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Trademark Cases: Kalpaka Trademark Republication, Puro Healthy Salt Disparagement, and Tazza Patta Trademark Infringement

Examining recent trademark cases, we discuss ‘Kalpaka’ republication, detergent brand disputes, and the Tata vs Puro Healthy Salt advertising case. Continue Reading Trademark Cases: Kalpaka Trademark Republication, Puro Healthy Salt Disparagement, and Tazza Patta Trademark Infringement

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Weekly Trademark Updates

This week’s trademark updates are as follows: The tussle between TATA and HakunaMatata finally settles The Delhi High Court ruled in favor of Tata Sons Private Limited and barred a company in UK from using the ‘TATA’ trademark in its course of trading cryptocurrency or sale of digital tokens. The order of permanent injunction was passed against HakunaMatata $TATA Founders, who were made to change their name to HakunaMatata Token Ltd. The defendant company was also asked to start a new…

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Weekly Trademark Updates

This week’s trademark updates are as follows: Its TATA vs TAATAS.COM The TATA Group has recently filed a lawsuit with World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Centre seeking the recovery of the domain name taatas.com on the grounds that it was identical to the well-known TATA trade and services mark. The Panel did recognize that the marks were phonetically similar and that the plaintiff had a legitimate interest in reclaiming the domain because of their reputation in India and…

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Weekly Anti-trust and Privacy Updates

This week’s anti-trust and privacy updates are as follows: CCI approves Axis Bank acquisition of Citi Corp The CCI, last week, approved Axis Bank’s Rs. 12,325 Cr. acquisition of Citi Bank NA and Citicorp Finance India Limited. Axis Bank, as per the deal, would be acquiring all of Citi’s consumer banking activities. Citi’s credit cards, personal loans and wealth management business would be transferred to Axis Bank. The acquisition is expected to close by September 2024. CCI approves Greenforest acquisition of stake…

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