This running post provides a summary of the latest Copyright cases decided by courts in India in 2022:
The Polo/Lauren Company L.P. Vs. Sandeep Arora & Anr.
The Petitioner sought removal of Respondent No. 1’s registered copyright, namely, ‘SPORTS POLO’ by way of a rectification petition under Section 50 of the Copyright Act, 1957.
The Petitioner contended that it was the registered proprietor and user of the mark ‘POLO SPORT’ since 1967 with a device mark of a ‘horse with a person…
This running post provides a summary of the latest Trademark cases decided by courts in India in 2022:
L’oreal v. Haridas PA & Ors.
This was a suit for permanent injunction for restraining the Defendants and its agents from infringing Plaintiff’s well-known trademarks "L'OREAL, L'OREAL PROFESSIONNEL, L'OREAL PARIS" by violating its proprietary rights in its tradename and infringing its copyrights in its label and artistic works. The Court noted that the Plaintiff had the exclusive right to use the trademarks and…