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The Interplay between Religious Sensitiveness and Trademark Law in India

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Introduction A mark represents the institution or company to which it belongs and serves as a means of differentiating goods or services among individuals. Marks can be of various types i.e., word marks, service marks, logos, symbols, series marks, etc [1]. 8] 2011 (48) PTC 235 (Del.) (DB)

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Full Of Sound And Query, Signifying Something: Recent Noise Over Acoustic Trademarks

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(I am unaware of any reported comparison, but I did find the latter compared to a toilet flushing and have seen the former’s trademark suffer indignities at times too ). 3618321), and “[t]he NBC chimes sequence [, which] actually became the first ‘purely audible’ service mark to register with the USPTO in 1950.”