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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“Unfortunately, viewing pirated films online has always been a norm rather than an exception.” Dr. Kalyan C Kankanala
Copyright Statistics
There is an increase of 206% in the total number of copyright applications filed last week as compared to the previous week. A total of 447 applications were filed for copyright registration during the last week. The majority of applications were filed for literary works and artistic works.
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Number of Applications filed in the Previous Week
(5th November 2018 to 11th November,…