In a hard hitting judgement, the Delhi High Court dismissed the case of a logistics company (Navigators Logistics Ltd) that sought to restraint its ex employees and an independent contractor working in logistics sector from using confidential data, customer database, accounts information, airway drawings, airway bills templates, plans, reports, taxes and other financial information. The…
‘Mankind’ and ‘Mercykind’ two words which in common parlance relate to humanity and forgiveness was the bone of contention in an action before the Delhi High Court between two pharmaceutical entities operating under the Mercykind and Mankind tradename. Mankind Pharma Ltd (Mankind) filed suit against Mercykind Pharmaceuticals Pvt. Ltd (Mercykind) alleging trademark infringement and passing…
Thanks to our clients and friends for their support. We are proud recipient of “Asia IP Trademark Law Firm of the year 2018” award. The award event this year was held in New Delhi to coincide with Asian Patent Attorney conference (APAA).
When November 16, 2018 Where Office of the Commissioner of Customs, Kolkata Our Partner, Rahul Sethi have been regularly carrying out customs training workshop at various ports across West Bengal and North Eastern states with an objective to train customs officers in identification of counterfeit goods of rights holder. After custom trainings workshops at…
We are pleased that our managing partner, Ranjan Narula is nominated for the term starting 1st January, 2019. https://www.inta.org/INTABulletin/Pages/NominationsforINTAsBoardofDirectorsOfficersandCounsel7318.aspx
India is removing policy barriers to attract investment, while policy initiatives designed to improve IP rights enforcement look set to yield results. However, the availability of infringing, counterfeit and lookalike products is also on the rise. To encourage IP rights holders to invest in the manufacture and distribution of their products in India, the government…
The Madras high Court in an Appeal from order of Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) opined the need and importance of the technical expert/ scientific advisor opinion in the patent disputes. Although, Section 115 of the Indian Patent Act provides for appointment of scientific advisor to assist the courts in providing opinion on technical aspect…
Recently, Amway Corporation (now known as Alticor Inc.) a direct selling company operating in consumer healthcare space obtained “John Doe” order from the Delhi High Court against the shopkeepers/stockist who were selling Alticor products through illegitimate and unauthorized channels. Alticor argued that they are a direct selling entity and in full compliance with the guidelines…
Whether a statement made before the Trademark Registry in response to an examination report will act as an estoppel in a passing off action was the primary question in the instant suit. The Plaintiff, Insecticides (India) Limited (IIL) on the basis of its rights in the marks VICTOR and VICTOR formative marks in respect of…
When October 11 and 12, 2018 Where Hyatt Regency, Sydney, Australia Rajiv Suri, Partner and Ajay Kumar, Managing Associate attended 2018 Asia-Pacific Conference “Looking Beyond Trademarks” held in Australia. The conference was attended by representatives and attendees from several international law firms and corporate houses which had commercial interest in the region. Many…
