SpicyIP

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

& Anr passed an interim injunction in favour of the plaintiff restraining the defendants and its associates from using in any manner the trademark RAJDHANI or any other trademark which is deceptively similar to the trademark of the plaintiff [September 1, 2021]. Decisions from Indian Courts. Bombay High Court.

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Designs Design Inventor Trademark 113

azrights

OCTOBER 27, 2021

They copy business models, and any aspect of a business’ successful branding, be it, by introducing new features, copying its positioning, or even using similar names or brand identifiers. For example, the law won’t generally stop copying of ideas or business models or colours of other brands unless these are trademarked.

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Branding Brands Branding Copying 52

SpicyIP

DECEMBER 30, 2023

We’ve tried to represent a diversity of subject matter also in this list, so it’s a mixed bag of cases dealing with patents, trademarks, copyright law etc. Controller of Patents & Designs Patent Office Mumbai. Controller of Patents and Designs and Raytheon Company v. First, in Toyota v.

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IP Copyright Trademark Intellectual Property 124

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

A broader/systemic problem is the problem of scope: we see this in patent side when Office tries to intervene. The business of the PTO is granting patents/TM. 74 have had an outcome: 32 partial cancellation, 42 full cancellation. 304 director-initiated proceeded to full cancellation, 4 partial.

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Registration Branding Brands Branding 59

SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

After another busy week here at SpicyIP, here are the quick summaries of the 5 blogposts that were put up, along with 15 case summaries and other national and international IP developments for you. Other Posts Honesty as a Defense vis-à-vis Trademark Infringements: Principle or Provision? Important IP cases that we’re missing out on?

Designs 52

Designs Design Trademark Cease and Desist 52

43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

When things are happening en masse at a business, just as in the TM system, w/o individualized attention and with a different agenda than the law’s, you can see the law’s protective features be minimized. Other examples: design patent, as Sarah Burstein has writte n. The judge isn’t hearing that they’re not counterfeiters.

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Fair Use Branding Brands Branding 45