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Latest Trademark Cases in 2021 – Part 11

Avtar Singh & Ors. v. Sakshi Srivastava & Anr. There were four Plaintiffs in this case, i.e., Mr. Avtar Singh, Mr. Harkirat Singh, Aero Traders Private Ltd. and Aero Associates Pvt. Ltd., who co-owned M/s Aero Club. They filed an application for the trademark “WOODS” in the club’s name firstly in 1994 and 1996 under Class 25 and in 2017 under Class 3. The Plaintiffs together subsequently registered trademarks “WOODLAND”, “WOODLAND” (stylised) and other “WOODLAND” marks on varying dates in…

November 14, 2021 BananaIP Reporter Case Study, Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 3762Views 1Like

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Latest Trademark Cases in 2021 – Part 10

Geetanjali Studio Private V. Nuxi To Kut N Kurl Private Limited In this case, Geetanjali Studio Private, the Plaintiff filed an application under Order 39 Rule 1 and 2 of the Civil Procedure Code 1908 seeking prima facie ex-parte injunction to restrain Nuxi To Kut N Kurl Private Limited, the Defendant, from offering for sale of any services or goods under the marks GEETANJALI, GEETANJALI SALON, GEETANJALI STUDIO or any other identical or deceptively similar marks. The Plaintiff entered into…

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Latest Trademark Cases in 2021 – Part 9

Hindustan Unilever Limited v. Vansh Cosmetic and Anr In this case, the Plaintiff was the true proprietor of the marks “LAKME”, “LAKME NINE TO FIVE, NINE TO FIVE”, “9 to 5”, “LAKME EYECONIC”, “LAKME ABSOLUTE”, “LAKME ABSOLUTE WHITE INTENSE”, “LAKME ABSOLUTE ARGAN OIL RADIANCE” and many others, which had been successful in the market since 2011. Around July 2021, it was found that the Defendants were selling the counterfeit cosmetic products/goods of “LAKME” brand the counterfeit products were a blatant…

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Latest Trademark Cases in 2021 – Part 8

Prateek Chandragupt Goyal vs The State of Maharashtra and Anr. In this case, the petitioner, Prateek Goyal, a journalist working with Newslaundry filed a writ petition to quash the First Information Report registered against him at Vishrambaug Police Station, Pune for offences under Section 103 of the Trade Marks Act, 1999. The FIR was registered against the petitioner by Chief Administrative Officer of Sakal Group for writing highly defamatory articles against the Sakal Media Group and that use of the…

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Latest Trademark Cases in 2021 – Part 7

Victoria Foods Private Limited v. Rajdhani Masala Co. & Anr. In this case, the Plaintiff claimed to have originally conceived and adopted the trademark “Rajdhani” for food products, condiments, confectionary, etc. Through social media it found that the Defendants, engaged in the business of Indian Spices under the name of “Rajdhani Masale Co.” and “New Rajdhani Masala Co.” were using its trademark and labels on their products. Aggrieved by the same, Plaintiff filed a suit as well as an interim…

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Personality Rights in India – Part II

This post was first published on 26th June, 2014. Justification for Publicity Rights is based on the Lockean Labor Theory, which essentially says that the fruits of one’s labor are one’s own. Therefore, Publicity Rights permit the exploitation of one’s persona by oneself. Unauthorized use of a person’s identity, including the person’s name, voice, image and likeness for commercial gain may give rise to a successful cause of action against the infringing party. Since Publicity Rights are one of the two parts…

July 26, 2019 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law 0Comment 1563Views 0Like

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Yahoo! Inc. v. Akash Arora and another, 1999 Arb. L. R. 620

First Publication Date: 28th August 2008. CASE FACTS Yahoo Incorporation is the owner of the well known trade mark, Yahoo and of the domain name Yahoo.com; both the trademark and the domain name acquired a distinctive name, good will and reputation. Yahoo.com had been registered by Yahoo Inc with Network Solution Inc since 1995 and offers a whole range of web based services. The trade mark Yahoo had been registered or was close to being registered in 69 countries. Yahoo Inc…

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DuPont Insecticide Infringement, Beatles Looking to Sink Counterfeiters and other news.

“Indian Trade Mark Statistics for February (Fiest Week) 2018, Beatles engage in counterfeit battle , Banaganapalle Mangoes GI Registered and more Weekly Trade Mark News” brought to you by the Trade Mark Attorneys at BananaIP (BIP) Counsels. TRADE MARK QUOTE OF THE WEEK ‘If you do not give the market the story to talk about, they’ll define their brand story for you.’ – Phil Dusenberry INDIAN TRADE MARK STATISTICS The Indian Trade Mark Office had an upbeat week in comparison to the previous one.…

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Trademark Stats, Trademark Branding, Licensing, Domain Name Disputes, Trademark tips and more

Trademark Stats, Interesting Trademarks, Indian Trademark News, recent trademark Cases, trademark Branding, Licensing, Domain Name Disputes, Trademark tips and more, presented by the Trademark attorneys and experts of BananaIP Counsels, India’s Premier New Age IP Firm. TRADEMARK QUOTE OF THE WEEK "The Ideal trademark is one that is pushed to its utmost limits in terms of abstraction and ambiguity, yet is still readable. Trademarks are usually metaphors of one kind or another. And are, in a certain sense, thinking made visible" ---Saul Bass Trademark Stats…

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Delhi HC rules in Favour of Louis Vuitton in Trademark Dispute

Trademarks are known as business identifiers and they play an indispensable role in the growth of a particular business. With the globalization of markets , growing importance of brand advertising for manufacturers and subsequent brand awareness of consumers, trademarks have become increasingly important and valuable. Trade marks are crucial trading instruments because consumers ascertain the quality and standard of goods and services with the trade source.While trademark laws provide monopoly rights to the proprietor of a mark to use…

June 24, 2016 BananaIP Reporter Intellectual Property, Trademarks 0Comment 973Views 0Like

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Latest Trademark Cases in 2021 – Part 11

Latest Trademark Cases in 2021 – Part 10

Latest Trademark Cases in 2021 – Part 9

Latest Trademark Cases in 2021 – Part 8

Latest Trademark Cases in 2021 – Part 7

Personality Rights in India – Part II

Yahoo! Inc. v. Akash Arora and another, 1999 Arb. L. R. 620

DuPont Insecticide Infringement, Beatles Looking to Sink Counterfeiters and other news.

Trademark Stats, Trademark Branding, Licensing, Domain Name Disputes, Trademark tips and more

Delhi HC rules in Favour of Louis Vuitton in Trademark Dispute

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