product and the brand were introduced in 1960. However, the company filed for a trade mark in 2005 with the USPTO for classes 16 and 17 and were granted registration thereafter. It is interesting to note that bubble wrap today is a commonly used phrase and very few people know that it is a registered trade mark.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>INDIAN TRADE MARK CASE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Siemens Stops Siemens<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (Plaintiff) Vs. Siemens Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd (Defendants)<\/strong><br \/>\nSubject \u2013 Trade Mark Infringement, Domain Name Infringement<br \/>\nBrief Facts \u2013 Plaintiff, a German conglomerate, and the largest industrial manufacturing company is the registered proprietor of the trade mark SIEMENS in India and various other countries. Plaintiff has also registered the domain names <a href=\"http:\/\/www.siemens.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.siemens.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.siemens.co.in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.siemens.co.in<\/a> and have been holding them since 1986 and 2009 respectively. The mark SIEMENS since its adoption in 1847, has been widely used worldwide and also constitutes an important feature of the trading name of the Plaintiff. In 2015, Plaintiff learned that the Defendant was using the domain name <a href=\"http:\/\/www.siemensconsultancy.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.siemensconsultancy.com<\/a> and the trade name SIEMENS in relation to identical services. A suit was filed by the Plaintiff before the Delhi High Court seeking relief for trade mark infringement against the Defendant\u2019s use of the identical mark and domain name.<br \/>\nJudgment \u2013 The Court held that without any explicit permission or authorization, the Defendants\u2019 malafide use of the Plaintiff\u2019s trade mark SIEMENS and the domain name <a href=\"http:\/\/www.siemensconsultancy.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.siemensconsultancy.com<\/a> amounts to infringement and is bound to cause harm and injury to the Plaintiff and immense public harm. The Court, therefore, issued a decree of permanent injunction restraining the Defendants from using the mark SIEMENS or any other mark similar to that of the Plaintiffs\u2019 registered mark and also from using the domain name <a href=\"http:\/\/www.siemensconsultancy.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.siemensconsultancy.com<\/a> and\/or any other website and domain name having name SIEMENS so as to infringe the Plaintiff&#8217;s registered trademark.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>INTERNATIONAL TRADE MARK UPDATES<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>The Battle of Bourbon Whiskey Settled<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>After three years of lengthy trade mark battle, the distillery Sazerac Company and Tennessee-based Prichard\u2019s distillery have reached a settlement. Prichard\u2019s had begun selling distilled spirits under the trade marks Double barreled and Benjamin Prichard\u2019s double barreled bourbon in 2002.<br \/>\nIn August 2014, Prichard\u2019s filed a trade mark infringement suit before the US district court against Sazerac\u2019s \u2018A Smith Bowman Limited Edition Double Barrel Bourbon Whiskey\u2019 and \u2018Buffalo Trace Experimental Collection Double Barreled\u2019 bourbons claiming that the use of the mark \u2018Double Barreled\u2019 was chosen by the Latter to create an association with the Prichard\u2019s brand.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>TRADE MARK LICENSING UPDATES<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Fruit of the Loom Launched in India<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Fruit of the Loom, an American company that manufactures clothing especially innerwear has launched their innerwear and leisure wear products for men and women in India by entering into an exclusive license agreement with Oban Fashions Pvt. Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rupa &amp; Company Limited. By end of December, 2017, more than 87 styles across the men\u2019s &amp; women\u2019s range will be available at across 2500 stores. The range will be available on e-commerce websites from the first week of January 2018.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Smiley Inks Rubik\u2019s Apparel Line with Uniqlo<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Smiley Company on behalf of Rubik\u2019s Brand Ltd has brokered a deal with Uniqlo, a Japanese Fashion Brand to launch a new apparel range featuring Rubik prints t-shirts. The range will launch across Uniqlo\u2019s global distribution network of over 1500 stores in early 2018.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION UPDATES<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Magahi Paan Takes a GI Step<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The application made by Magahi Paan Utpadak Kalyan Samiti for Magahi Paan bearing application number 554 in Class 31 is advertised as accepted by the GI registry. Magahi Paan is a local and traditional cultivar betelvine that is grown commercially in magadh region of Bihar. Its leaf is very popular among pan chewers worldwide due to aroma (pungent) and less fibrous soft leaf. The application was filed in June, 2016. For persons interested, the paan is abundantly available in Bangalore at most paan stalls.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>BANANAIP TIP OF THE WEEK<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Trade Marks and Character Names in Songs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Using trade marks and\/or character name in songs is permitted if the use amounts to fair use, and falls within the scope of permitted uses. However, using trade marks and character names in a manner that gives rise to blurring, tarnishment, unfair advantage, wrongful association or false representation will give rise to liability under the trade mark law and other laws. Content creators may consider getting a legal opinion from a qualified attorney before embarking on trade mark use in their content.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>If you have any questions, or need any clarifications, please feel free to write to contact@bananaip.com<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Disclaimer: Kindly note that the news bulletin has been put together from different sources, primary and secondary, and BananaIP\u2019s reporters may not have verified all the news published in the bulletin. You may write to contact@bananaip.com for corrections and take down.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This bulletin provides a comprehensive overview of recent trade mark news in India and internationally. It covers statistical trends, legal disputes, GI updates, and practical guidance for trade mark use. 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