Nizam, the title of ruler of Hyderabad in 18th century is known to Delhites as a restaurant chain that sells kebab rolls. The restaurant chain NIZAM’S is seeking to restrain its former franchisee from using the mark ‘New Nizam’s Kababs and Biryani’. The Plaintiffs, Rajesh Chugh and ors (Rajesh) filed suit against the Defendants, Chhavi…
RNA has won effusive praise for its “commercially focused approach, superb work quality and professionalism”. Our Managing Partner, Ranjan Narula being the star of the show has been commended for his advisory work and has been recognized “Clever and knowledgeable, he pulls off successful enforcement campaigns daily. He does not over-lawyer things; instead he dispenses…
The Special Bench comprising five judges of The Delhi High Court, recently decided maintainability of a composite suit in relation to infringement of a registered design and passing off in a case titled Carlsberg Breweries versus Som Distilleries and Breweries Ltd. The primary issue before the court was whether a composite suit joining the two…
The new year brought new hopes for Monsanto with the Supreme Court setting aside a Division Bench order of the Delhi High Court dated April 11 2018 which held the Monsanto patent for Bt cotton invalid. Background The genesis of the dispute between the parties is a sub-licence agreement dated February 21 2004 in which…
Two cosmetic firms are at loggerheads over trademark rights in ‘Heaven’ for use in relation to cosmetics. Gurnam Singh (Gurnam) has filed a suit before the Delhi High Court to safeguard its rights in the registered mark Blue Heaven and restrain G.I. Cosmetics (GIS) from using the mark ‘Miss Heaven’ in relation to nail polish,…
Our Partner, Ms. Rachna Bakhru attended 2019 ITechLaw International Asia Conference Bangalore, India. The event covered several technology based topics (Tech policies) like Intermediary Liability in the age of Fake News, Hate Speech and Information Wars, Data and privacy, Change in IP landscape in e-Commerce and impact on intermediaries, Data Sovergnity, Artificial Intelligence, etc. The…
The fine of approx Us $ 35,000 was imposed in a copyright infringement case where the Defendant tried to remove the infringing goods after obstructing the Court receiver from carrying out inspection of the premises. The Defendant also threatened the Plaintiff and receiver with molestation charges. The court came down quite heavily on the defendant…
Two education societies based in Pune are up in arms over use of the mark ORCHID in relation to providing education services/ running of a school. The present post discusses Appeal preferred by Sipra Education Society (Sipra) against the order of Pune District Court restraining them from using the mark “Spring Orchid”. Both Sipra and…
The Delhi High Court vide order dated 12th December, 2018 sentenced the Director of a company to fifteen days civil imprisonment for non-compliance of the injunction order. The dispute between the parties was over the mark CITI. The Plaintiff, Citi Group Inc. and Ors (Citi) filed suit against the Defendants, Citicorp Business and Financial Services…
Rachna Bakhru, Partner was recently recognized as ‘Women Star in IP’ by Legal Era. She was awarded at a glittering award ceremony held in Mumbai- Legal Era Intellectual Property Awards-2019. RNA congratulates her !!! We are extremely proud to have her on our leadership team.
