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• 24Sep

  Safeguarding dynamic marks and slogans in India

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  Fluid trademarks and slogans are excellent marketing tools as they engage customers and improve sales, but their enforceability remains challenging. Brands help businesses to create unique names and images for their products and services in...
  7Sep

  Indian Government invites comments to regulate e-pharmacies

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  The online pharmacy business is currently estimated to be worth Rupees 3000 crores (approx US $ 400 million) and sales are growing 100 per cent every year. E-pharmacies have been lobbying with the government to acknowledge online...
• 27Aug

  Court frowns upon practice of blow hot and cold

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  Can you question novelty of design as a defence to infringement action? What is the impact of defendant seeking registration of a design and later claiming it lacks novelty? These among other issues were subject...
  31Jul

  Prior use saves the day for Sun

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  This post discusses the tussle between two well established pharmaceutical companies in relation to trademark being used on a diabetic drug. The Plaintiff, Sun Pharma Laboratories Ltd, (Sun) filed the action before the Delhi High...
• 27Jul

  SEP holders rejoice over Delhi High Court Ruling

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  The Delhi High Court’s recent decision determining infringement of the Patent owned by Philips that were declared as Standard-Essential Patent (SEP) by European Patent office and US. Thus axiomatically an essential Patent in India has...
  24Jul

  Use of family name held to be non-infringing “fair use”

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  The parties are at loggerheads over use of family name PATIL in relation to fragrance business. The first round of litigation was before the District court, Bengalaru and the parties have now approached Karnataka High...