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Trademark Infringement Get So “Lucky”

IP and Legal Filings

The Respondent secured federal trademark registration for “Get Lucky” in 1986, and the Petitioner commenced offering garments employing the registered trademark “Lucky Brand” and term “Lucky” a few years later, in 1990. This case saw the issuance of several marks.

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Unveiling Trademark Dilution from Scratch to Denouement

IP and Legal Filings

Although the statute does not consist of this word specifically, an interpretation to Section 29(4) of the act refers to this concept of dilution which states that a trademark should be a well-known trademark and have a reputation in India for the application of this section. The injured mark must have a reputation in India.

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Evergreening of Patents

Kashishipr

India changed its Patents Laws in 2005 to comply with the TRIPS Agreement. Before the amendments of 2005, pharmaceutical manufacturers were not granted patents. They took into consideration Section 3(d) of the Indian Patents (Amendment) Act, 2005. However, after the changes, the rights of the manufacturers were recognized.

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Cancellation of a Registered Mark Based on Fraud in Section 15 Affidavit Not Allowed

LexBlog IP

On Wednesday, a divided panel of the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision reversing the USPTO’s cancellation of a registered trademark (Great Concepts, LLC v. The Back Story In 2003, Great Concepts applied to register DANTANNA’S for restaurant services. Chutter, Inc., 2022-1212).

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World Intellectual Property Indicators 2020 or how all roads lead to China (ii): trademarks, industrial designs and creative industry  

Garrigues Blog

WIPO’s report revealed that trademark applications continued to grow worldwide in 2019 – this time by 5.8%. In fact, this upward trend in applications worldwide has remained constant for the last 10 years, and the number of trademark applications filed each year since 2005 has quadrupled. Industrial designs.

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Personal Names and Trademark Protection

Biswajit Sarkar Copyright Blog

Celebrities like MALLIKA SHERAWAT (Class 38), DALER MEHNDI (Class 19) have registered their name as a Label trademark. Similarly, in DM Entertainment vs Baby Gift House 9 , the Delhi High Court prevented the defendant to sell dolls in the name of registered trademark of the plaintiff ‘DALER MEHNDI’ who is a popular singer.

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The Interplay between Religious Sensitiveness and Trademark Law in India

IP and Legal Filings

In Suo motu proceedings vs. Controller General of Patents, Design and Trademarks litigation [11] , The registered trademark of the pictures “Attukal Deity” and “Sabarimala of Women” is the subject matter. 4] Section 9(2)(b) of the Indian Trademarks Act, 1999. [5] 7] 2005 (3) AWC 2097. [8]